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Analysis: UK Counter-Terrorism Review 27 Jan 2011 by Margaret Gilmore
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? Intelligence Domestic Security Terrorism Securing Britain UK Europe

Pictures_categories: Portrait of A Company 18 Jan 2011
In this exclusive photo essay, Susan Schulman captures the challenges - mental and physical - faced by Corunna Company both as they prepare for deployment and after they arrive in south-western Iraq in Autumn 2004. Military Personnel Land Forces Counter-insurgency Iraq Middle East and North Africa UK Europe

Analysis: The Wikileaks Cables: Damaging more than reputations? 12 Jan 2011 by Valentina Soria
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. Cyber Technology Terrorism United States Americas UK Europe

Analysis: Thinking strategically about the future climate 12 Jan 2011 by Duncan Depledge
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? Climate Security Global Security Issues UK Europe Global Strategy and Commitments Defence Review

Analysis: How effective is the Strategic Defence and Security Review? 11 Jan 2011 by Professor Michael Clarke
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. Defence Review UK Europe

Analysis: Green for Go? Mixed signals from the December 2010 MoD Green Paper 4 Jan 2011 by Professor Trevor Taylor
The muted reaction to December’s Green Paper reflects the complex nature of the challenges it highlighted Defence Review Defence Spending UK Europe

Analysis: What do the latest arrests tell of the UK Terror Threat? 21 Dec 2010 by Valentina Soria
The manner in which twelve men were arrested on 20 December will tell us how effectively the UK is being protected against a constant and very real terror threat. Terrorism UK Europe Securing Britain

News: RUSI and Serco publish White Paper 12 Dec 2010 by Jennifer Cole
RUSI is pleased to announce the publication of this White Paper, which presents 'the case for a capability and consequence-based approach to resilience and emergency planning.' Emergency Response Terrorism Defence Policy UK Europe Information Domestic Security

RUSI Journal: The Town that Weeps: Commemorating Life and Loss in Wootton Bassett 7 Dec 2010
This special photo essay offers an extraordinary insight into the Wootton Bassett phenomenon and the armed forces in society UK Europe Military Personnel

RUSI Journal: The Strategic Rationale for Britain in Space: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges 7 Dec 2010
Britain has relied too much and for too long on allies for its space capability Defence Policy Aerospace Europe UK

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