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About the CommissionOver the last twenty years the national and international security landscape has changed dramatically. Policymakers are working hard to adapt and to keep up with the pace of change, but the challenges are profound and the progress uneven. In response to these developments, the ippr is hosting an independent all-party Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, co-chaired by Lord George Robertson and Lord Paddy Ashdown. |
Latest report
Our report, as with our interim report is a call to action. We face serious and worsening international security challenges but provided we are willing to learn lessons, to find the necessary political will and to adapt our policy solutions and instruments to new circumstances, there is much that can be done. |
Events
Running alongside the Commission’s work, ippr is hosting a series of high-level security lectures from key policymakers. The events are intended to be major policy statements and, as such, significant contributions to public debate. Read more information about these lectures; some transcripts and recordings are available. |
Featured ResearchIn November 2008, the Commission published its interim report, Shared Destinies: Security in a Globalised World. This report seeks to lay the foundations for a re-think of UK national security strategy in the context of a new global security environment, and to provide a constructive challenge to the policies already being taken forward by government. This research involved a new map of 27 'Swing States' which it has identified as pivotal in the struggle for international peace and stability. View the map here. |
Commission SecretariatThe Research Secretariat for the Commission is housed within ippr’s International and Security Programme. The secretariat is directed by Ian Kearns (Deputy Chair of the Commission). Other members are Andy Hull (Senior Research Fellow), Alex Glennie(Researcher) and Katie Paintin (Researcher). ippr is also drawing on the expertise of a number of consultants and associate fellows to support this work. For more information about the Commission, its activities, and possible opportunities to sponsor some of its work, please contact Ian Kearns at i.kearns@ippr.org. |
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