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June 2013

DEFENCE AND SECURITY IN AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND

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Chair of Panel of Experts:

Major-General Andrew Douglas Mackay CBE

Chief Researchers:

Dr Azeem Ibrahim

Simon J. Smith

Professor Mark Webber

Independent Academic Reviewers

Professor Sir Hew Strachan

Professor Brian Holden Reid

CONTRIBUTORS

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The Rt Hon Lord Browne of Ladyton

The Rt Hon Lord Reid of Cardowan

Angus Robertson MP

Luke Skipper

Air Commodore Gordon Moulds CBE

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford

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Professor Malcolm Chalmers

Professor Paul Cornish

Professor John R. Deni

Dr Rob Dover

Dr David Dunn

Professor Tim Edmunds

Professor John Gearson

Dr M. J. Williams

Major Sir Edward Mountain

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Professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen

Professor Trevor Taylor

Specialists on European Security Issues at RMA Sandhurst