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The '''Advanced Research and Assessment Group''' (ARAG) is a department of the [[Defence Academy of the United Kingdom]] concerned with long-term planning and threat assessment.  
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The '''Advanced Research and Assessment Group''' (ARAG) was a department of the [[Defence Academy of the United Kingdom]] concerned with long-term planning and threat assessment. As of 1 April 2009, ARAG has been integrated in the Headquarters of the Defence Academy as the Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB).<ref>[http://www.da.mod.uk/sites/da/colleges/arag Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB)], Defence Academy of the United Kingdom website, accessed 4 Feb 2010.</ref>
  
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ARAG brings together experts from the military, academia and other fields in "research clusters" dedicated to specific areas of concern, in order to provide policy-makers with focussed analysis of international security issues.  
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ARAG brought together experts from the military, academia and other fields in "research clusters" dedicated to specific areas of concern, in order to provide policy-makers with focussed analysis of international security issues.  
  
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ARAG works closely with the [[Conflict Studies Research Centre]], which is now co-located with ARAG at the Defence Academy's Shrivenham campus.  
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ARAG worked closely with the [[Conflict Studies Research Centre]], which was co-located with ARAG at the Defence Academy's Shrivenham campus.  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
*Dr [[J. P. Macintosh]], Head of ARAG circa 2007<ref> Web archive: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071209235631/www.defac.ac.uk/colleges/csrc/ www.defac.ac.uk/csrc/], archived 26 September 2007, accessed 1 March 2009.</ref>|
 
*Dr [[J. P. Macintosh]], Head of ARAG circa 2007<ref> Web archive: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071209235631/www.defac.ac.uk/colleges/csrc/ www.defac.ac.uk/csrc/], archived 26 September 2007, accessed 1 March 2009.</ref>|

Revision as of 20:49, 4 February 2010

The Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG) was a department of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom concerned with long-term planning and threat assessment. As of 1 April 2009, ARAG has been integrated in the Headquarters of the Defence Academy as the Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB).[1]

ARAG brought together experts from the military, academia and other fields in "research clusters" dedicated to specific areas of concern, in order to provide policy-makers with focussed analysis of international security issues.

ARAG worked closely with the Conflict Studies Research Centre, which was co-located with ARAG at the Defence Academy's Shrivenham campus.

People

Contact

The Location of the Defence Academy, near Swindon
Advanced Research and Assessment Group
Ms Emma McCarthy
Corporate Research Manager
Defence Academy Headquarters
Block 4, JSCSC Bldg
Faringdon Road
Shrivenham
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN6 8TS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1793 788861 (96161 8861)
Fax: +44 (0)1793 788287 (96161 8287)
Email: emccarthy.arag@da.mod.uk
http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag

Notes

  1. ↑ Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB), Defence Academy of the United Kingdom website, accessed 4 Feb 2010.
  2. ↑ Web archive: www.defac.ac.uk/csrc/, archived 26 September 2007, accessed 1 March 2009.
  3. ↑ Steve Tatham, Strategic Communication accessed 03/01/10
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