Strategic Defence and Security Review

Strategic Defence and Security Review
Author: Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-05-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719107006

How do we maintain Strategic Defence and Security Review's Integrity? How do we accomplish our long range Strategic Defence and Security Review goals? What may be the consequences for the performance of an organization if all stakeholders are not consulted regarding Strategic Defence and Security Review? Is Strategic Defence and Security Review Required? How does Strategic Defence and Security Review integrate with other business initiatives? This best-selling Strategic Defence and Security Review self-assessment will make you the principal Strategic Defence and Security Review domain expert by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Strategic Defence and Security Review challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Strategic Defence and Security Review work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Strategic Defence and Security Review task and that every Strategic Defence and Security Review outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Strategic Defence and Security Review costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Strategic Defence and Security Review advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Strategic Defence and Security Review essentials are covered, from every angle: the Strategic Defence and Security Review self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Strategic Defence and Security Review outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Strategic Defence and Security Review practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Strategic Defence and Security Review are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Strategic Defence and Security Review self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Britain in a Perilous World

Britain in a Perilous World
Author: Jonathan Shaw
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2015-03-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1908323825

The British government periodically publishes a Strategic Defence and Security Review, an appraisal of the armed forces that seeks to understand and prepare for the defense challenges that lie ahead. This report is often controversial—the 2010 review, for example, made headlines for all the wrong reasons, as major defense projects such as the NIMROD aircraft were discontinued at huge cost, while other projects were maintained only because they were too expensive to abandon. In advance of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, Jonathan Shaw argues persuasively for the need to rethink how governments and Whitehall devise their strategies and reach crucial decisions. Beginning with the review’s often imprecise use of language, Shaw challenges the assumptions that underlie the British government’s current practices. Ultimately, he suggests how Whitehall can improve its approaches and, equally important, its credibility.

The Strategic Defence and Security Review

The Strategic Defence and Security Review
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Defence Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2010
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

On 7 July 2009 the Ministry of Defence announced its plan for a Strategic Defence Review to follow the 2010 General Election. The predecessor Defence Committee reported its views on the proposed Review in its fourth report of session 2009-10 (HC 53, ISBN 9780215543912). The current Defence Committee supports the recommendation in that report that the Review be broadened in scope in order to set the country's defence needs in a stronger foreign and security policy context. It is however recognised that the inclusion of broadly defined security concerns within the Review risks the dilution of the defence contribution. Immediate or short-term security issues and threats might dominate the Review to the exclusion of the medium to long-term defence assessments made by the MoD. The Government's need to tackle the deficit is understood yet there is concern at the possible consequences of the MoD's budget not being ring-fenced for the future, unlike those of the DFID and Department of Health. The capacity of the country even to sustain current in-use capabilities and therefore current operations could well be put at risk by the proposed cuts of between 10% and 20%. This report looks at these risks and the specific issues, including those of public consultation and the speed at which the Review process is being undertaken, involved.

Securing Britain in an age of uncertainty

Securing Britain in an age of uncertainty
Author: Great Britain: Cabinet Office
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780101794824

This strategic defence and security review provides detailed information on how the Government plans to deliver the strategy outlined in "A strong Britain in an age of uncertainty: the national security strategy" (Cm. 7953, ISBN 9780101795326). Chapters cover: national security tasks and planning guidelines; defence; the deterrent; wider security; alliances and partnerships; structural reform and implementation. An adaptable posture is proposed, enabling a flexible response to highest priority risks, maintaining a deterrent, enhancing partnerships, constant review of longer-term risks and uncertainties. Eight cross-cutting national security tasks are identified. An outline force structure, Future Force 2020, is planned for defence. The Army will receive new armoured vehicles and strategic lift aircraft, better communications equipment, and more battlefield helicopters. The role and structure of the Territorial Army and other reserve forces will be reviewed. The Royal Navy will get new vessels, including two new aircraft carriers, though only one carrier will be designed for full operability with allies. The Ark Royal carrier will be decommissioned and Harrier jets phased out as new aircraft are introduced. Royal Air Force capabilities will be based around a fleet of Typhoon and Joint Strike Fighter aircraft with supporting unmanned vehicles and an enhanced air transport fleet. The nuclear deterrent will be maintained, but the number of warheads on each submarine and in reserve will be reduced. Wider security covers terrorism, instability and conflict overseas, cyber security, civil emergencies, energy security, organised crime, border security, counter proliferation and arms control. Alliances and partnerships remain a fundamental part of the approach, including bilateral co-operation and multilateral engagement through NATO and the UN. Structural reform to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the strategy is described. Personnel reduction is to be: 5,000 Navy, 7,000 Army, 5,000 RAF, and 25,000 civilians.

