Strategic Defence and Security Review

The cornerstones of the UK’s national security are being undermined as the Government fails to keep pace with challenges to the UK’s position as a global security actor amid fast-changing security threats, warns the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS). In revisiting the…

Economic crises and consumer trends are just a couple of the pitfalls that can dramatically affect the way in which a given organisation does business and survives. As Mike Bluestone duly observes, resilience is the key for any business wanting to thrive in an ever-changing…

The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National Security Strategy has just published the Government’s response to its report on the National Security Capability Review. It appears that the Government is “undecided” in terms of when the next National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security…

The importance of a robust and coherent process in setting the National Security Strategy (NSS) has been underlined by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) with the publication of its first report on the National Security Capability Review (NSCR). Last year, the Government…

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) is launching an inquiry into the National Security Capability Review (NSCR). It’s to be the second inquiry of this Parliamentary session. In July last year, the Government announced a review of national security capabilities. This NSCR is informed by cross-departmental…

The Cabinet Office will lead additional work to review national security capabilities. The Government has initiated this work in support of the ongoing implementation of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review published back in November 2015. The work is to be led by…

According to the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review, the impact of technology – and in particular cyber threats and wider technological developments – is one of the major security challenges facing the UK. With this in mind, the Joint Committee on the National…

As Britain has voted to begin negotiations around relinquishing its membership of the European Union (EU), Professor Malcolm Chalmers outlines the political and economic frameworks for these testy discussions ahead, as well as the pillars of a future settlement designed to uphold Europe’s security structures.…

There are those set on destroying our values, radicalising our young people and killing indiscriminately across the globe. Out of such adversity, though, comes an opportunity for the Government to provide real leadership, and absolutely grasp the fact that our certainty must outpace that of…

Home Secretary Theresa May has set out the most significant changes to the UK’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime in over a decade. The Government’s Action Plan for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Finance will deliver on the aim set out in the latest Strategic Defence…