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Experts in security, at home and abroad

Posted by: Stephen Lovegrove, Posted on: 3 July 2018 - Categories: Case studies, Frontline work
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The expert response to the Salisbury nerve agent attack involved Service personnel, multiple government departments, the emergency services and other public bodies working together to protect the public.

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Accelerating innovation in defence and security

Posted by: Heather-Fiona Egan, Posted on: 28 March 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

A new competition-led approach for creating solutions to some of the defence and security challenges of the 21st century.

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The CSQ Interview: Campbell McCafferty, Government Chief Security Officer

Posted by: Civil Service Quarterly editorial team, Posted on: 19 January 2018 - Categories: Interviews
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In July 2016, Campbell McCafferty was appointed the first Government Chief Security Officer. We interviewed him about a range of issues, including his priorities in the role and the security challenges facing the UK.

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From crime scene to court – the science of explosives

Posted by: Charlie Stansfield, Posted on: 17 January 2018 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends, New techniques
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Charlie Stansfield from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) gives an insight into the little-known work of a world-leading forensic science facility in keeping the UK safe.

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Winning the strategic communications war with Daesh

Posted by: Dan Chugg, Posted on: 20 December 2017 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends

Dan Chugg describes the strategic communications operation he set up to counter Daesh propaganda as part of the Global Coalition for the Defeat of Isis.

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Defence engagement in the modern world

Posted by: Gavin Kitchingham, Posted on: 1 November 2016 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends
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Gavin Kitchingham from the Ministry of Defence discusses the International Defence Engagement Strategy and how civil servants are working alongside military personnel to devise strategy that supports government commitments to maintain a secure and prosperous UK.

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Destroying Syria's chemical weapons

Posted by: Ben Merrick, Posted on: 27 January 2015 - Categories: Frontline work, Making organisations work well
Image of HMS Diamond (foreground) and the Danish Peter Willemoes vessel (background), escorting the merchant ship Ark Futura.

In less than 12 months, 97% of Syria’s declared chemical weapons programme has been destroyed. Ben Merrick, Head of Arms Control and Proliferation in the Ministry of Defence, explains how outstanding cross-governmental co-operation made this possible.

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