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Analysis: The Arab Spring Redux? The Egyptian Revolution returns with a vengeance
24 Nov 2011 by Shashank JoshiEgypt's army cannot be allowed to hijack the revolution, and protesters will keep the pressure on. But what does that mean for elections, just days away?
Egypt Middle East and North Africa
RUSI Newsbrief: The Fascination of Betrayal
23 Nov 2011 by Gill BennettOur fascination with betrayal is evidenced in the plethora of books, television programmes and films on espionage and yet the secrecy at its core runs in contrast to a contemporary obsession with accountability and the public’s supposed ‘right to know’.
Intelligence
RUSI Newsbrief: The Development and Use of Cyber Power
23 Nov 2011 A new dynamic has appeared in the space between hard power and traditional forms of soft power: cyber power. Yet in a globalised world using unregulated networks no one can ensure cyber security.
Cyber Technology
RUSI Newsbrief: Planning Permission: US Intelligence Community Reform, 2001-11
23 Nov 2011 In the wake of 9/11, the US Intelligence Community came under unprecedented pressure to reform, yet this process has failed to understand and correct some of its most fundamental weaknesses.
Terrorism The decade after 9/11 United States Americas
RUSI Newsbrief: Iskander, Pershing II and Missile Defences: History Repeating
23 Nov 2011 by Dr Igor SutyaginRussia continues to oppose the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence, despite the proposed deployment having shifted to southeast Europe, highlighting the continuation of misperceptions, paranoia and propaganda hysteria in Moscow.
NATO International Institutions Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Russia Europe United States Americas
RUSI Newsbrief: US Aid, Pakistani Losses and the War on Terror
23 Nov 2011 US economic and military aid to Pakistan has long been tied to its strategic objectives in the region, offering no ‘special treatment’ and leaving Pakistan’s economic situation increasingly unsustainable.
The decade after 9/11 Terrorism The War on Terror Pakistan Central and South Asia United States Americas
RUSI Newsbrief: Stringing the Pearls: Sino-Indian Relations in South Asia
23 Nov 2011 The rivalry between India and China is born of the two countries’ traditional perceptions of each other, yet the eastward shift of geopolitical power has now made this once local rivalry significant to the whole world.
India Central and South Asia China Pacific
Analysis: UK Border Security: Growing Concerns over the Relaxation of Controls
23 Nov 2011 by Matt InceThe current controversy over the supposed relaxation of security checks at UK borders highlights the complex nature of border security. The issue goes far beyond personality clashes and Ministerial accountability. It may prove to provide the impetus for root-and-branch border security reform.
Domestic Security Defence Policy Terrorism UK Europe Securing Britain
RUSI Newsbrief: Venezuela's Political Uncertainty: The Bolivarian Revolution at Breaking Point?
23 Nov 2011 by Matt InceThe secrecy surrounding the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has shattered perceptions about his invincibility, given hope to his political opposition and cast doubts over the durability of Venezuela’s Bolivarian project.
Americas
RUSI Newsbrief: Defence Equipment, Support and Technology: White Paper, Invisible Ink!
23 Nov 2011 by Dr John LouthThe long-awaited White Paper on Defence Equipment, Support and Technology is increasingly unlikely to serve as the reflective and considered statement of government intention and policies so desperately desired by the defence sector.
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