ends ▁stress ▁those ▁things ▁that ▁are ▁likely ▁to ▁happen ▁to ▁the ▁world , ▁but ▁not ▁much ▁of ▁what ▁they ▁do ▁really ▁focus es ▁on ▁what ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁is ▁trying ▁to ▁do . ▁It ’ s ▁extraordinary ▁that ▁D CD C ▁is ▁at ▁Sh ri ven ham , ▁at ▁that ▁distance , ▁( qu ite ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁things ▁that ▁have ▁happened ▁to ▁it ), ▁rather ▁than ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁central ▁to ▁the ▁processes ▁that ▁we ’ re ▁talking ▁about . ▁Professor ▁H enn ess y ▁mentioned ▁just ▁now ▁the ▁publication ▁last ▁year ▁of ▁a ▁document ▁called ▁“ The ▁Future ▁Character ▁of ▁Conf lict ”, ▁which ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁address ▁precisely ▁what ▁its ▁title ▁says , ▁but ▁its ▁arguments ▁are ▁now here ▁evident ▁in ▁current ▁thinking ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁strategy , ▁let ▁alone ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁Str ateg ic ▁Def ence ▁and ▁Security ▁Review ." Mr ▁Tom ▁M ck ane ▁( Direct or ▁Str ategy ▁M OD ) ▁- ▁" As ▁to ▁how ▁these ▁documents ▁are ▁produced , ▁within ▁the ▁department ▁we ▁have ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁the ▁Development ▁Con cept s ▁and ▁Do ctrine ▁Centre , ▁who ▁produce ▁long ▁range ▁views ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁Their ▁document ▁“ Global ▁Str ateg ic ▁Tr ends ” ▁I ▁think ▁you ▁are ▁familiar ▁with . ▁That ▁type ▁of ▁document ▁fe eds ▁into ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁staff ▁at ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁department ▁who ▁are ▁responsible ▁for ▁assist ing ▁minister s ▁and ▁the ▁Def ence ▁Board ▁to ▁think ▁about ▁defence ▁strategy ." Re comm