Testimony

Written Evidence Submitted to the UK Parliament's Defence Select Committee

| October 13, 2015

Overview

This written testimony to the UK Parliament's Defence Select Committee focuses on the continuing challenges posed to the United Kingdom by the weakness of state institutions and the resultant instability, civil war, and insurgency in the Middle East and North Africa. It argues that the spillover effects of this state weakness threaten the UK directly and the cohesion of its vital European security partnerships.To avoid a cycle of inaction followed by tardy and inappropriate over-reaction, the UK needs to work with its international partners to craft a strategy of sustained engagement towards the region.

Read the written evidence here: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/defence-committee/an-sdsr-checklist-of-potential-threats/written/22339.pdf

Read more on the wider inquiry here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/defence-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/an-sdsr-checklist-of-potential-threats/

For more information on this publication: Please contact International Security
For Academic Citation: Gawthorpe, Andrew. Written Evidence Submitted by Dr Andrew Gawthorpe, Research Fellow, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, to the Defence Select Committee, UK Parliament, October 13, 2015

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