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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

Alison Wood Group Strategic Development Director,BAE Systems

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4 CALCULATIONS FOR AN AIR ATTACK ON IRAN Bombs Away? Andrew Brookes

6 IRAN Bread not the Bomb Bernd Kaussler

8 IRAQ: CIVIL WAR ON THE INTERNET Window into the Dark Heart Paul Eedle

10FRENCH ELECTIONS Change Abroad Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

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12 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIA: EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP No Time to Walk Away John Schmidt

15 NIGERIAN ELECTIONS Big Men and Ballot Boxes Sola Tayo

17 NIGERIA Resignation and Cynicism JohnRobertson

18 HONG KONG Life in the Shadow Willy Lam

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22TOURISM AND THE THREAT OF TERRORISM Safe hands Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor and David Wilson

25CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM Tomorrow’s Threat Paul Cornish

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