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    On March 19-23 2012, the Security Jam will bring together thousands of representatives of national governments and armed forces, international institutions, NGOs, think-tanks, industry, university and the media to find solutions to global security issues.

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    Putin announces defence spending increase

    Two weeks before the presidential elections in Russia, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin announced an increase in defence spending. In an op-ed for the Russian daily Rossikaya Gazeta, he justified this undertaking by pointing to regional tensions and growing conflicts. He wrote: “New regional and local wars are being sparked before our very eyes...


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    US procurement delays raise costs

    The delays to US defence procurement projects intended to save money within overall spending cuts commitments could raise costs in the long-run, defence experts in Washington D.C. highlighted. Following the adoption of the 2013 federal budget, the US Department of Defence decided to slow down purchases of F-35 fighter jets, the nuclear submarine programme, and other expensive procurement and construction projects.


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US troop changes in Europe

In the scope of a meeting with German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière, US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta outlined the details of upcoming US troop changes in Europe. The US Army is to cut its 170th and 172nd infantry brigades to reach an overall reduction of Europe-based service personnel from 80 000 to 70 000 in 2017. “The minister understands the necessity of the shifts we are making as we work to implement our new defense strategy while meeting our fiscal responsibilities,”

India-Saudi defence cooperation

India and Saudi Arabia have decided to set up a joint committee on defence cooperation, as announced on the sidelines of the visit of a high-level delegation of Indian defence policy-makers, led by Defence Minister A.K. Antony, to Riyadh on Tuesday. “At the delegation-level talks, India and Saudi Arabia decided to set up a Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation to work out the contours of the relationship,” said Sitanshu Kar, Indian Defence Ministry spokesman.

SDA cyber-initiative: EVENT Reports available

On January 30th 2012, the SDA hosted two events in the framework of its cyber initiative and launched its report “Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules”. The reports of the evening debate on global cyber-governance and the policymakers’ dinner on public-private cooperation in cyber-security are now available.

 

SDA speakers

The Security & Defence Agenda regularly welcomes high level speakers from the international and national sphere of politics, the military, private sector, civil society, and academia to discuss the issues that shape global security and defence.

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SDA cyber-report

 

The SDA has launched its groundbreaking cyber-report "Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules", based on over 80 interviews with senior specialists and policy makers and a survey of 250 experts from around the world. Download the report here.

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