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Military Tasks

  • Defending the UK and its overseas territories
  • Providing strategic intelligence
  • Providing nuclear deterrence
  • Supporting civil emergency organisations in times of crisis
  • Defending our interests by projecting power strategically and through expeditionary interventions
  • Providing a defence contribution to UK influence
  • Providing security to stabilisation

Objectives

  • Explain the UKs Interests
  • Describe the relationship between Gov't and the Armed Forces
  • Explain the relationship between Security and Defence Policy
  • Analyse the role the Army plays in Defence
  • List the roles of the key participants in Defence and Security

National Interests

Political Interests: Promotion of democracy and at home and abroad.

Economic Interests: Economic growth and well-being derived from free trade, investment and energy security.

Social Interests: Promotion of respect for human rights at home and abroad

Prosperity

Security

Freedom

“…not open to question"

"...the state sometimes has to encroach on the liberties of the few..." – Prime Minister, NSS 2010

The Rule of

Law

Democracy

Free speech

Tolerance

Human Rights

National Interests

Things that ensure survival, welfare and security

The Westminster System

What is Democracy?

  • Constitutional Government based upon formal rules
  • Guarantee of civil liberties
  • A system of checks and balances
  • Regular elections: 1 person, 1 vote; 1 vote, 1 value
  • Party competition

Defence Minister?

Cabinet?

Prime Minister?

Parliament?

Monarch?

CGS?

Security Policy

Security Policy reflects the broader foreign policy, defence policy and economic interests of the nation. It encompasses all governmental departments concerned with maintaining a secure state.

What are the current threats to the UK?

Security Policy

How UK intends to provide security against threats

Alliances

Who helps protects the country?

  • Home Office
  • Police
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
  • Department for International Development (DfID)
  • Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
  • Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Armed Forces
  • The Security Service - MI5
  • Special Intelligence Service - MI6
  • National Crime Agency
  • UK Visa and Immigration / Immigration Enforcement (was UKBA)
  • UN
  • NATO
  • EU
  • Commonwealth
  • G20
  • G8
  • G7
  • Five Eyes
  • Special Relationship with the US

Defence Policy

Defence Policy is the use of the state's Armed Forces to meet the threats identified in the Security Policy.

  • Defence is a core function of Government
  • Ensures the well-being of citizens
  • Exerts influence abroad
  • Ensures the survival of the State
  • Supports allies and defends national interest with military force

Defence Policy

How the Armed Forces contribute to the Security Policy

Defence Planning Assumptions

An enduring stabalisation operation at around brigade level (6,500 personnel), and

One non-enduring complex intervention (2,000 personnel), and

One non-enduring simple intervention (1,000 personnel).

Or:

Three non-enduring operations.

Or:

A one off intervention up to three brigades (30,000 personnel).

A2020

How the Army contributes to the Defence Policy

"War is the continuation of Politics by other means"

Clausewitz

Democratic or Non-democratic!

Democracy Index

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