This is the final blog post to wrap up our series on the Costs of Remote Warfare, following the publication of the headline conclusions of the governments Modernising Defence Programme.
This article discusses how the Iraq War carries important lessons for the UK as it prepares to deploy its troops to Mali, particularly when it comes to prioritising influence above a strategy.
The Somali fishermen’s registration programme was lauched to help Somalia’s fisheries management and to secure its waters against piracy. Though commendable, the programme has yielded serious problems.
The fate of Colombia’s Legión del Afecto as a government-financed peacebuilding program is uncertain, but it looks to endure as an independent social movement. Its persistence is due both to its historical development and to its emphasis on affective relationships.
With fewer troops to gather intelligence, American forces are vulnerable to locals’ manipulation.
It was hoped that a new substantive Police Commissioner would be appointed and begin the process of reforming the police service in order to help anti-crime efforts in Trinidad and Tobago. These hopes have been dashed.
The increasing sophistication of hacking and cyber-attacks is challenging the security of nuclear weapons.
In Latin America drones are being used as part of the War on Drugs as both regional governments and the US are using surveillance drones to monitor drug trafficking and find smuggling routes.
Leading scholar of Islam and politics, Alexander Thurston, discusses the history and evolution of the insurgency group Boko Haram.
In June, a judicial review into the legality of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia was announced. This will be the first time that UK arms export policy has been put under the spotlight and scrutinised in this way. Campaign Against Arms Trade discuss this historic decision.
In the Arctic, Indigenous peoples are increasingly seeing their own survival as threatened by environmental change. In this respect, the small Inuit community of Clyde River, Nunavut in Canada represents an interesting case.
