Military - new material (33)
01 June 2000
Fewer but faster, JAC Lewis and Julien Mathonnicre. Jane's Defence Weekly 26.4.00 pp22-33. The French army is adapting to a post-conscription era.
The professionals, David Ing. Jane's Defence Weekly 31.5.00, pp21-35. The Spanish government may find it hard to meet its promise of ending conscription next year.
Sweeping changes, Daniel Langenkamp. Jane's Defence Weekly 5.7.00 pp22-26. Defence reforms in Hungary after the Kosovo war.
Europarische Lufifahrtindustrie: Vaterlandslose Allianzen [European Aerospace industry: alliance without loyalty], AMI 2000/5, ppl2-21. Review article of new developments with ownership diagrams.
A Conflict Prevention Service of the European Union, Daniel Plesh and Jack Sevinour. BASIC Research Report 2000/2.
The intervention "pay-off", Theodor Fruendt. RomNews Network, February 2000, ppl 8. This report deals with the treatment of the Roma community during the Kosovo war. It includes statistics on persecution of the Roma during the conflict, on the remaining Roma community and ethnic make up of the region after the war. It also refers to the recent UNHCR/OECD report on their field mission to Kosovo which criticises the lack of protection for the Roma. Available from romnews @romnews.com or theodorfruendt@ hotmail.com