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The Final Report of the ippr Commission on National Security in the 21st Century

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30 June 2009

11.00 – 13.00
The RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ

This event launched the final report of ippr’s Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, an all-party commission co-chaired by Lord George Robertson, former Secretary of State for Defence and former Secretary General of NATO, and Lord Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Shared Responsibilities: A national security strategy for the United Kingdom, published in the name of every Commission member, is the culmination of two years of work by the Commission panel and the Commission secretariat hosted by ippr.

Building on the Commission’s interim report, which presented an analysis of the underlying drivers of the security landscape and the key security challenges facing the UK, Shared Responsibilities assesses the strategic options facing the UK at a time of global economic crisis, strain on public finances, changing global politics and increasing international security challenges. As well as outlining the principles that the Commission believes should underpin UK national security strategy the report sets out a range of targeted recommendations in key security policy areas including defence, counter-terrorism and energy security.