The Case for a National Security Strategy / Demos, 23 Feb 2007
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Charlie Edwards
"At the beginning of the twenty-first century, governments across the globe have struggled to keep up with the growth and complexity of the challenges facing them. This government is no exception and finds itself exposed to changes across a global system that often reverberate unpredictably throughout British society. While departments have begun to develop a more joined-up approach to this interconnected world, there has been no obvious impact to Britain’s archaic security architecture and systems. Without a strategic framework for departments and agencies to operate within, Whitehall continues to suffer from a duplication of resources, mixed messages from politicians and infighting between departments – all of which makes the system more opaque, both for those people who work in it and for citizen. To cut through this complexity and help the government respond to the plethora of challenges facing the UK, at home and abroad, the government should develop a national security strategy."