The Evening Standard article of 22 October 2020 can be read here: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/british-forces-struggle-new-drone-swarms-a4572560.html
Shelved UK spending review provokes cabinet unrest: Financial Times
The Financial Times article of 21 October 2020 can be read here: https://www.ft.com/content/f9a7223b-d9e9-4a61-bda3-bd4b74385f1a
Michael Clarke on Monocle 24
Wednesday 14 October 2020 Episode 2334 (30 minutes) can be found here: https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-briefing/2334/transparency-and-coronavirus/
Tipping Point review by Prof David Galbreath
Professor David Galbreath, Faculty Dean of Social Science, Professor of International Security, University of Bath
Britain has got too much Previous to play fast and loose with international law, by @MikeClarke2020s
The idea that Britain is contemplating breaking international law in the Internal Market Bill is not as much of an outlier as many people think. When it comes to international law, Britain is beginning to look like a serial petty offender with quite a lot of Previous. If the last three governments have got short …
Tipping Point review: Foreign Affairs
The following book review by Andrew Moravcsik features in the September/October 2020 edition of Foreign Affairs and can be accessed here. Two London-based policy analysts study the challenges and opportunities facing British foreign policy. On challenges, they recycle clichés: the world is materially better but people remain dissatisfied, inequality and xenophobia threaten liberal democracy, globalization …
‘Plan To Scrap Tanks’: Letter to the Editor, The Times
The original, dated 25 August 2020, can be found on The Times website here.
British Army Considers A Future Without Tanks
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 Switzerland: new bilateral security deal ahead
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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Vaccine Nationalism: The Ugly Face of Science and Politics. By @HelenRamscar
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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