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Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Defence policy
ISBN : 9780101604123
Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0101626924
The Defence White Paper (Cm 6041-I,II, ISBN 0101604122) published in December 2003 discussed the implications of international security issues (such as the threat of international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction) for strategic defence priorities, and detailed a revised set of 18 military tasks to underpin future policy planning for the UKs armed forces. Following on from this document, this White Paper sets out the Governments five-year plan for force structure and organisational changes to deliver the revised capability requirements, with an emphasis on using technology to secure maximum military effect from the forces available. This is in order to continue the process of modernisation to provide flexible and adaptable armed forces and to achieve efficiency savings of £2.8 billion by 2007-08, as identified in the Governments 2004 Spending Review. Measures include phased reductions of 1,500 in navy and 7,500 in air force manpower, with an expected army manpower level of 102,000 by 2008; with investment in several major technology systems to support the Network Enabled Capability (NEC) programme.
Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Author : Patrick M. Cronin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : International relations
ISBN : UCBK:C105077698
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0215022785
Following on from the Government's defence White Paper ('Delivering Security in a Changing World', Cm 6041-I, ISBN 0101604122, published in December 2003), it published its five-year plan for the restructuring of the UK's armed forces ('Delivering security in a changing world: future capabilities', Cm 6269, ISBN 0101626924) in July 2004, in order to implement the revised capability requirements identified in terms of force structure, equipment and personnel. The emphasis was placed on using technology to secure maximum military effect, in light of the changed security environment after the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Committee's report examines these proposals and the practical decisions arising from the policy analysis, and topics discussed include: revised scales of effort and concurrency assumptions; the financial context; implications of key proposals for the army, navy and air force; network enabled capability (NEC), support and logistics; operations undertaken with US and European allies, and the roles of NATO and the UN. The Committee's findings include that the proposals are based on a narrow vision of future operational requirements, and it will take another decade before the capabilities are in place to deliver those requirements. In the meantime, the equipment withdrawls and personnel reductions being implemented to deliver those requirements risk gaps in capability arising which may lead to unnecessary security risks.
Author : President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, The,Richard A. Clarke,Michael J. Morell,Geoffrey R. Stone,Cass R. Sunstein,Peter Swire
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400851270
The official report that has shaped the international debate about NSA surveillance "We cannot discount the risk, in light of the lessons of our own history, that at some point in the future, high-level government officials will decide that this massive database of extraordinarily sensitive private information is there for the plucking. Americans must never make the mistake of wholly 'trusting' our public officials."—The NSA Report This is the official report that is helping shape the international debate about the unprecedented surveillance activities of the National Security Agency. Commissioned by President Obama following disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward J. Snowden, and written by a preeminent group of intelligence and legal experts, the report examines the extent of NSA programs and calls for dozens of urgent and practical reforms. The result is a blueprint showing how the government can reaffirm its commitment to privacy and civil liberties—without compromising national security.
Author : Dan Caldwell,Robert E. Williams, Jr.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442252158
All chapters in this new edition are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its intervention in East Ukraine, the global refugee crisis, China’s military buildup, the impact of fracking on oil and gas markets, and rapidly evolving cyberwar capabilities.
Author : Great Britain, Treasury Staff,Great Britain. Treasury
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780101623728
White paper dated July 2004.
Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Defence
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780101669726
This strategy document sets out the Government's analysis of the UK's defence industrial capabilities requirement, and is divided into three parts: i) a strategic overview including information on the principles and processes that underpin procurement and industrial decisions, the need for transparency, the evolving defence industry environment, developments and innovation in defence research technology; ii) a review of different industrial sectors and cross-cutting industrial capabilities; and iii) how the strategy will be implemented and an assessment of implications for the Ministry of Defence and industry as a whole.
Author : L. Simon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137029133
Examining the interplay between geopolitics, the strategic priorities of Europe's most powerful nations, Britain, Germany and France, and the evolution of NATO and CSDP, this book unveils the mechanics of the tension between conflict and cooperation that lies at the heart of European security politics.
Author : Patrick M. Cronin
Publisher : United States Department of Defense
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : MSU:31293029718453
Offers a conceptual pathway for U.S. policymakers to begin recalibrating America's security role to reverse what has appeared to be a widening gap between U.S. ends and means, now and in the future. Provides an overview of eight broad trends shaping the international security environment; a global analysis of the world's seven regions, to consider important developments in their distinctive neighborhoods; and, an examination of prospective U.S. contributions, military capabilities and force structure, national security organization, alliances and partnerships, and strategies.
Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 010293276X
This report looks at the management by the Defence Estates Agency, of the land and property owned by the Ministry of Defence. The estate is worth some £15.3 billion, and costs £1.3 billion to run, with the MoD as one of the largest landowners in the UK with land covering some 240,000 hectares. The Estate itself consists of such facilities as barracks, depots, aircraft hangers and naval bases, as well as training grounds and ranges. Also the MoD has direct managerial responsibility for 200 sites of special scientific interest, along with responsibility for over 1600 listed buildings and monuments. The NAO recognizes the operational challenges of managing such a large utility, but commends the MoD for developing a strategy that saw contractual arrangements deliver higher quality and estate rationalization, along with improved customer satisfaction. There had been a deterioration in the estate due to shortfalls in spending, and the use of traditional methods in the procuring and managing of estate services. The selling off of surplus land has earned the MoD £1.2 billion, and five new regional contracts have been signed to improve the estate. Insufficient funding due to conflicting defence priorities may hamper long-term efficiencies, and that there is more to be done to consolidate recent cultural changes in the organization of contracts for running the estate, especially the move towards large centrally-managed contracts.
Author : Barry M. Rubin,Thomas A. Keaney
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0714650781
This volume explores the development of the United States' alliances from the American perspective, as well as that of its most important allies - Britain, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan and the Gulf States.
Author : T. Dyson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230283299
Dyson explains the convergence and divergence between British, French and German defence reforms in the post-Cold War era. He engages with cultural and realist theories and develops a neoclassical realist approach to change and stasis in defence policy, bringing new material to bear on the factors which have affected defence reforms.
Author : Jorge Nef,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 9780889368798
Human Security and Mutual Vulnerability: The global political economy of development and underdevelopment (Second Edition)
