Alastair Cameron

Contact:

alastairc@rusi.org

Expertise:

NATO policy and operations, EU defence and security matters, NATO-EU relations and the defence industry in Europe, Energy Security and Missile Defence in Europe.
 
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Alastair Cameron

Position: Associate Fellow


As Head of the European Security Programme, Alastair Cameron was responsible for leading research projects, private discussion meetings and public conferences on all aspects of European Security and Defence. His main research interests relate to the development of European military capabilities, the EU's European Security and Defence Policy, NATO transformation and NATO-EU relations, as well as international defence partnerships and military operations.

Monitoring the national foreign and security policies of European countries; their bilateral relationships with the United Kingdom; and European relations with neighbouring regions such as the CIS states, the Caucasus/Black Sea regions, the Maghreb and the Mediterranean - Alastair's work regularly involves working closely with the international diplomatic community, as well as engaging with foreign and defence ministries on specific policy and research areas.

Prior to joining RUSI in 2007, Alastair worked as a Defence Consultant and between 2004 and 2006, spent two years working as Armed Forces Editor for Jane's, where he was responsible for the editorial overview of all Jane's country-based military assessments. Whilst living in France, he worked as a Project Leader within the EU/NATO office of the 'Directorate for Strategic Affairs' of the French Ministry of Defence co-ordinating European and NATO military exercises. In 2001, he also gained work experience as a Research Assistant at the Assembly of the Western European Union in Paris.

Alastair has a Masters in International Relations, Conflict & Security from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris - Sciences Po, as well as a BA in European Studies from the University of London. He has dual French and British nationality.

Editor and author of several Occasional Papers for RUSI or studies on European security and defence, while working at Jane's, Alastair was the editor of the Jane's Sentinel - defence files, Jane's Defence Budgets, as well as Jane's World Armies, Jane's World Air Forces and Jane's World Navies.

 

Selected publications

European Defence: Breaking New Ground, Edition l'Harmattan, October 2009

Combating International Terrorism: Turkey's Added Value, RUSI Occasional Paper, October 2009

British-German Dialogue on Defence and Security Policies: Taking a Comprehensive Approach, March 2009 (PDF download)

France's NATO Reintegration: Fresh Views with the Sarkozy Presidency?, RUSI Occasional Paper, February 2009

NATO in South Eastern Europe: Reconstruction and Security in the Balkans, RUSI Occasional Paper, March 2008

Launching EU Battlegroups, RUSI Occasional Paper, December 2007

Defence Research and Development in the Atlantic Nations, RUSI Occasional Paper, 2007

 

RUSI Publications

'Too Big to Fail': The Euro Crisis and the EU
25 Jan 2011
Recovery from the financial crisis in the eurozone needs a strong and coherent EU
 The new Franco-British Entente: a practical defence relationship in an age of austerity
23 Jun 2010
In June, France and Britain commemorated the seventieth anniversary of the British Dunkirk evacuation and French General De Gaulle's 18 June call to arms across BBC airwaves in 1940. The leaders of both countries have indicated that this relationship could move beyond historical bonds of friendship to a more strategic and practical defence partnership.
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17 Sep 2010
The recent kidnapping and execution by AQIM has alarmed France
 Galileo satellite navigation system off course?
12 Oct 2007
Will it end up in a blind alley?
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17 Mar 2010
With the coming UK defence review, an enhanced Franco-British bilateral relationship may be on the horizon
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26 Oct 2007
The European Security Programme looks into the implications of the upcoming Libson Treaty in the field of security and defence.
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14 Dec 2007
The European Union's upcoming military operation in Africa is one of its largest, most ambitious and, hence, most challenging to date.
Seizing the opportunity for better NATO/EU relations
28 May 2008
Passage taken from the joint RUSI Transatlantic and European Security Programme study entitled 'NATO's Strategic and Operational Challenges'.
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15 Jan 2008
Looking into the structures which define Europe’s relations with its southern neighbouring region, this article calls for further developments in EU-NATO co-operation within the security arena.
Testing times; Georgia’s gamble forces Europeans to take a long and hard look at its collective security agreements
13 Aug 2008
As the conflict between Georgia and Russia unfolded in the Caucasus, the West found itself lacking any kind of meaningful riposte. In fact, the response from international bodies responsible for conflict management has been so timorous that it raises important questions regarding Europe’s collective security agreements.
Modernising France’s Security and Defence Apparatus: a French National Security Council?
18 Feb 2008
This article explores the changes to France’s security and defence apparatus currently under discussion in the halls of power in Paris. It seems the changes will result in a further strengthening of the role of the president in the French political system.
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6 Nov 2009
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15 May 2008
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26 Sep 2008
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20 Mar 2009
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23 Jul 2008
This article outlines the main areas of the most recent French Defence and National Security White Paper, and provides an analysis of the implications on France's foreign policy aspirations
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19 Dec 2008
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22 Jun 2009
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