UK's National Security Strategy fails to address long-term concerns, warns committee

The UK's National Security Strategy (NSS) has failed to address fundamental questions on emerging threats and shifting global alliances, a parliamentary committee has warned. The cross-parliamentary body, which was established to assess the effectiveness of the NSS, branded as "wholly unrealistic" the government's claim that UK influence abroad would not diminish in the medium to long term

[first posted to http://jdin.janes.com - 08 March 2012]