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.
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NATO tries to make itself more transparent
Tomorrow’s NATO Strategic Concept Review will invite the populations of member states to input their opinion to the debate in an online discussion forum.
Questions Fox must answer over close links to Sri Lankan “dictator”
Sri Lanka’s president is facing mounting pressure from the international community over accusations of human rights abuses, war crimes, dictatorship & Liam Fox.
OECD: Britain meets aid promises, EU partners fall behind
In 2005, 15 EU countries committed to spend 0.51% of GNI on international development by 2010. Britain is among the majority of countries to have met the target.
Understanding Kilcullen’s metrics of counterinsurgency
The NATO/Afghan coalition in the Helmand province reported the first significant resistance of Operation Moshtarak today. It is foreseeable that Taleban fighters can and will use asymmetrical means of warfare – snipers, booby-traps, and civilian-shields, among others – to slowtest
Without political will for an enduring campaign, operations like Moshtarak remain futile
Without the political will for an enduring campaign, operations like those being undertaken in Marjah at present remain strategically futile.
One Young World summit to open in London tonight
At the inaugural One Young World summit from February 8th to 10th in London, hundreds of young leaders from 192 nations will take up the most pressing issues.
Campaign launched to commit UK to spending 0.7% of income on development aid
The Global Poverty Promise campaign today asks people to support a new law that would commit the UK to spend 0.7% of national income on development assistance.
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.