Europe

Get Africa Involved: Morocco’s Lead in the Management of Immigration

Amal El Ouassif

The global migration problem cannot be wished away; it has to be managed. Morocco provides an example of how responsibility for migration management can be handled by African states.

Turkey, the US and the S-400: A Counter-Narrative

Peter Roberts and Seth Newkirk

Regardless of how difficult Erdogan’s Turkey may now be, it is a key state in NATO and must be treated as such.

"Dr Jack Watling, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “The basic implication at the moment is that if there was a crisis where you had to deploy those units you would need to draw infantry [from elsewhere] to make up the numbers. “Those soldiers would not have trained with the people they were fighting alongside and wouldn’t necessarily know the officers, so you would have a much less combat-effective unit than it should be.” Among the other reasons posited for the fall in recruits are comparatively low unemployment, an ageing population, the increase in people taking up post-16 education and and the fact that the army is not currently involved in a major conflict. “When there isn’t a conflict you see a trailing off of interest,” said Watling. "

UK army combat units 40% below strength as recruitment plummets

"The plan to introduce 10 freeports across the UK after Brexit has drawn attention in recent weeks. Introducing these provenly risky ‘special economic zones’ sits uneasily alongside the UK’s wider efforts to ramp up the fight against economic crime. "

Freeports: Harbouring Criminality in Brexit Britain?

Joint Forces Command to Become Strategic Command

Andrew Curtis

While the changes to the organisation of UK Defence are welcome, the long-term effects remain to be seen.

"Here’s an idea for the new defence secretary Ben Wallace and culture secretary Nicky Morgan. The government should pioneer national cyberservice, which would give the most talented teenagers superior training and create an expert corps to be deployed during crises. "

Young people should do national cyberservice