Invisible costs add up over future UK operations in Afghanistan
Brighton, UK – 9 November 2012 By Inês Klinesmith Costs of Afghan operations to Great Britain on the rise While the British government…
Growing British investment in Iraq threatened by Russian competition
London, UK – 2 November 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Updated – 7 November 2012 UK leads European spending, but Russian contracts closing the gap…
Weekly Recap: Opening up to China’s industrial capacity
London, UK – 20 October 2012 By Robert Densmore The invisible embargo imposed by America’s conservative political elite on discussing all things China related is…
Navy’s Fire Scout UAV compromises BAE’s precision weapons upgrade
Edinburgh, UK – 12 October 2012 By Fiona Pringle Fire Scout UAV problems mark poor start for hi-tech APKWS integration The decision to…
Russia’s homegrown North Caucasus insurgency pushes for Islamist state
London, UK – 20 September 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Salafist Islamic insurgency in North Caucasus goes on offensive A volatile form of salafist…
China missile test unveils fear of US in Asia Pacific
London, UK – 29 August 2012 By Sania Farooqui China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces staged a live-fire test of what appears to be a…
DefRep weekly recap: Sukhoi’s T-50 to trump F-35 stealth capability
London, UK – 26 August 2012 By Robert Densmore T-50 stealth comparisons Funding is expected to be approved shortly for the next phase of development…
DefRep weekly recap: British defence industry fraud and malpractice
London, UK – 19 August 2012 By Robert Densmore Handling the UK defence industry with kid gloves The close connection between non-standard business practice and…
Assad must create “Srebrenica” genocide for West to help Syria
London, UK – 16 August 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Syria’s rebel fighters can not expect assistance in the form of armed intervention from an outside…
DefRep weekly recap: British civil-military relations, Turkey’s purge and Afghanistan’s
London, UK – 10 August 2012 By Robert Densmore United Kingdom civil-military relations The way in which service members’ remains are handled may often be…
