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BAE Systems and EADS: Thwarted at the Alter

John Louth explores the reasons for the EADS-BAE corporate courtship and its eventual failure, and attempts to understand where the inability to merge leaves the businesses themselves and the concept of a European defence entity

Where Next for UK Cyber-Security?

Pauline Neville-Jones and Mark Phillips

A national-security cloud on the horizon? The UK government should take the lead in setting cyber-security standards both within and beyond the UK's borders.

Beyond the Iron Dome: Placing Missile Defence in its Regional Context

The latest crisis between Israel and Palestine highlighted the utility of the Israel Defence Force’s Iron Dome system. It emphasises once again the importance of missile defence and has gained the attention of the United States. Still deemed as a key US priority, it sees cooperation with Israel as integral to developing future capabilities.