Specialist infantry and defence engagement

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Blair Thomas Herron ◽  
K M Heil ◽  
D Reid
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Insight Into

In 2015, the UK government published the National Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) 2015, which laid out their vision for the future roles and structure of the UK Armed Forces. SDSR 2015 envisaged making broader use of the Armed Forces to support missions other than warfighting. One element of this would be to increase the scale and scope of defence engagement (DE) activities that the UK conducts overseas. DE activities traditionally involve the use of personnel and assets to help prevent conflict, build stability and gain influence with partner nations as part of a short-term training teams. This paper aimed to give an overview of the Specialist Infantry Group and its role in UK DE. It will explore the reasons why the SDSR 2015 recommended their formation as well as an insight into future tasks.

scholarly journals The future of environmental governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Colin T. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Governance ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
The Eu

During the UK’s membership of the EU, the EU structures have provided a degree of external oversight, ensuring that environmental obligations are fulfilled. To fill the gaps left by the removal of these structures, the different parts of the UK are currently developing their own proposals for environmental principles and governance, which are briefly outlined. The different national schemes adopt different approaches and have to fit into different legal and policy backgrounds. Although collaboration is desirable it seems unlikely to be achieved, if only because of the different timescales for turning proposals into action. Progress with the different national schemes may be disrupted by the need to meet any commitments made by the UK government in international agreements. These agreements may include environmental provisions, and the “Backstop” to the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU contains substantial commitments on environmental governance. Some firm suggestions are made for enhancing future collaboration.

Comment: The UK Government's strategic approach to the biotechnology industry

10.5912/jcb27 ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lord Sainsbury
Keyword(s):  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Industry

The UK Government recognises that biotechnology is a key industry for the future and is determined to create the best possible conditions to continue the sector’s growth and success. This paper addresses the key initiatives being taken by government.

‘No deal’ Brexit could become more likely

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Single Market ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

Significance A ‘no deal’ outcome from the negotiations would have massively disruptive effects on both sides of the Channel. Impacts A ‘no deal’ outcome would create political bad will which would impede cooperation with remaining EU states across a range of issues. The short-term costs of adjustment and trade disruption will be additional to the costs of leaving the single market and customs union. The UK government could lose its reputation for competence.

scholarly journals Resisting Digital Surveillance Reform: The Arguments and Tactics of Communications Service Providers

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 517-532
Author(s):  
Wil Chivers
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Insight Into

Communications surveillance in the UK has been an increasingly contentious issue since the early 2000s. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is the result of a long series of attempts by the UK government to reform communications surveillance legislation. The consultations on this legislation—and on its precursor, the Draft Communications Data Bill 2012—offer unique insight into how such efforts generate resistance to surveillance. This article draws attention to the role of communications service providers (CSPs)—who are increasingly being responsibilised to collect and retain communications data—within a multi-actor network of resistance. It also identifies the reasons CSPs gave for resisting these proposed reforms. Content analysis of the consultation documents reveals three themes that were central to the CSPs’ arguments: technology, territory, and trust. The article concludes by considering the implications for understanding resistance to contemporary digital surveillance.

scholarly journals Brexit barbarization? The UK leaving the EU as de-civilizing trend

2020 ◽  
pp. 144078332096052
Author(s):  
David Inglis
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Social scientists have begun to offer varied diagnoses of why Brexit has happened, and what its consequences have been and will likely be. This article does so by drawing upon Elias-inspired notions of longer-term de-civilizing processes, shorter-term de-civilizing spurts, and short-term de-civilizing offensives. Brexit is conceived of as involving a set of interlocking phenomena and tendencies which are de-civilizing in nature, and therefore de-cosmopolit(an)izing too. Diverse empirical phenomena in the UK are made sense of through the unifying conceptual apparatus of ‘de-civilization’, allowing analysis to start to relate them to each other systematically. The article also uses this sociological approach to look ahead tentatively to what the post-Brexit socio-political landscape may look like in the future.

