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News: UK Defence Budget: Looking into the Black Hole 27 Sep 2011 by Professor Malcolm Chalmers
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) appears to have balanced the £74 billion* ten-year 'funding gap', but key equipment programmes, such as Trident renewal and Joint Strike Fighter, are still a major source of potential instability to defence budget, highlights a new paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Military Personnel UK Defence Defence Spending Defence Policy

Analysis: Cold-cuts, Rehash and Fresh Ingredients: Labour's 'Ideas for Future UK Defence Procurement' 27 Sep 2011 by Dr John Louth
The Labour Party’s emerging policies for future defence procurement represent a mix of new ideas for the future along with old concepts from the past. It is now the job of Labour to convert procurement 'ideas' into a detailed implementation plan. Defence Policy Defence Management UK Defence Equipment and Acquisitions Defence Spending UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: European Ballistic Missile Defence: Moving to a New Level 12 Aug 2011
George V Galdorisi looks at how NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defence efforts can be used to support expeditionary warfare campaigns. Maritime Forces Technology Defence Policy Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues

RUSI Defence Systems: Reforming UK Defence Industrial Policy 12 Aug 2011
RUSI’s Acquisition Forum makes a robust plea for careful government defence acquisition policy reform and warns of the dangers of any ill-conceived changes. UK Defence Defence Spending Perspectives Armed Forces Land Forces Maritime Forces Technology Defence Policy Defence Management

RUSI Newsbrief: Focus on Russia's Nuclear Strategy: The ‘Liner’ R&D Programme 28 Jul 2011 by Dr Igor Sutyagin
As Western missile defence systems become more effective, could independently powered, manoeuvrable nuclear warheads be the answer to Russia's prayers? Technology NATO International Institutions Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Defence Policy Russia Europe United States Americas

Analysis: How Multiculturalism can save UK Grand Strategy 28 Jul 2011
British power is in decline. If the UK is to regain relevance in the coming Asian century, it must embrace and utilise its greatest political asset: multiculturalism. UK Europe Defence Policy

Analysis: Rebalancing the UK's armed forces 21 Jul 2011 by Mark Phillips
The Ministry of Defence has indicated the need for reservists to become integral to all defence tasks, resulting in the significant rebalancing of the structure of the armed forces by 2020. Undoubtedly there will be risks involved, but these are manageable provided there is political and institutional willingness to develop a more sophisticated approach to force generation. Military Personnel Reserve Forces UK Europe Defence Policy

Analysis: The Top Brass and the Politicians: Strained Relations 4 Jul 2011 by Professor Michael Clarke
Recent tensions between British politicians and the military top brass are a symptom of the uncertainty over whose long term vision for British defence policy is the more realistic. Such tensions are not new, demonstrating the inability of policymakers to get to grips with strategy. Defence Policy UK Europe

News: Ministry of Defence Needs Revolutionary Reform to Manage Cuts 24 Jun 2011 by Professor Trevor Taylor
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will need clear ministerial, and Defence Board, guidance to introduce revolutionary new ways of working to ensure the department still operates coherently following the proposed major cuts to civil service numbers, according to a joint study by Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Cranfield University staff. Defence Policy Defence Management Equipment and Acquisitions UK Defence Defence Spending UK Europe

Analysis: The Security Implications of Scottish independence 10 Jun 2011
The victory of Scottish nationalists in the recent Scottish Parliamentary elections brings closer the possibility of Scotland's independence. With Britain's nuclear arsenal located largely in Scotland, policymakers must now consider what independence would entail for the security of the United Kingdom. UK Europe Defence Policy UK Defence Scottish Defence and Security Policy

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