Realising Societal Resilience for a Whole of Society Approach to Defence
NATO’s unity may have held in The Hague, but the focus on defence spending overshadowed a deeper issue: societal resilience.
While Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty makes clear each member state's responsibility, the UK is lagging. Years of austerity, Brexit, the pandemic and now a cost-of-living crisis have left people inward-looking, not outward-facing.
A whole of society approach, as outlined in the Strategic Defence Review, demands more than military readiness. It means investing in the public services and civic infrastructure that build trust and capacity.
From Uppsala to Taipei, others are showing what resilience looks like.
A whole of society approach demands more than military readiness.
Author's summary: Societal resilience is crucial for defence.
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