NQM DEFENCE
Defence | Intelligence | Security
UK based with a global footprint, NQM Defence is a defence intelligence organisation that publishes intelligence reports and analysis papers on defence, intelligence, geopolitical and security related issues.
Using intelligence allows us to have a better understanding of the world we live in and helps to identify global security issues and threats. Our intelligence reports and analysis papers give key strategic decision makers the necessary tools and information they need for international defence, security, and geopolitical solutions. We conduct a wide range of research on defence, intelligence, and security related topics published either as individual papers or funded research projects.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Realism and the Military Industrial Complex
In 1961 President Eisenhower made his famous speech warning about the ‘military industrial complex’. Ever since then, this speech the topic has attracted much attention from conspiracy theorists and critics with complaints about corporate greed and nation states deliberately creating war for profit, however this is wrong.
China's Securitisation of Taiwan
In September 2022 Taiwan intercepted and shot down a Chinese surveillance drone that Taiwan said had violated the airspace over one of the islands that they control located off the coast of China. Was the shooting down of this drone a reckless response from Taiwan, or is China creating a provocation in an attempt to deliberately construct a security issue with Taiwan?
Putin, Ukraine, and NATO
On 24th February 2022 Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine causing many to speculate the reasons behind this. So what is the root cause behind the Ukraine war and what has been Russia's approach to this international security issue?
DEFENCE NEWS
United States annual defence budget on target to exceed $1 trillion in 2026
China's military continues to demonstrate enhanced amphibious assault capabilities and an increased preparedness to impose a naval blockade on Taiwan.
Russia's casualty figures since the start of the invasion of Ukraine now likely to have exceeded 800,000, including killed and wounded.
DEFENCE ECONOMICS
United Kingdom sets a target of 2.5% of GDP for its defence budget by 2027