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NimrodMind the Gap: Strategic Risk in the UK’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability Footage of JCBs turning Nimrods to scrap metal reflects the drastic nature of recent cuts in the defence budget, but seemingly straightforward changes can have far-reaching implications for UK defence policy.
4 Feb 2011
CyberCyber-attacks on the stock exchange: Threat, motivation and response Increased media speculation about the possibility of a cyber-attack on the London or New York stock exchanges has ignored the nature of the threat, which is likely to seek to cause disruption rather than make money, and the counter-measures that can hinder a catastrophic attack
3 Feb 2011
Russia InsigniaEnergy, Extremism and East Jerusalem: Russia's expanding influence in the Middle East What do recent developments in Russian foreign policy towards the Greater Middle East tell us about Moscow's long-term plans for involvement in the region?
3 Feb 2011
Egypt Demo SmallThe Egypt protests and implications for the Middle East An assessesment of the impact the Egypt protests will have on the wider Middle East and how this will effect Western policy towards the region.
1 Feb 2011
Africa UnionThe Role of the African Union in Times of Discord Recent unrest in the North barely featured on the agenda at the 16th African Union summit in Addis Ababa. What, then, is of most concern to the continent's leaders at such a turbulent time?
1 Feb 2011
Moscow Metro Bomb 2The Moscow Bombings: Cause and Effect The Director of RUSI's International Security Studies programme assesses the likely causes and probably consequences of last week's attack on Moscow's Domodedovo airport
31 Jan 2011
TUnisia RevolutionNotes on a Revolution With unrest in Tunisia and Egypt increasingly being referred to as the tip of an iceberg, Western nations, and the activists themselves, should draw lessons from the past as they consider the future of an unsettled region.
31 Jan 2011
Police counter terrorUK Counter-Terrorism Review UK Counter-Terrorism laws have been reviewed by the government and found wanting. But do planned changes herald a new, fairer era in tackling terrorism, or are they a weaker version of existing powers?
27 Jan 2011
Russian flagTerrorism Strikes Heart of Modern Moscow The motives likely to have informed Monday's suicide bombing are not new - and if such attacks are to stop, Moscow needs to urgently rethink its counter-terror strategy
26 Jan 2011
Sudan paramilitary redeploymentThe South Sudan Referendum and implications for Africa Analysis by Professor Stephen Chan of the School of Oriental and African Studies and Dr Knox Chitiyo, Head of the Africa Programme at RUSI. Does the South Sudan Referendum signal all change in Africa?
18 Jan 2011
Police counter terrorA decade since 9/11 RUSI has conducted a vast amount of opinion-forming and policy-shaping research regarding terrorism and national security over the past decade: conferences, lectures and research papers - some of which are included in this section
18 Jan 2011
Sudanese electionRealising the Aspirations of South Sudan’s Child Soldiers Many of South Sudan's child soldiers became combatants after witnessing human rights violations. A post-secession government must realise their aspirations or risk further conflict.
18 Jan 2011
Egyptian tradersWill Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution be repeated across the region? Will Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution be followed in other parts of North Africa and the Middle East, or will the opposition be co-opted into the status quo?
17 Jan 2011
Terrorism homepageThe Changing Face of Terrorism since 9/11 In the run-up to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, RUSI's Director of National Security and Resilience outlines the evolving terrorist threat and the features for future counter-terrorism
17 Jan 2011
China flagChina, Europe and Strategic Intent: A New Role for the UK? China testing its latest stealth jet during Robert Gates' visit is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cooling Sino-US relations. This presents an opportunity for the UK and the EU to engage in a strategic defence discussion with China.
14 Jan 2011
10th Missile Defence ConferenceSoutheast Asia’s Arms Race The growing interest and involvement of India, China and the United States may well end the relatively benign security landscape that Southeast Asia has enjoyed for the last two decades.
13 Jan 2011
US DoDThe Wikileaks Cables: Damaging more than reputations? The damage to US and allied interests lies less in the embarrassment the leaked cables may have caused and more in the real intelligence they have provided to well-organised and sophisticated international terrorist groups.
12 Jan 2011
Climate ChangeThinking strategically about the future climate Last February, RUSI analysts suggested that Whitehall needed to conduct a nationwide review of the implications of climate change for national security. Almost one year later, is the government considering climate change anything other than a peripheral factor?
12 Jan 2011
How effective is the Strategic Defence and Security Review? Professor Michael Clarke warns that Ministry of Defence plans to save £4 billion in spending over the next four years is not enough and that further cuts are inevitable.
11 Jan 2011
Sudan ElectionsSudan's Power Play Those campaigning for independence in the forthcoming South Sudan referendum will be cautiously optimistic. Should their hopes be fulfilled, the poll will not be the end of the road, but rather the beginning of Sudan’s next chapter.
6 Jan 2011
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