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Research and Technology in the Defence Acquisition Process: Striking a balance

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

Professor Sir Roy Anderson FRS Chief Scientific Adviser,MoD

Lord Drayson Under Secretary of State & Minister for Defence Procurement,MoD

Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope KCB OBE Deputy Supreme Allied Commander,Transformation,NATO

General Sir Jack Deverell KCB Former Commander-in-Chief AFNORTH

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4 RUSSIAN POLICY ONIRAN Trump and Trap Yury Fedorov

7 NUCLEAR FUTURES FOR 2030 Under the Shadow Bruno Tertrais

9 NUCLEAR WEAPONS Trident is the Answer, Now What is the Question? Andrew Dorman

11 NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTROL Nuclear Addicts Hans Blix

14 FRENCH ELECTIONS AND THE ECONOMY Reform or Protect Gilles Moec

16 SOMALIA Trampling the Grass Mohamed H Mukhtar

18ILLEGAL FISHING Casting in the Deep Duncan Brack and Alison Hoare

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20TURKMENISTAN After the Father Anna Matveeva

21 MIDDLE EAST:CROSS BORDER COOPERATION Bridging the Jordan Gidon Bromberg

23 DEATH PENALTY Crimes and Punishment David Bentley

25US DETENTIONS Long Legal Limbo Louise Arimatsu

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