
Gordon Brown’s Foreign Policy Priorities
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s foreign policy speech of 12 November highlighted challenge of straddling the power politics of yester-year with the imperatives of post-modern political management
How ‘real’ is the CSR increase in UK defence expenditure?
The increase in defence expenditure does not imply that the UK’s defence forces will get larger nor that they will necessarily become more effective against potential threats.
Comprehensive Spending Review - Defence
The increase of 1.5 per cent real growth in defence spending is inadequate if the Government intends to deliver its planned force structures.