The Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is the United Kingdom (UK)
Ministry of Defence’s (MOD's)
think tank
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.
History
The DCDC, originally called the Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre (JDCC), was established as a result of the 1998
Strategic Defence Review
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was a British policy document produced in July 1998 by the Labour Government that had gained power a year previously. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, set out the initial defence policy of ...
. The UK recognised that it needed to have a clearer long-term vision of the way in which it expected it forces and their methods of operation to develop.
Structure
The DCDC is headed by a two-star officer, located at Shrivenham and is under the UK's
Strategic Command but reports to the
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS) who sets its priorities and outputs.
Outputs
DCDC produces many publications relating to the future global environment. It also has a Doctrine Team responsible for writing and maintaining a range of joint operational level UK and NATO doctrine publications, and Strategy, Analysis and Research and Legal Teams such as the
Global Strategic Trends Programme.
Directors
The list of Directors of the JDCC and DCDC have been:
Director JDCC
*Major-General
Anthony Milton 1999-2002
*
Air Vice-Marshal
Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes ...
Iain McNicoll
Air Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll, (born 3 May 1953) is a retired Royal Air Force officer. He was formerly Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations, RAF Air Command.
RAF career
Educated at the High School of Dundee and the University of Edinburgh, ...
2002-2005
*
Rear Admiral
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Christopher Parr 2005-2008 (JDCC became DCDC around 2006)
Director DCDC
*Major-General
Paul Newton 2008-2010
*Air Vice-Marshal M. Paul Colley 2010-2012
*Major-General Andrew Sharpe 2012-2013
*Rear Admiral
Paul Bennett 2013-2013
*Rear Admiral
John Kingwell
Rear Admiral John Matthew Leonard Kingwell (born 26 August 1966) is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2019 to 2020.
Naval career
Kingwell joined the Royal Navy in 1984. He served as com ...
2013-2016
*
Major General
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Gerald I. Mitchell 2016-2020
*Major-General
Darrell Amison
Major General Darrell Peter Amison OBE is a former British Army officer.
Military career
Amison was commissioned into the Royal Army Educational Corps in 1990. He served as commanding officer of 4 Logistic Support Regiment RLC in which role he ...
2020–2022.
*Air Vice-Marshal
John Monahan 2022–present
References
External links
Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
British defence policymaking
Futures studies organizations
Prediction
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Think tanks based in the United Kingdom
Think tanks established in 1998
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