AUXILIA
Understanding war. Strengthening judgement. Improving performance.
Auxilia helps organisations understand war, warfare and security in their wider strategic, operational and human context.
Built on military practice, academic research and policy experience, Auxilia translates complex developments into clear, usable insight for professional audiences. Its work is particularly relevant for organisations operating in, supporting or studying the defence, security and public-sector domain.
Auxilia provides lectures, workshops and advisory support on geopolitics, war, warfare, military decision-making, resilience, leadership and professional education.
The perspective is deliberately practical and analytical: grounded in operational military experience, informed by scholarship and focused on what organisations can understand, decide and do.
What Auxilia offers
Lectures and presentations
Auxilia provides tailored lectures and presentations for conferences, professional education programmes, leadership events and academic settings.
Sessions combine strategic analysis, historical depth and practical military insight. They are designed to clarify complex developments, challenge assumptions and stimulate meaningful discussion.
Typical themes include:
- the changing character of war and warfare;
- the Russo-Ukrainian War and its implications for European security;
- Russian strategic culture and the use of force;
- insurgency, state formation and armed groups in the Sahara-Sahel;
- strategic competition and geopolitical risk;
- leadership, moral courage and decision-making under pressure.
Workshops
Auxilia designs and delivers interactive workshops for professionals, students, military personnel and public-sector organisations.
Workshops help participants move from understanding to application. They can be tailored to support training design, scenario development, wargaming, operational planning, leadership development or organisational reflection.
Typical workshops include:
- training and education for contemporary warfare;
- scenario building and wargaming;
- military decision-making in complex environments;
- leadership under pressure;
- resilience and adaptability in demanding contexts.
Practical advice and assistance
Auxilia provides focused advisory support for organisations seeking to improve understanding, planning or performance in complex security environments.
This may include support to strategy development, operational planning, training design, scenario development, seminar design, red teaming or executive preparation.
Auxilia's Perspective
Auxilia’s work is shaped by the combination of military practice, operational experience, academic research and policy work.
This enables Auxilia to connect the strategic, operational and human dimensions of conflict: from geopolitics and military theory to leadership, learning and organisational performance.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, views expressed in Auxilia activities are personal and do not represent the official position of any government department, armed force or public institution.
Discuss an assignment
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Please include the intended audience, preferred date, desired duration and purpose of the session.