The original, dated 25 August 2020, can be found on The Times website here.

Michael Clarke, professor of defence studies at King's College London, notes: "The emphasis on the heavy metal of military forces is seen as a shibboleth of old thinking in an era that is fast disappearing for everyone - except the super power." The full article by BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale can be found here.

UK and EU police information-sharing is at a dangerous juncture. Yet a small but significant silver-lining could be the UK-Swiss security deal negotiations currently underway. Helen Ramscar The Schengen Information System (SIS) is the most widely used real-time data sharing system in Europe for security and border management, with some 79 million pieces of information …

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Now Russia, Iran and North Korea have joined the vaccine race, the stakes are higher still for all of us. The latest piece on vaccine nationalism and diplomacy by Helen Ramscar can be found here on RUSI's website. 'The race to produce the first vaccine for coronavirus is a deeply political one, and it is …

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