Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges now in print
Laura Cleary and Roger Darby are pleased to announce that Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges was published on 29 November 2021. This edited volume is designed to be used by those tackling the complex and challenging issues of security sector reform (SSR). Written by practitioners for practitioners, the book provides readers with a framework with […]
How will the pandemic affect our relationship with the EU? Are the consequences of leaving even worse now?
As indicated in a previous response, the start-stop approach to negotiations between 2016-2019, the lack of clarity over what type of relationship the UK wanted with the EU after its departure..
What is the risk of internal pandemonium?
The UK isn’t the US, so my personal view is that internal unrest is far less likely…
Human Resilience and COVID-19
Resilience as a concept began in the world of engineering based on very precise tolerances that allowed machinery and technology to operate both safely and effectively.
How have our normal import / export systems been affected by COVID-19?
The pandemic highlights that domestic and global supply chains are fragile and subject to disruption. Just-in-time delivery systems work under ‘normal’ conditions…
Is COVID an example of biological warfare?
I don’t subscribe to the theory that the spread of COVID-19 is the result of a conscious decision to initiate biological warfare.
Are we entering a ‘new age’, a third World War?
The international system is marked by competition and periodic bouts of conflict, which may be localised or sometimes global.
China has recently unveiled its new submarines. Is this a coincidence?
Yes. China has been engaged in a sustained build-up of its military over the last 20 years. This has led to an arms race in Asia