The 2015 SDSR: a primer

The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is the United Kingdom's Government’s foremost document on defence strategy. Together with the National Security Strategy it will review the threats the UK faces, what capabilities the UK needs to respond to them and how to configure the Armed Forces accordingly.

The 2015 SDSR was published on the 23 November 2015.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Strengthening Britain’s Voice in the World. Report of the UK Foreign and Security Policy Working Group, November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/strengthening-britains-voice-in-the-world-report-of-the-uk-foreign-and-security-policy-working-group-november-2015/

United Kingdom: House of Commons: Library: Briefing Paper, No.7313, 19.11.15: A brief guide to previous British defence reviews http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7313

United Kingdom: House of Commons: Library: Briefing Paper, No.7462, 12.01.16: The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7462/CBP-7462.pdf

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