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  <title>DEFENCE AND SECURITY - Articles from www.publicserviceeurope.com</title>
  <updated>2013-05-22T16:56:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Most British people 'would vote to leave EU' - says Tory MEP]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Some 80 per cent of British citizens now want a vote on membership of the EU and the majority would opt to leave the union, claims David Campbell Bannerman MEP]]></content>
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    <updated>2013-05-22T16:56:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gangs, drugs, sex and violence - the pressures on young people]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3495/gangs-violence-and-the-pressures-on-young-people"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the overall drop in UK crime rates, the British youth in inner city neighbourhoods still have to live within a landscape of violence, drugs and sexual harassment – writes Jenny Parkes]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3495/gangs-violence-and-the-pressures-on-young-people</id>
    <updated>2013-05-22T14:07:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria puts US-Turkey relations in spotlight]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3483/syria-puts-us-turkey-relations-in-spotlight"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The crisis in Syria has emphasised the security-heavy nature of relations between Turkey and the US – but the political, economic and cultural dimensions remain underdeveloped, writes Ian Lesser]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3483/syria-puts-us-turkey-relations-in-spotlight</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T10:44:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brits should recognise the value in being 'citizens of Europe']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3482/brits-should-recognise-the-value-in-being-citizens-of-europe"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If you are a UK citizen confused about the value of EU membership, due to the 'untruths' coming from UKIP and the national press, then just follow the evidence – says former BBC journalist Jon Danzig]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3482/brits-should-recognise-the-value-in-being-citizens-of-europe</id>
    <updated>2013-05-20T09:43:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pessimism and populism on the rise in a Europe without hope]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3480/pessimism-and-populism-on-the-rise-in-a-europe-without-hope"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The sense of hopelessness is, perhaps, the single most serious threat to the long-term viability of the European project – writes Joe Litobarski]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3480/pessimism-and-populism-on-the-rise-in-a-europe-without-hope</id>
    <updated>2013-05-17T15:24:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran election comes amid 'unstoppable' political change]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3478/iran-election-comes-amid-unstoppable-political-change"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Whoever wins the June presidential election in Iran, an unstoppable process has started to move the country towards a more open and modernised socio-political establishment, writes Vahram Ayvazyan]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3478/iran-election-comes-amid-unstoppable-political-change</id>
    <updated>2013-05-17T12:38:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[National sovereignty needs to be 'reconsidered' - says EU]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3477/national-sovereignty-needs-to-be-reconsidered-says-eu"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Head of the European Commission in the UK admits that 'traditional notions of national sovereignty may need to be reconsidered' in order to align the country with globalisation]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3477/national-sovereignty-needs-to-be-reconsidered-says-eu</id>
    <updated>2013-05-17T11:02:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pakistan elections present opportunity amid violence]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3474/pakistan-elections-present-opportunity-amid-violence"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Pakistan's successful democratic transition, combined with its increasingly dangerous pathologies, suggest that it is high time the west focused on how Islamabad can deliver on its people's aspirations, writes Daniel Twining]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3474/pakistan-elections-present-opportunity-amid-violence</id>
    <updated>2013-05-16T12:55:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK 'washing its hands' of Afghan interpreters]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3462/uk-washing-its-hands-of-afghan-interpreters"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The British government's attitude towards Afghan interpreters who risked their lives in their own country is hard-hearted and may be linked to the national mood music against immigration, writes Geoffrey Bowden]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3462/uk-washing-its-hands-of-afghan-interpreters</id>
    <updated>2013-05-13T14:19:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nigel Lawson is 'wrong' - leaving EU would damage the UK economy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3448/nigel-lawson-is-wrong-leaving-eu-would-damage-the-uk-economy"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Former British chancellor Nigel Lawson got it wrong on the economy, wrong on climate change and is now wrong on Europe – insists Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3448/nigel-lawson-is-wrong-leaving-eu-would-damage-the-uk-economy</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T15:08:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Europeanisation of defence is coming soon]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3446/the-europeanisation-of-defence-is-coming-soon"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[France is adamant about pushing the Common Security and Defence Policy to the top of the agenda through decisions made by the European Council, write Martin Michelot and Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3446/the-europeanisation-of-defence-is-coming-soon</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T12:25:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The rise of UKIP 'makes Britain a more European place']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3439/the-rise-of-ukip-makes-britain-a-more-european-place"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ironically, the rise of the UK's most anti-European party may in fact herald the ultimate Europeanisation of British politics – argues Giles Goodall]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3439/the-rise-of-ukip-makes-britain-a-more-european-place</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T11:20:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA['Forgotten' Africa turns to Iran as a result of western neglect]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3440/forgotten-africa-turns-to-iran-as-a-result-of-western-neglect"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The west needs a much broader strategy to constrain Iran, one that neither ignores Africa nor takes its myriad governments for granted – warns Michael Rubin]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3440/forgotten-africa-turns-to-iran-as-a-result-of-western-neglect</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T11:42:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iceland may now wait until next crisis to join the EU]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3437/iceland-may-now-wait-until-next-crisis-to-join-the-eu"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Just as the country's attractiveness as a prospective EU member state has grown, its appetite for membership has faded - writes Lidia Puka]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3437/iceland-may-now-wait-until-next-crisis-to-join-the-eu</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T10:26:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[UKIP is essentially a 'party of the south east' despite gains]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3435/ukip-is-essentially-a-party-of-the-south-east-despite-gains"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only in the UK would a party taking 5 per cent of the seats from nowhere be treated as a cataclysm rather than a message, claims Richard Marbrow]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3435/ukip-is-essentially-a-party-of-the-south-east-despite-gains</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T10:01:00+00:00</updated>
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