The hardest part of EU-UK Brexit still lies ahead

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Period ◽  
General Election ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Uk

Significance Different interpretations of what has been agreed so far have already been aired publicly -- and that does not bode well for the future. Impacts The next point of crisis in the talks is likely to be about the terms of a transition period of about two years, or possibly longer. The discussion of the future relationship will bring clear divisions within the UK government even further out into the open. The febrile nature of UK politics at the moment means a general election next year cannot be ruled out.

UK Brexit negotiating strategy may not be sustainable

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
At Home

Subject The United Kingdom’s negotiating tactics. Significance As the Brexit negotiations have progressed, a pattern has emerged: the UK government has noisily proclaimed its opposition to outcomes it has subsequently accepted. Progress to date might provide some clues as to how the negotiations might proceed in the future. Impacts The government’s rhetoric is likely to raise unrealistic hopes at home. Its strategy could eventually disillusion segments of the population and increase anti-establishment sentiment. The UK government risks alienating EU partners and destroying goodwill.

UK withdrawal agreement is not finished yet

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
Parliamentary History ◽  
The Uk

Subject Vote against the Brexit deal. Significance UK MPs voted yesterday against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit ‘withdrawal agreement’ by 432 votes to 202, marking the largest defeat in parliamentary history. Pressure on MPs to mobilise over an alternative Brexit plan will heighten as the prospects for a no-deal Brexit increase. Impacts If the Labour Party does not support a second referendum it risks losing grassroots supporters. Renegotiating the future relationship agreement could provoke tension among EU members. Business leaders will intensify pressure on the UK government to provide clarity over its Brexit plans.

Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t: The Use of Prime Ministerial Discretion and the Royal Prerogative

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Cladi
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
David Cameron ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Gordon Brown ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Theresa May

Abstract The royal prerogative is one of the most significant elements of the UK’s government and constitution. During the premiership of Gordon Brown and the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition led by David Cameron, there was momentum for a reform of the royal prerogative. During the Conservative premiership of Theresa May, the impetus for reform of the royal prerogative has seemingly diminished. This article analyses how the UK Government has made use of the royal prerogative in terms of deploying the armed forces, making and unmaking international treaties and proroguing Parliament. It asserts that while such powers have not been compromised, the ability of Prime Ministers to use them without parliamentary consent has been subject to greater contestation. This has appeared to rein in the discretion of Prime Ministers. However, this article argues that Prime Ministers’ discretion has in fact become more meaningful as their political capital is invested in decisions concerning prerogative powers.

scholarly journals Quantitative and Qualitative Outcomes of Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy with Male Armed Forces Veterans in the UK presenting with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Harford ◽  
Mark Widdowson
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Transactional Analysis ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
The Uk

This paper presents findings from a two-year research project conducted within a live-in residential charity setting in the UK, examining clinical outcomes of TA psychotherapy among 15 male armed forces veterans presenting with severe PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and other comorbid disorders. Outcomes were measured for short-term (24 sessions) and long-term (52 sessions) transactional analysis (TA) treatment using the quantitative CORE-OM (Evans, Mellor-Clark, Margison, Barkham, McGrath, Connell & Audin, 2000), PHQ-9 (Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams, 2001) and GAD-7 (Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe, 2006) questionnaires and the qualitative Change Interview (Elliott, Slatick, & Urman, 2001, as cited in Frommer & Rennie, 2001). Quantitative findings show that positive Reliable Change on global distress, depression and anxiety has taken place within both the short-term and long-term treatment groups with some clients achieving Clinically Significant Change on these measures. Qualitative findings arising from thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) indicate that a broad spectrum of therapist factors and psychotherapy process factors within the TA therapy delivered were beneficial for this particular client group. The negative influence of a number of psychosocial factors on the veterans' well-being is also discussed based on numerical data and interview responses. Overall, these results suggest that TA psychotherapy can be effective in the treatment of PTSD among combat veterans.

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