Strategic Partners: the asymmetric advantage

Today, the Defense Intelligence Agency is more frequently engaged with foreign partners, and in more substantive ways. The Russia–Ukraine war has demonstrated the power of unity and the value of operational foreign partnerships, for example to conduct joint analysis and collection operations. Strong defence intelligence diplomacy has contributed to Russia’s looming strategic defeat. Lieutenant-General Scott Berrier and Dr Bastian Giegerich, IISS, discuss the importance of strategic partners and allies in an age of strategic competition.