After a difficult week in Afghanistan Sitrep looks at the main political and military challenges facing Nato.
Could an independent Scotland defend itself without help from the UK
Is Afghanistan set to become cricket’s next powerhouse?
And Paddy Ashdown on the Cockleshell heroes
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee
INTERVIEWS:
Professor Paul Rogers, from the University of Bradford on Afghanistan.
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Director of Research at the
Royal United Services Institute discussing implications for Scottish independence.
Lord Ashdown talking about his new book “A Brilliant Operation”, about the Cockleshell heroes.
The BBC’s Cricket Correspondent, Jonathan Agnew in Sri Lanka, on Afghanistan’s cricket team.
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