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Security & Foreign Policy

Former Cricketer To Help Strengthen Australia-India Ties

Former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist has been appointed as the country’s first ever education ambassador to India. Education minister Christopher Pyne, who announced the appointment yesterday, said Gilchrist “will play […]

UK Appoints New Foreign Office Chief

The British ambassador to Germany has been appointed the new top civil servant of Britain’s foreign office, it has been announced today. Sir Simon McDonald will take up the role […]

Margaret Stone To Monitor Australia’s Intelligence Agencies

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has announced Margaret Stone as the new chief watchdog of the country’s intelligence services. Stone has been appointed for a five-year term to lead the […]

Former PM intervenes after Australia’s top bureaucrat’s China remarks

Former prime minister of Australia John Howard has stepped in after dismissive remarks about China by the country’s top bureaucrat have sparked controversy. Michael Thawley, who heads up Australia’s civil service, told […]

Britain at risk to miss Nato defence target, MoD official says

Britain could miss a crucial Nato target for defence spending, as the UK Treasury is seeking to cut the budgets of most government departments this year by an extra 5%, […]

Scrapping Trident nuclear subs ‘irresponsible folly’, say UK ex-military chiefs

A total of 20 former military chiefs have written to the incoming British prime minister with a warning that a decision not to renew the UK’s nuclear deterrent would be […]

More sexual assaults and self harm in privately-run prisons, UK government data shows

British prisons run by private companies account for a higher proportion of fighting, sexual assaults, drug-taking, self-harming, hunger strikes, and prisoner escapes than public-sector prisons, according to analysis by The […]

Global leaders accused of failing on social cohesion

Global leadership is failing to achieve social cohesion and stability, US think-tank chief Anne-Marie Slaughter told the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos this week. Speaking during a panel discussion […]

Protecting nations, respecting rights

Ban Ki Moon has outlined the UN’s priorities in security sector reform. Here’s what he told the Security Council Reforms to national security in UN member states should keep clearly […]

Government of Peru arrests 28 terror suspects

The government of Peru has arrested 28 leaders and members of a front organisation for the Shining Path terrorist group. The arrests came after a concerted effort to track down […]