Interview: Liam Fox on UK SDSR
Dr Liam Fox was defence secretary from May 2010 to October 2011 and brought in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). In a follow up to Shephard’s UK Defence Report interviews with former UK defence secretaries, he talks to Tim Fish about his experience at the Ministry of Defence and how to make the 2015 SDSR truly strategic.
‘The first thing is to look at the real world risks, where they exist and whether they are increasing or decreasing.
‘In terms of global security I would break them down into the risk of failing states; transnational terrorism; the
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