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Welcome to my blog - I'm Charles Reed and I advise the Church of England on foreign policy issues.
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Tag Archives: Defence
Managing Our Defence in an Age of Austerity
Tensions between politicians and the armed forces have once again spilled over into the public domain these last few weeks with the latter complaining once again that they are being asked to do more with less. Much of the existing ill … Continue reading
Posted in Defence
Tagged Britain's Role in the World, Defence, Euroopean Defence Spending, Libya, NATO, Robert Gates, Strategic Defence Review
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UNSC Resolution 1973: Too Little, Too Late?
Last night the United Nations Security Council passed a robust and far reaching Resolution in response to the situation in Libya. Whatever happens from here this is an important moment in the life of the United Nations. There is no … Continue reading
Libya and The Grounding of the No Fly Zone
After a long and difficult European summit in Brussels last Friday, where any mention of No Fly Zones was written out of the final script, the Prime Minister faced yesterday an equally sceptical and concerned House of Commons. William Hague … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, British Foreign Policy
Tagged Britain's Role in the World, David Cameron, Defence, European Council, Libya, No-Fly Zones
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Do we need a Strategic Identity Review?
This is the final post in series of posts exploring what the Strategic Defence and Security review tells us about Britain’s future role in the world. In July 2010 the Foreign Secretary promised a strategy review that would be a … Continue reading
Strategic Defence and Security Review – Part 3
This is the third in a series of posts exploring what the comprehensive spending review and the strategic defence and security review tells us about Britain’s future role in the world. This post reflects on the following question: Did the … Continue reading
Posted in Defence
Tagged Britain's Role in the World, Defence, NATO, Strategic Defence Review
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Strategic Defence and Security Review – Part 2
This is the second in a series of posts on the Comprehensive Spending Round and the Strategic Defence and Security Review. The cumulative aim of these posts is to try to unpack what last week’s announcements tells us about Britain’s … Continue reading
Strategic Defence and Security Review – Part 1
Which ever way you look at it this has been a pretty momentous week in British politics. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) will re-shape our undertanding of the role of the state for generations to come. This week also saw the conclusions … Continue reading