Adaptability and partnership

Adaptability and partnership
Author: Great Britain: Ministry of Defence
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2010-02-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780101779425

The Government has announced a strategic defence review, the first since 1998, to take place after the next election. This green paper aims to contribute to discussion of the key issues and to build a broad consensus on the direction to take. It sets out the assessment of the UK's interests, the changing international context in which they will be promoted, the use of force in this changing context, and key areas where there is a need to adjust policy and process. The core argument is that the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces must accelerate the process of reform. Processes, people and equipment must become more adaptable to confront the potential threats successfully. And the UK must improve its ability to operate in partnership across government and internationally. Chapters 1 and 2 set the context for the future defence review in terms of uncertainly, affordability, complexity and the use of force. Further chapters cover: adaptability and influence; partnership; and people, equipment and structures. Chapter 6 sets out the key questions for the future review. Two annexes cover an illustrative list of operations since the 1998 strategic defence review and defence planning assumptions. Published alongside this paper is "The Defence strategy for acquisition reform" (Cm. 7996, ISBN 9780101779623) which sets out a new approach in creating greater agility in the defence equipment programme.

A strong Britain in an age of uncertainty

A strong Britain in an age of uncertainty
Author: Great Britain: Cabinet Office
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2010-10-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780101795326

The national security strategy of the United Kingdom is to use all national capabilities to build Britain's prosperity, extend the country's influence in the world and strengthen security. The National Security Council ensures a strategic and co-ordinated approach across the whole of Government to the risks and opportunities the country faces. Parts 1 and 2 of this document outline the Government's analysis of the strategic global context and give an assessment of the UK's place in the world. They also set out the core objectives of the strategy: (i) ensuring a secure and resilient UK by protecting the country from all major risks that can affect us directly, and (ii) shaping a stable world - actions beyond the UK to reduce specific risks to the country or our direct interests overseas. Part 3 identifies and analyses the key security risks the country is likely to face in the future. The National Security Council has prioritised the risks and the current highest priority are: international terrorism; cyber attack; international military crises; and major accidents or natural hazards. Part 4 describes the ways in which the strategy to prevent and mitigate the specific risks will be achieved. The detailed means to achieve these ends will be set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Cm. 7948, ISBN 9780101794824), due to publish on 19 October 2010.

HC 1127 - Towards The Next Strategic Defence And Security Review: Part Three

HC 1127 - Towards The Next Strategic Defence And Security Review: Part Three
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Defence Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 4
Release: 2015
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0215084691

This report concludes the Committee's work on the next Strategic Defence and Security Review, it summarises the contribution of the Committee's recent reports, and raises a number of questions that it believes need to be addressed in the next SDSR. The Committee would like to see the Government response to its questions embedded in the next DSR. As an Annex to this report, the Committee is also publishing an analysis of how it has addressed the 10 Core Tasks set for Departmental Select Committees by the House of Commons Liaison Committee.

The Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy

The Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-08-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780215561138

This report notes mounting concern that UK Armed Forces may be falling below the minimum utility required to deliver the commitments that they are currently being tasked to carry out let alone the tasks they are likely to face between 2015 to 2020 when it is acknowledged that there will be capability gaps. The Committee is concerned that UK Armed Forces will be continually operating at the maximum level envisaged by the Defence Planning Assumptions. The Committee is not convinced that this aspiration can be achieved by co-operation with our allies given the challenges of aligning political with operational needs. The SDSR identified seven military tasks and the Defence Planning Assumptions that underpin them. However the Review fails to show how decisions such as those on the Aircraft Carriers and Nimrod MRA4 will lead to the Armed Forces being able to undertake those military tasks. The Committee has serious concerns over the realisation of what is called "Future Force 2020", the Government's intended shape of the Armed Forces from 2020, particularly as the provision of the necessary resources is only a Government aspiration, not Government policy. The MoD must reform, and ensure substantially improved transparency and control over, its finance and budgetary practices. When committing to undertake new operations the Government should state from the outset where that operation fits in the Defence Planning Assumptions and which of the military tasks it is meeting. The Committee is concerned that the Government seems to have postponed the sensible aspiration of bringing commitments and resources into line, in that it has taken on the new commitment of Libya while reducing the resources available to MoD.