While a significant number of details are still to be clarified, the path laid out by SDSR 2015 should be able to begin to restore the UK’s hard-power capabilities and standing. Although Britain may not quite be back, it is back from the brink.

On 5th September, 20014, the HSC’s Director for Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, was on PMLR’s Westminster Podcast discussing the situation in Iraq.    

Whatever Russia’s ultimate intentions in Ukraine are following their annexation of Crimea, NATO – an organisation that was facing what some saw as existential questions post-Afghanistan – is now required to once again turn its attention to the defence of its member states.

Campaigners have marched through the streets of London to protest against recent attacks on Iraqis and Syrians by ISIS militants. Hundreds of people gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Demonstrators, led by ...

On 15th August, 20014, the HSC’s Director for Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, was on PMLR’s Westminster Podcast debating the recall of Parliament with Tony Grew. 

When the history of the current Coalition Government is written, probably their single gravest set of errors will be able to be summed up in four letters: SDSR. The October 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, thrown together in just five months, will go down in history as a textbook example of what happens when short-term financial and political considerations are allowed to undermine sound defence thinking.

The decision by the UK government to take steps towards the re-opening of the UK Embassy in Iran carries with it a potentially dangerous precedent, firstly in misrepresenting the values supposedly underlining UK foreign policy, and secondly in providing tacit approval for Iran's current actions, and by extension how Iranis conducting itself regionally and internationally.

Whilst there is reason to be positive about the ongoing Geneva negotiations between the Assad government and the opposition, the general consensus is that there is little chance of these talks leading to any substantial progress. The reason for this underlying feeling is as clear as it is familiar, the rebels ultimately demand Assad goes, Assad refuses to do so.

Guest Contributor: Michael Shale 30th November 2013 The anti-depleted uranium movement sprung during the Balkan wars and has been central in anti-war outfits ever since. The anti-DU crowd capitalizes on public ignorance and fear about nuclear power to preach tales about depleted ...

Increased awareness and campaigning around the issue is forcing politicians and others to make a stand and crack down on the practice.