It is time for hard choices on defence policy

Commentary feature looking at the challenges facing the UK's defence priorities following the publication by the Institute for Public Policy Research on the 30 June 2009 of a report called 'Shared Responsibilities: A National Security Strategy for the UK'.

BBC News, 1.7.09: UK 'must slash defence spending' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8125466.stm

IPPR: Shared Responsibilities. A national security strategy for the UK, 2009 http://www.ippr.org.uk/members/download.asp?f=%2Fecomm%2Ffiles%2Fippr%5Fshared%5Fresponsibility%2Epdf

IPPR: Press Release, 30.6.09: UK's National Security Strategy needs radical change, says independent all-party commission of experts at ippr http://www.ippr.org.uk/pressreleases/?id=3626

Website: Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) http://www.rusi.org/

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