Hennessy mentioned just now the publication last year of a document called “The Future Character of Conflict”, which was designed to address precisely what its title says, but its arguments are nowhere evident in current thinking in relation to strategy, let alone in relation to the Strategic Defence and Security Review."Mr Tom Mckane (Director Strategy MOD) - "As to how these documents are produced, within the department we have the benefit of the Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre, who produce long range views of the world. Their document “Global Strategic Trends” I think you are familiar with. That type of document feeds into the work of the staff at the centre of the department who are responsible for assisting ministers and the Defence Board to think about defence strategy."Recommendation in Written evidence submitted by Professor Julien Lindley-French - '"Cross-government structures under the NSC/Cabinet Office should ideally include a Strategy Group made up of both officials and non-government experts to build on the Strategic Trends work of DCDC with a specific remit to establish likely forecasts and context for Intelligence and Planning."'' See also US National Intelligence Council Global Trends Reports References External links Global Strategic Trends British defence policymaking Prediction Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) Technology assessment Technology forecasting Theories