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Issue: Jun 2004, Vol. 149, No. 3

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Occupation for Hire: Private Military Companies and their Role in Iraq Iraq serves as a potent illustration of how deeply embedded today’s private sector is in the business of security and war, and why questions over legislation require urgent attention.
David Simons

NATO’s Unbearable Lightness of Being Alliances are less weighty, less solid than in the past. There is little point in bemoaning the fact: NATO is a product of our liquid times.
Christopher Coker

The Bomb, a Life Nothing that man has created is bigger than The Bomb. It’s not just a weapon, but a tool for re-shaping the earth – in a physical, political and philosophical sense.
Gerard DeGroot

The New Direction for Security in a Post-Hutton World The new direction for security in a post-Hutton world is likely to focus on matters which are not connected with Hutton, such as the changing role of our armed forces, the need to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the need to tackle th
Richard Wilson

Both Sides of the Hill Intelligence in the Crete and Arnhem Campaigns The Cretan campaign shows how one side’s superior intelligence cannot compensate for inferior air power, infirmity of purpose and rigidity of mind; Arnhem illustrates the folly not so much of making inadequate use of available intelligence but of wilfully
Richard Wilkinson

A Spy at Woomera? How an Airman Nearly Panicked Harold Macmillan and Robert Menzies But before too long this trivial inquiry was to generate anxious telegrams to Harold Macmillan from his Australian counterpart, Sir Robert Menzies, fearful of the collapse of American confidence in the Dominion’s ability to maintain military security.
Gerry Rubin

European Security We can overcome threats only through international co-operation. In today’s globalizing world, security and prosperity are inseparable
Tarja Halonen

From Warfare to Welfare and Back? The SA National Defence Force Ten Years On Part II – Readiness and the Challenges Ahead. Can the SANDF play its part in democratic South Africa’s ambitious foreign policy schemes for African stability, growth and recovery – what has been coined by Thabo Mbeki as an African renaissance’

New Future for the Netherlands Armed Forces The Netherlands will also pursue international solutions from the outset – more so than in the past... international co-operation is the only way to increase the low returns on the sum of European defence expenditure.
Henk Kamp

Defence and the Universities in the Twenty-first Century The greater the degree of uncertainty that our people may face, the greater is their requirement for education
John Kiszely

Strategic Guidance and the Context for Air Power The Cold War era was like playing in a symphony orchestra. Today's conflicts and their dynamics are different. It is more akin to Jazz – there is no template, no score and differing styles abound.
Brian Burridge

NATO and the UN: the dynamics of an evolving relationship Post 9/11 NATO initiated a transformation process that would have profound consequences for its role as a collective defence organization, including its relations with the United Nations’ system of collective security.
Dick Leurdijk

History, Power and Maritime Politics Is maritime power ready for our uncertain strategic future?
Paul Kennedy

Maritime Power in a Global Context A logical and coherent strategic vision of the Royal Navy’s role, set within the context of the shrinking global village.
Alan West