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Commission on National Security in the In the news

21st Century
INTRODUCTION Warning over UK security priorities
COMMISSIONERS BBC News - 30 June

COMMISSION Government urged to rethink defence

WORKSTREAMS Channel 4 News - 30 June

EVENTS It is time for hard choices on defence

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PUBLICATIONS &
REPORTS Financial Times - 30 June

Submissions to the Commission The Cold War is over. We must move

ARTICLES
on, fast
PRESS RELEASES
ippr's Commission on National Security in the 21st Century welcomes external submissions of The Times - 30 June
CALLS FOR EVIDENCE evidenceonissuesrelevanttoitsresearchstreamsandactivities.Aselectionofpapers Re-think urged on UK nuclear
SUPPORTING THE submittedduringanopencallforevidenceinJuly2007canbefoundbelow.Forallotherippr deterrent
COMMISSION andCommissionpapersandourseriesofcommissionedpolicybriefs,pleaseclickhere. The Independent - 30 June
Strategic thinking about Trident
Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding The Telegraph - 30 June
Defence spending unsustainable,
Preventing War warns think-tank
By Chris Coverdale New Statesman - 30 June
This paper outlines the systemic and structural reforms needed to ensure that Britain upholds
Are we getting ready for the wrong
its international commitments and enforces the laws of war.
war?
The Observer - Sunday 28 June
Bridging the gap: Improving UK support for peace processes
Show Britain is on the right side by
By Dr Catherine Barnes
barring torture, say security experts
Conciliation Resources (CR), an international organization focusing on providing support for
The Guardian - 27 June
peacebuilding around the globe, recently commissioned an assessment of the UKs conflict
policies. CR has concluded that there are conceptual, policy, institutional and practice gaps in
the UKs responses to violent conflict. Informed by experience working in the field, CR is
convinced that the UK can better address key global challenges by directing more of its
diplomatic, political and economic resources to the resolution and prevention of conflict through
increasing and improving support for peace processes leading to better peace agreements.

The need to improve support for better peace processes to underpin sustainable peace and
security
By Catherine Barnes, Conciliation Resources
The following submission is based on Conciliation Resources recently published policy research
Bridging the Gap: Improving UK Support for Peace Processes. This work is, in turn, based on
more than ten years of practical support to people working at local, national and international
levels to develop more effective solutions to social, economic and political problems related to
violent conflicts and comparative analysis of peace processes through the publication series
Accord: an international review of peace initiatives.

Counter-terrorism

The future of counter-terrorism and human rights

By Eric Metcalfe, Director of human rights policy, JUSTICE
This paper, a copy of a forthcoming JUSTICE paper on counter-terrorism and human rights, has
been submitted as evidence to the Institute for Public Policy Researchs Commission on National
Security for the 21st Century. It is intended to address the values and interests that should
shape British security policy, in particular the importance of rationality and respect for
fundamental rights.

Critical National Infrastructure and Resilience

Providing Protection and Continuity: The UKs national security in the 21st Century
Submitted by Infinity
This report covers a number areas relating specifically to how we can better protect the UKs
infrastructure and mitigate against growing risks to the continuity of our every day lives. The
authors include Infinitys CEO, Martin Lynch and a number of the companys advisory board
members including Dr James Hart a former Commissioner of the City of London Police and Mick
Jenkins, a former government intelligence officer.

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