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Analysis supports the formulation of defence policy

Dstl's analysis fundamentally shaped the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, ensuring a robust defence policy for Her Majesty바카라 사이트s 바카라 사이트.

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Dstl바카라 사이트s Defence and Security Analysis Division provides a wide range of policy analysis to support the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and partners across government. Over the course of 18 months during 2014 and 2015, embedded analysts supported the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). They developed a framework to help senior decision makers in MOD understand the policy choices confronting Defence. The result was the 바카라 사이트New Framework for Defence바카라 사이트 and ultimately the current National Security Objectives.

The framework played an important presentational role during SDSR. In their public speeches, both the Defence Secretary and the Chief of Defence Staff cited the New Framework for Defence as 바카라 사이트helping us maintain our operational and technological edge, recruit and retain the best people and forge stronger international partnerships바카라 사이트.

Within Whitehall, MOD used the framework to show the direction of thinking, and the Cabinet Office saw the presentational benefits of the framework and adopted a modified version as the current National Security Objectives.

The original goal was to compare alternative posture choices, and to investigate their comparative policy, force structure, and resource implications. To this end, Dstl ran a SDSR strategic game for senior personnel. At each stage of an unfolding global scenario, participants were asked to consider the freedom of action, constraints, and political implications of changing the UK바카라 사이트s overall defence posture. The insights informed the Defence Strategy Group바카라 사이트s deliberations in the closing stages of the SDSR.

The strategic game sparked a wider interest in wargaming among senior decision makers in MOD. The result was Vice Chief of Defence Staff바카라 사이트s wargaming initiative and a Dstl-designed a senior 바카라 사이트modern deterrence바카라 사이트 wargame in September 2017, with more planned for the future.

For more information, contact centralenquiries@dstl.gov.uk.

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Published 11 January 2018