Cameron’s fear of Beijing wide of the mark
In the week President Hu held talks with Barack Obama at a summit on nuclear security, David Cameron last night suggested China was a potential nuclear threat.
Marcus Roberts
Marcus writes for Left Foot Forward on defence. He is a campaigns consultant and foreign policy analyst. In the 2008 election he was an Obama Volunteer Organiser in Ohio having lost elections on Democratic campaigns in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
Clegg: Replace Trident with Astute
Nick Clegg affirmed his progressive foreign policy credentials this morning, citing the £100 billion expenditure over the next 25 years on a Trident successor.
UK-US relations still special
The report on Anglo-American relations is a more balanced attempt to understand the nature of the “Special Relationship” than the screaming headlines suggest.
Budget 2010: Defence procurement cuts needed
The budget should make clear all major defence procurement efforts will be subject to a full and frank reconsideration as part of the Strategic Defence Review.
Report criticises MoD waste and cuts in defence research budget
As the prime minister gives evidence to the Iraq inquiry today, accused by leading military figures of underfunding the armed forces, it is worth looking at yesterday’s House of Commons defence select committee report, which confirms long held suspicions thattest
Labour and Tories not listening to new thinking on defence
Tuesday night’s Newsnight defence debate demonstrated the gulf between Labour and the Tories’ steadfast defence of the status quo and the voices for change.
Defence green paper asks right questions even as the Government suggests wrong answers
Today’s defence green paper asks the right questions on the future of defence policy even as Secretary of State Bob Ainsworth gives support to the wrong answers
Brown’s super-carriers are the wrong choice
Gordon Brown’s commitment to the construction of new aircraft carriers is good news for defence sector jobs. But it is bad news for the defence budget and strategy.
Pre-emptive or preventive? Has the mask slipped?
Tony Blair today emphasised the long term implications of Saddam’s retention of power. This is further evidence that it was a preventive war and not preemptive.
Learning the lessons of the Dems’ defeat in Mass.
The defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in the bluest of blue states, Massachusetts, for liberal icon Ted Kennedy’s own seat offers lessons as urgent as they are vital to incumbents headed in to elections on both sides of the Atlantictest