Sitrep February 3rd 2011
Sitrep February 3rd 2011
As the protests continue in Egypt, what are the implications for the rest of the region?
Are tours of duty for bomb disposal teams in Afghanistan too long?
The continuing rows over Nimrod and Chinook
And...: it’s the end of the Iraq Inquiry – now all the evidence is in, what conclusions will be drawn?
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Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces. Presented by Kate Gerbeau, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee.
Obama's big foreign policy speech - where does Britain fit in?
How much does it cost for the UK to go to war these days?
In Afghanistan, Sandhurst in the Sand prepares to welcome its first female recruits.
And it's D Day minus eight. Counting down to next week's 70th anniversary.
THIS WEEK'S SITREP (22nd MAY)
A look ahead to the Ukrainian elections this weekend,
The diplomatic fallout from Prince Charles’ comments about Putin
Find out about the UK involvement in the search for the missing sailors,
Do American Veterans really get such a good deal from their government?
And a former PARA's extraordinary tale of survival in the jungles of Sierra Leone.
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee.
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
The BBC's correspondent in Moscow, Bridget Kendall
BFBS Reporter Cath Brazier speaks to the man in charge of Army sailing, Retired Lt Colonel Alan Flavell.
Simon Marks from Feature Story News, discussing the Veterans’ scandal in the States.
Former PARA Steve Heaney author of Operation Mayhem
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This week, Sitrep finds out how three Generals are preparing for the future and Army 2020?
Could Syria have biological weapons and what impact could that have on the Geneva talks?
The State of the Union – what are President Obama’s plans for 2014?
Plus: a security warning to Britain’s Olympic athletes as they prepare for Sochi
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
BFBS Reporter, James Hirst, discussing the interviews with:
General Officer Commanding 1 Div, Major General James Chiswell
GOC Germany – John Henderson
Major General Nick Pope
weapons consultant and former commanding officer of the UK's joint chemical Biological radiological nuclear regiment Hamish De Bretton Gordon, on Syria
The BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall, who has been following the Syrian talks in Geneva
Gena Turgel speaking to BFBS reporter Laura Hawkins about her time in various concentration camps, in the week the world remembers the Holocaust./
The final round of armed forces redundancies have been announced…so what shape does this leave our Army in?
The long road to peace in Syria – has the journey begun?
Why the EU wants to send troops to the Central African Republic
And ‘Row to Recovery’ - how four British soldiers completed the gruelling three thousand mile row across the Atlantic.
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
BFBS Reporter James Hirst on redundancies
Professor Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University.
BFBS reporter Cath Brazier
Is Robert Gates right to criticize Britain’s defence capabilities?
What’s going on behind the scenes in Syria and will the West have to talk to Assad?
And….who’s odds on favourite to take over the Chair of the Commons Defence Committee?
Plus, deathbed remorse from the inventor of the AK – 47 - but who else lived to regret their invention?
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
OTHER INTERVIEWS:
The Times’ Correspondent Michael Evans – talking about Robert Gates’ comments on Britain’s defence capabilities
Sir Andrew Green, former ambassador to Syria
BBC’s political correspondent, Rob Watson on the Defence Committee
Dr Paul Rogers, from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University discussing the AK47