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In 1993, President Clinton’s newly appointed CIA director, James Woolsey, described the post-Cold War security environment and the collapse of the Soviet bloc as the United States slaying the dragon and being left in a jungle inhabited by poisonous snakes.
Throughout the 1990s, the United States duly reconfigured its huge military power away from heavy armour, anti-submarine forces and other Cold War elements and towards expeditionary warfare, special forces, stand-off weapons and rapid deployment, all useful for fighting small wars in far-off places. What was not expected was that those “snakes” could hit both the metropolis and the centre of military power, which partly explains the rush to large-scale war after 9/11.
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In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and
compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most
important international anti-corruption developments from the past
month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: Which
company resolved a foreign bribery case in Scotland? What was the
outcome of a three-year foreign bribery trial in Italy? Why is
Brazil s former president free to run for office again, despite
multiple corruption convictions? The answers to these questions and
more are here in our March 2021 Top 10 list.
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In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: Which company resolved a foreign bribery case in Scotland? What was the outcome of a three-year foreign bribery trial in Italy? Why is Brazil’s former president free to run for office again, despite multiple corruption convictions? The answers to these questions and more are here in our March 2021 Top 10 list.
The Peace Tower at Canadian Parliament. (Shutterstock)
National security is one of those national requirements and state functions that evokes mixed reactions from many Canadians. Some worry that any national security measures are intrinsically a threat to individual freedom and political diversity; others worry that our authorities are too passive in the face of growing threats from state and criminal enemies. Historically, Canada’s experience in terms of interpreting its Charter of Rights and Freedoms, its legitimate constraints on government excess, and our invaluable alliance with the Five Eyes security network (comprised of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) reflects some of the defining dimensions of our national security landscape. The fact that our major allies have completed months-long recalibrations of their own national security purposes and areas of focus should encourage Canadian policy makers to open the door to a fact-based re
Lockheed slashes jobs after Warrior upgrade axed
US defence giant says cuts are a direct result of the Government s decision to abandon an upgrade to the armoured fighting vehicle
12 April 2021 • 3:22pm
Defence giant Lockheed Martin is cutting almost a fifth of the workforce at its Bedfordshire base after the Ministry of Defence abandoned an upgrade to its 759-strong fleet of Warrior armoured fighting vehicles.
The company said 158 of the 900 jobs at its Ampthill site will go as a “direct result” of the decision announced in the Defence in a Competitive Age command paper setting out UK military priorities which was released last month.