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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. On 1 April 2009, ARAG was integrated into 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> | + | 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. On 1 April 2009, ARAG was integrated into 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> The Research and Assessments Branch was disbanded as of 1 April 2010.<ref>Defence Academy [http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag Research and Assessment Branch], accessed 14 December 2010 </ref> |
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 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. | ||
Revision as of 15:40, 14 December 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. On 1 April 2009, ARAG was integrated into the Headquarters of the Defence Academy as the Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB).[1] The Research and Assessments Branch was disbanded as of 1 April 2010.[2]
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
- Dr J. P. Macintosh, Head of ARAG circa 2007[3]|
- Steve Tatham Listed as 'current Director of Communication Research' at the UK Defence Academy's Advanced Research and Assessment Group on his own website in February 2010, though the ARAG was subsumed into the Research & Assessment Branch on 1 April 2009[4]
Contact
These contact details were current until April 2009, when ARAG was integrated into the Headquarters of the Defence Academy as the Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB).[5]
- 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
- ↑ Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB), Defence Academy of the United Kingdom website, accessed 4 Feb 2010.
- ↑ Defence Academy Research and Assessment Branch, accessed 14 December 2010
- ↑ Web archive: www.defac.ac.uk/csrc/, archived 26 September 2007, accessed 1 March 2009.
- ↑ Steve Tatham, Strategic Communication accessed 03/01/10
- ↑ Research & Assessment Branch (R&AB), Defence Academy of the United Kingdom website, accessed 4 Feb 2010.
