This week there’s more pressure from Argentina over its claims to the Falklands Islands

Why America thinks Europe should pay for its own defence and security including Afghanistan.

There’s a warning over military intervention in Syria & the consequences of drone strikes in Yemen.

And there’s concerns over the future capabilities of the Royal Navy.

PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee & Professor Paul Rogers, from the Dept of Peace Studies at Bradford University.

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

Jonathan Foreman from Civitas Institute discussing moving the international aid budget to the armed forces.

Professor Sir Paul Newton on Syria 

Iona Craig, the Times Yemen correspondent, on drone strikes in Yemen

Steve Bush editor of British Warships And Auxiliaries 2013/14

You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio at 1830 (UK time)

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