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By: Julien de Saint-Quentin

Julien de Saint-Quentin was a senior officer in the French Navy for 27 years. As a strategy advisor to the First Sea Lord (2012-2015) and the Head of the French Navy (2016-2020), as well as a naval attaché in London (2020-2023), he was responsible for contributing to and commenting on several French and UK Defence Reviews

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  • How defence can lead growth through private investment

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    The UK’s Strategic Defence Review outlines ambitious long-term reforms, but by leveraging its strengths in finance, AI, and commercial shipping, Britain can achieve rapid defence innovation and capability gains without immediate major spending increases, says Julien de Saint-Quentin The Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published last week, was presented as a ‘transformative’, ‘once-in a generation’ exercise. [...]

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