Preparing for Future Operational Environments, Whatever and Wherever They May Be.

The author discusses the preparations being made by political parties in Great Britain ahead of the 2015 General Election concerning the defense budget. Topics discussed include the NATO Summit held in Wales in September 2014 that was focused on the same, estimates of no increase in the nation's defence budget despite growth in its economy and the views of NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the same.