Category: <span>Reports and Briefings</span>

Category: Reports and Briefings

Britain’s Child Soldiers, Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2011

Catch 16-22 Recruitment and retention of minors in the British armed forcesWe think of child soldiers as being a  problem in places like the Congo. But “child soldiers” include all those under the age of 18. And under those terms we enlist them in Britain too. This report by the …

“Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategic Defence and Security Review”, UK Government, 2010

In recent years, the UK Government has published its first “National Security Strategy” (2008) and also this “Strategic Defence and Security Review” (2010) – the first since 1998. From the Strategic Defence and Security Review: “Today, Britain faces a different and more complex range of threats from a myriad of …

“Shared Responsibilities”, Institute for Public Policy Research, 2009

At the end of June 2009 the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) published the final report of their Commission on National Security for the 21st Century – “Shared Responsibilities: a national security strategy for the UK”.  It makes for some interesting reading.  A copy of the full report can …

Climate and Conflict, Dr Stuart Parkinson, 2008

Our earth’s environmental crisis will almost certainly be the driver of any future wars – directly or indirectly. The speaker at our AGM in 2008, Dr Stuart Parkinson, set the scene with his presentation ‘Climate Change and Military Conflict’. Dr Parkinson is the Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility. Their …