The future of Trident

Barnaby, Frank

doi:10.1080/13623699.2011.607067

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“…Nick Clegg, in particular, has been credited with pushing the Prime Minister to back such a decision ( Observer 2011b). Third, the Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, who was tasked with implementing the agreed spending cuts across Whitehall and who is a member of the NSC, played an essential role in developing the Treasury line that the capital costs of the Trident renewal would have to come out of the defence budget rather than from a separate government account (Barnaby 2011, 85–86). Fourth, the Liberal Democrats benefited from having a junior minister in the MoD, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Nicholas Harvey.…”

Section: The Conservative-liberal Democrat Coalition In the Ukmentioning

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Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments

Oppermann¹,

Brummer²

2013

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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The main contribution of this article is that it:• Introduces a distinction between different pathways for junior partner influence on the foreign policy of coalition governments; • Provides nuanced insights into the effects of coalition government on foreign policy as well as on the causal mechanisms behind these effects; • Contributes to the 'unpacking' of coalitions and the analysis of coalition governance more generally; • Features a comparative analysis of the current coalition governments in the United Kingdom and Germany.This article contributes to research on the foreign policy influence of junior partners in coalition governments. In particular, it takes up the call to pay greater attention to different patterns and pathways of such influence. To this purpose, this article distinguishes two types of coalition set-ups for foreign policy making. In the first type, junior partners hold one or more departments in the foreign policy executive, and their foreign policy influence rests on the powers that controlling ministries in the field brings. In the second type, junior partners do not hold any department in foreign affairs, and their influence comes from their ability to constrain the discretion of the senior partner in foreign policy. The article exemplifies its theoretical contentions in comparative case studies on the current coalition governments in Germany and the UK, which represent the first and second type respectively.

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Section: The Conservative-liberal Democrat Coalition In the Ukmentioning

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Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments

Oppermann¹,

Brummer²

2013

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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“…54 In terms of modus operandi, some authors stress the likelihood of terrorist use of CBRN weapons in the future. 55 Possible innovations in terrorist tactics and weapons are discussed in six out of seven government reports. They surmise that the tactics likely to be used in the future are: weapons of mass destruction, 56 CBRN weapons, Internet or cyber terrorism, 57 simultaneous attacks, 58 and suicide attacks.…”

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“…23 Possible tactics, such as the use of cyber-terrorism or CBRN weapons were discussed in four books. 24 Finally, counterterrorism strategies were discussed in three books. 25 None of the authors was clear about the timeframe when making predictions about the future of terrorism.…”

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Forecasting Terrorism: The Need for a More Systematic Approach

Bakker¹

2012

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This article analyzes a unique branch of terrorism literature-terrorism futures-by academics, think tanks, and governmental agencies published between 2000 and 2012. To this end, it examines over sixty publications that attempt to discern possible futures of terrorism. In general, the track record of forecasting terrorism has not been good. This is particularly true for major changes in the modus operandi of terrorism, the attacks on 9/11 being a case in point. The analyses of the future of terrorism shows an absence of methodologies, and the lack of theoretical foundations, which lead to limited insights about the causes of changes in terrorism. Most forecasts seem to say more about the present state of terrorism than about the future. The article concludes with a call for a more systematic approach grounded in theory and methodology in order to improve the quality of foresight studies, and to enable researchers to better understand how to assess, model, forecast, and respond to the future terrorist threat.

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‘Us and Us’: Faslane 30 and Academic Direct Action

Mason

Askins

2012

Medicine, Conflict and Survival

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The future of Trident

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments

Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments

Forecasting Terrorism: The Need for a More Systematic Approach

‘Us and Us’: Faslane 30 and Academic Direct Action

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