History
The Centre for Defence and International Security Studies is the oldest surviving centre of its kind in the United Kingdom, having started during the height of the Cold War in the early 1970s. Since its inception, it has contributed significantly to broad range of defence and security debates, given assistance to government departments, armed forces and industry in both the UK and abroad, contributions that secured its recognition as a Non-governmental Organisation by the United Nations.
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