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The Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review

Inquiry

In this inquiry, we explore how the Government should conduct an Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review. The review is considered “the most radical reassessment of [the UK’s] place in the world since the end of the Cold War”, and covers “all aspects of international policy”.    

This inquiry will identify lessons learned from the timing, methodology and structure of previous reviews of security and defence, and consider international best practice.    

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. 

Reports, special reports and government responses

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In Search of Strategy — The 2020 Integrated Review
Inquiry The Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review
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In Search of Strategy—The 2020 Integrated Review: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019–21
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In Search of Strategy—The 2020 Integrated Review: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019–21
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Correspondence

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Letter, dated 23 October 2020, from the Chair to the Prime Minister, relating to the Integrated Review and the Comprehensive Spending Review
Inquiries The Integrated Review – Threats, Capabilities and Concepts, and The Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review
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Oral evidence transcripts

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17 March 2020
Inquiry The Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review
Witnesses Lord Ricketts (Former National Security Advisor (2010-2012) at Cabinet Office), and Lord Stirrup (Former Chief of Defence Staff (2006-2010) at Ministry of Defence)
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Oral Evidence
10 March 2020
Inquiry The Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review
Witnesses Malcolm Chalmers (Deputy Director-General at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)), Douglas Barrie (Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace at International Institute for Strategic Studies), and Tom McKane (Former DG for Strategy and DG for Security Policy (2008-2014) at Ministry of Defence)
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Written evidence

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Jane Gabriel (ISD0029)
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Adam Smith International (ISD0040)
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Dr David Blagden, and Professor Patrick Porter (ISD0036)
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Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3113/6168 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA