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Security & Foreign Policy

How the Tories’ new direction left government directionless, and other Brexit stories

Brexiteers have long accused civil servants of hampering the UK’s exit from the EU. But new interviews with leading Tory ministers and advisers paint a very different picture – one […]

First build the foundations: Shaida Badiee on governments’ misplaced aid policies

After nearly two decades running the World Bank’s Development Data Group, Shaida Badiee now works to help developing nations improve their data systems. And she has a clear message for […]

Treat pandemic preparedness as a national security issue, says former UK PM Tony Blair

Governments must treat future pandemic preparedness as a “national security” issue, developing shared systems for identifying mutations and new viruses, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said last Friday. While […]

Black comedy of errors: how the UK accidentally left the Single Market, and other Brexit stories

Newly published interviews with key figures involved in Brexit reveal how a lack of expertise led to major mistakes – and suggest that the UK government deliberately built an inexperienced […]

D&B Investigate™: Unleash Data and Collaboration

Boost collaboration so cases are easier to close See how D&B Investigate helps agents research, analyze, and connect on companies of interest Today’s investigators often face limited resources, multiple demands, […]

The Defence and Security Accelerator: finding innovation for a safer UK

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) finds and funds exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively. DASA links the Armed Forces, Government departments and security organisations […]

Use your intelligence: former UK spy chief on good decisions and poor information

These days, the public discourse is awash with fake news; but intelligence operatives have always worked in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete data. At a lecture last week, former […]

UK spending review delay leaves defence and security in limbo

The UK government’s decision last week to postpone its planned multi-year comprehensive spending review (CSR) has raised concerns about the implications for the Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development […]

US justice department strikes out election race ban on voter fraud probes

Federal prosecutors at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have been given the green light to publicly discuss investigations into voting fraud in the run-up to the US presidential election, […]

Construction or demolition? Explaining Boris’s new Brexit battle

UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking […]