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Frank Barnaby, head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), outlines the course being followed by military technology and offers his view on the role of peace research
Britain moved another step in its efforts to implement a broad national energy policy with the announcement last week of a programme supporting the exploitation of solar power. Chris Sherwell reports
