Our Nation's Future
A series of lectures from the PM on vital issues
PM reflects on 21st century defence demands
- PM's last lecture
Britain should continue to engage in "hard" and "soft" power on the changing world stage, Tony Blair has argued. Our Armed Forces needed to be "warfighters as well as peacekeepers" to face challenges such as terrorism and poverty, the PM told an audience on-board HMS Albion in Plymouth.
- Read the speech transcript
- Watch the speech
- Behind-the-scenes of the lecture
- PM explains lecture series
Expert papers to the PM on Defence
Here the views of some opinion-formers who submitted papers for the PM as he prepared his speech. The authors are independent, and all views and opinions are their own.
- Adam Roberts: The Decline of Major War
- Lawrence Freedman: Notes for Seminar
- Michael Clarke: Threat & Capabilities
- Rupert Smith & Ilana Bet-El: The Utility of Force
- European Defence Agency: Long-Term Vision
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Read the transcript of our webchat with Defence Secretary Des Browne 
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