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*[[Adam Holloway]] Parliamentary Chairman
 
*[[Adam Holloway]] Parliamentary Chairman
  
==Funders and supporters==
 
As at January 2010 the following companies "support the work of First Defence":<ref>[http://www.firstdefence.org/html/publications.html Publications], First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010</ref>
 
*[[EADS]]
 
*[[MBDA]] Missile Systems
 
  
 
==Address==
 
==Address==

Revision as of 14:21, 9 November 2010

First Defence is a right wing defence think tank. It describes itself as:

a policy group of practical thinkers whose purpose is to put national defence and security back at the top of the political agenda.[1]

first defence brings together people from the centre-right with military, political, NATO and governmental experience.

first defence aims to stimulate that debate by the following means: first defence brings together people from the centre-right with military, political, NATO and governmental experience.

Through our website at www.firstdefence.info; Through the publication of Policy Papers on topics of immediate relevance; By the electronic production of Elevator Briefing Papers providing short, clear insights into a range of defence and security issues; By arranging specialist seminars and briefings for wider audiences; By the development of an Armed Forces Network bringing together in a non-political environment younger senior officers in the armed forces.


Activities

Adam Holloway, MP, a member of the Defence Select Committee, has written a paper, "The Failure of British Political and Military Leadership in Iraq", which is downloadable from the First Defence website.[2] The paper is a critique of the process by which Tony Blair took the UK into war with Iraq and the post-invasion policies.

People

As at October 2007:[3]

As at January 2010:[4]


Address

45, Great Peter Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3LT

Notes

  1. First Defence, First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010
  2. The Failure of British Political and Military Leadership in Iraq, First Defence website, accessed 12 Jan 2010
  3. First Defence Who we are, accessed 23 October 2007
  4. Who We Are, First Defence website, accessed 13 Jan 2010