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Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06Ten years after British troops entered Afghanistan, a new book dissects the strategic decisions that took the UK to war in Helmand.
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Debating how the new National Cyber Security Strategy, developments at the FCO Cyber Security Conference in early November, and ongoing debates ...
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Analysis: CGS General Sir David Richards in his own words
26 Aug 2009 As General Sir David Richard’s accedes to the post of British Army Chief of the General Staff, RUSI takes this opportunity to highlight his views on the future of warfighting and British Army organisation as revealed in his speech to the June 2009 RUSI Land Warfare Conference.
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Analysis: Getting Afghanistan Right: South Asia’s Predicament
18 Aug 2009 It is unlikely that the forthcoming presidential election in Afghanistan will have an immediate impact on the ground. However the political direction of Afghanistan and the determination of NATO to maintain stability will be of crucial significance for the long-term security of South Asia and the rivalry between India and Pakistan.
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RUSI Monitor: Preventing Radicalisation in the UK
13 Aug 2009 by Garry HindleTerrorist attack threat levels have been lowered by the UK Government, but this may not represent a decrease in radicalisation in British communities. More needs to be done to effectively deliver the Prevent strategy.
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RUSI Monitor: National Security in an Age of ‘Shock and Aftershock’
13 Aug 2009 by Dr Tobias FeakinThe globalising processes of enhanced communication and technological flows have created an interconnected world. Governments must now quickly respond to unexpected events around the world: both their shock and aftershock.
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Analysis: Cautious confidence: terror threat levels lowered
22 Jul 2009 by Margaret GilmoreThe threat level to the UK from international terrorism has been reduced from ‘severe’ to ‘substantial’: the lowest it has been for more than four years. The move suggests there is cautious confidence within the security agencies.
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Analysis: West stares into Afghan Abyss
17 Jul 2009 by John HemmingsWith the deaths of fifteen UK troops in Afghanistan over the past few weeks, Britain is forced to re-think its strategy for strengthening the country.
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Analysis: Better equipment can help, but we need more troops in Afghanistan
13 Jul 2009 by Professor Michael ClarkeWhile greater numbers of helicopters and armoured vehicles are needed in Afghanistan, what British soldiers at the front want most are reinforcements to make operational success more certain and the political benefits more long-lasting.
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RUSI Newsbrief: Obama’s ‘Af-Pak’ Strategy and Anti-Terrorism: The Pakistani Perspective
10 Jul 2009 Both Pakistan and the United States view good relations as crucial. But despite an alliance which goes back over half a century, mutual distrust and a feeling of suspicion still linger.
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News: RUSI JOURNAL: A ‘golden age of counter-terrorism’ – we’ve been both successful and lucky
13 Jun 2009 UK jihadi terrorist cells are chiefly self-help groups consisting of untrained, or semi-trained, dangerous amateurs leading some police professionals to predict that this will seem like a golden age of counter-terrorism – when we were both successful and lucky; according to new research paper by the Royal United Services Institute.
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News: Transatlantic conference establishes new theoretical framework for deterrence in the twenty-first century
22 May 2009 The application of ‘deterrence’ in the twenty-first century requires a greater level of understanding non-state actors, such as insurgents or Al Qa’ida, to effectively counter the threats they pose, a two day forum at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has concluded.
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