http://rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N48AD79E66D2C8/ Citations of Rusi staff in the global media in August August 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N487CB75714D8E/ Citations of RUSI staff in the global media in July 2008. July 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4885B06F1469C/ July 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N48621FCFC787E/ Citations of RUSI staff in the global media in June 2008. June 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4858E5EF0C94B/ The winner of the 2008 RUSI Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature has been announced. The prize is awarded to Professor Christopher Bellamy for his book, Absolute War. June 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4857FA0D83288/ Inequality between, and within, states poses an increasing security threat in our globalised world; and the United Kingdom, as one of the most globalised societies, is increasingly vulnerable to growing global inequality - according to a new Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) report. June 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4811B5B3C9E82/ The international response to climate security threats has been ‘slow and inadequate’ and nations need to integrate climate change into their security policy to prepare for worst case scenarios, according to new research from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). April 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N48171734EF2E6/ To mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, the Royal United Services Institute has published a major retrospective on the conflict. April 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N47B4E10C9F25A/ An independent analysis published in this month's Journal argues that defence and security need to be overseen in parallel by Government and Parliament February 2008 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N47616079DFD16/ The cost to the British Army of illegal drug-use is nearly the equivalent of losing one battalion a year, a cost higher than fatalities and serious casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan. December 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N475D053260828/ The Royal United Services Insititute opens its first international office in the Middle East. December 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4705FEC66BFA2/ RUSI announces a new programme devoted to the contemporary challanges facing British Security Policy. October 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N46F0DDB73C0ED/ General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker comes to RUSI to share their assessments on Iraq. General Petraeus warned of the devastating consequences from premature drawdown of forces. September 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N46DBC6F60F9B5/ September 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N46C2DAEDC7A61/ August 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N467FECEAF0105/ The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) is delighted to announce that it will be establishing a branch of the Institute in Doha, Qatar. June 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4630DB4709F54/ Sir Paul Lever presents RUSI's annual report for 2007 April 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4624CA9C05E4F/ The 175th Annual General Meeting of The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies will be held at 16.00 on Thursday 26 April 2007 in the RUSI Library. April 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45E55CB91FE32/ Although the Government has presented a strong case advocating the renewal of the United Kingdom’s independent nuclear deterrent, there are still lingering questions that need to be addressed. This is the key finding of ‘The United Kingdom’s Independent Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: Observations on the 2006 White Paper and Issues for the Parliamentary Debate’, a new report published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45E2AD89A250E/ Redeploying troops from Iraq to Afghanistan makes perfect military and political sense February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45DC261C0401C/ February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45DC2BC4791BD/ "I think the military will be very wary about getting it right--getting it right in the public eye," said Amyas Godfrey, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank. February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45DC2E3D755F0/ February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45DC2D1FDD341/ February 2007 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N456F7ACC5109D/ It is likely that maintaining a minimum deterrent will be the policy recommendation that the government will put forward in the white paper, and perhaps it will be this policy which parliament will discuss and vote upon. December 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4552FBC5AFBF6/ But analyst Michael Williams of the UK-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, told CNN the Democrats could "make life very difficult" for U.S. President George W. Bush. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45488CCF9CAC6/ According to a new paper produced by Jeff Michaels, associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an influential Whitehall think-tank, the fledgling all-volunteer Iraqi armed forces are “not fit for purpose” and will need massive military support from the West for some time to come. Michaels bases his argument on the fact that the new Iraqi forces are essentially a “light infantry army” which lacks any heavy armour and support units. Without conscription, he claims, “many of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who should be employed in military service are currently unemployed, and provide a steady source of recruits for the insurgency”. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45488F879AD78/ "China will have to compromise in terms of tolerating a nuclear power on its doorstep -- its primary aim is to retain regime stability in North Korea," said Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Programme at Britain's Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45488E0CD5065/ Amyas Godfrey, a former British army officer at the Royal United Services Institute, said officials have responded to public pressure to set a timetable for a withdrawal from Iraq by saying that it will come "when the job is done." So it is significant, he said, that the army chief has said: "We should be leaving." November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4548909B5BD6D/ The process involves fitting to a missile what is called a "bus" on which the warheads sit, covered by a cone, said Dr Lee Willett, a defence analyst at the Royal United Services Institute. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N45489153509CF/ Alex Neill, Head of Asia Security program at Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, discusses the effects its action has had on the rest of the international community and what message it sends to other potential nuclear states, especially Iran. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N4548952BAD4B5/ Sandra Bell, the director of homeland security at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank, said that she was sceptical about claims that the new technology would not cause big delays, and said that, with each explosives detector costing about £1.5m, installing devices across London could prove too expensive. November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N454896FC505E9/ In a survey carried out by the Royal United Services Institute, the military think-tank, UK weapons makers lauded the defence industrial strategy - designed to give companies greater clarity on future defence spending - as "clearly born of a business mindset". November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N454899C5DABDA/ November 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44EB315F6195D/ Louise Heywood says that the Iraqi Army will be 'capable of standing up to the insurgents' following the announcement that the number of British troops in Iraq will be halved by the middle of 2007. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44EAD6ED4CD5E/ Tim Williams' NewsBrief article on the Unifil task in Southern Lebanon is cited in The New Zealand Herald. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44EADC2EDADEB/ Patrick Mazimhaka, deputy chairman of the African Union Commission, writes an article that appears as a preface to a forthcoming RUSI publication on African security, commodities and development. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44E1DE6301FDE/ Garry Hindle responds to news that the thwarted terror plot exposed weaknesses in aviation security by stating technology to detect traces of chemical explosives in the air was “still in its infancy”. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44DC788353962/ Experts say a small amount of explosive material could be devastating. "It may not take a huge blast," says Suraj Lakhani, a researcher on counterterrorism at Royal United Services Institute, a think tank that advises the British government on security issues. "If the person detonating [an explosive] sat near a window or near the fuselage, it could cause a big enough hole to bring the plane down." August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44E1AF4B14701/ Chris Pope said the shutdown of Heathrow Airport and the intense security in Britain, the United States and elsewhere suggests that "someone else might be out there" capable of an airliner attack. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44DC7A5B4BDB9/ RUSI Associate Fellow Amyas Godfrey compares the tactics of the Israeli Defence Forces and Hizbollah August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44E1B45150D50/ Michael Williams says the Taleban in southern Afghanistan have gathered strength working with poppy dealers to sell the crop internationally for heroin production. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44DC7B7F83BA4/ RUSI Associate Fellow Amyas Godfrey assesses Hizbollah tactics August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44DC7CAE9CF33/ Max Hastings uses the RUSI publication 'After the Bubble' to write about Private Security Companies in his comment column. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N44DC793958E1C/ Chris Pope says that new terrorism alert system will help government, the security services and the police have clearer assessments of the threats faced. August 2006 http://rusi.org/news/rss/ref:N43F9E5BFE6858/ "The historic tradition of the United States as a beacon of freedom, of liberty and of justice deserves the removal of this symbol," Atty. Gen. Peter Goldsmith said at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies, an independent policy forum. February 2006