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Westminster’s October agendas were once again dominated by discussions on the value and impact of the UK’s relationship with Saudi Arabia. This month, it was of course in the context of the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
14 November 2018
Little time was spent in parliament in September, as the parties picked up and moved out for their annual conferences. September also saw the first deployment of additional British troops to NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. This deployment was designated as a “non-combat” mission and, as a result, will not be exposed to the same scrutiny that combat missions face.
12 October 2018
Today, a third of the world’s poor live in fragile states, with this proportion set to rise to half in 2018 and nearly two-thirds in 2030. In the UK, political parties have a range of views on how to best fund work to address conflict and fragility, all with their own strengths and weaknesses. Saferworld’s Lewis Brooks sets out key elements that should be reflected in any funding stream designed to address violent conflict.
25 September 2018
This is the final blog to wrap up our series on the costs of remote warfare, following the publication of the headline conclusions of the government's Modernising Defence Programme.
6 August 2018
While July has been a short parliamentary month – nearly shortened further by an impromptu early recess for MPs – it has not been a boring one. The most significant development of the month — aside from the theatrics of ministerial resignations and the near-collapse of the May Government over her Chequers proposals — was supposed to be the long-awaited release of the Modernising Defence Programme.
24 July 2018
Saferworld welcomes the publication of the report on UK arms exports during 2016 by the Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC).
19 July 2018
This is the fifth instalment of a series on the costs of remote warfare.
12 July 2018
The UK’s updated counter terrorism strategy (CONTEST) acknowledges the links between terror threats in the UK and conflict overseas. Yet it fails to apply the hard lessons from flawed UK counter-terror and stabilisation efforts overseas in recent years. It is thus a missed opportunity to show how the UK can reduce the terror threat at home by coherently promoting peace abroad, argues Bénédicte Goderiaux.
4 July 2018
This is the third instalment of a series on the costs of remote warfare.
28 June 2018
This is the second of five blog posts on cost of remote warfare.
14 June 2018