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<title>Tackling Piracy off the Coast of Somalia</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F070903CBD34/ </link>
<description>Lizz Pearson speaks with analyst Dominick Donald who recently wrote in the RUSI Journal analysing the piracy threat off the coast of Somalia.</description>
<date>2012-01-06 14:56:34</date>
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<title>An Unmanned Future for Naval Aviation: UAV Carriers</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4EE21C5A40417/ </link>
<description>Would remotely piloted capabilities offer a solution to the pressures placed on the UK defence budget by austerity and inflation?</description>
<date>2011-12-09 14:34:17</date>
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<title>Debunking the Piracy Myth: How Illegal Fishing Really Interacts with Piracy in East Africa</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4EE21AB627D0C/ </link>
<description>Did Somali piracy develop in an attempt to counter illegal fishing or is it simply a quest for profit?</description>
<date>2011-12-09 14:27:06</date>
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<title>Pirates and Power Politics: Naval Presence and Grand Strategy in the Horn of Africa</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4EE21A114AC08/ </link>
<description>Counter-piracy operations have proved to be a useful way for states to expand their influence in a strategically significant region</description>
<date>2011-12-09 14:24:21</date>
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<title>Sanctuary, Shipowners and Paying Ransoms: Refocusing Counter-piracy Policy in an Era of Austerity</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4EE21917980BD/ </link>
<description>The international community can contain piracy in the short-term by denying the pirates sanctuary, engaging shipowners and avoiding the temptation to ban ransoms</description>
<date>2011-12-09 14:20:11</date>
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<title>Somali Piracy: Why Should We Care?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4EE217A82476B/ </link>
<description>How can the international community best deal with the single biggest maritime threat since the Second World War? (Free access) </description>
<date>2011-12-09 14:15:27</date>
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<title>The US Mobile Landing Platform and T-Craft: Connecting the Sea with the Shore</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4ED3C5CD22BE8/ </link>
<description>The latest concepts in the development of future seabases and sea-to-shore connectors</description>
<date>2011-11-28 17:33:04</date>
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<title>Maintaining the Strategic Deterrent: Managing the Transition Period to Trident Renewal</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4ED3C35A8D232/ </link>
<description>What is the planning required to ensure successful transition from the Vanguard class to the successor SSBN?</description>
<date>2011-11-28 17:22:44</date>
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<title>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Delivering Maritime Operational Support</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4ED3C19427986/ </link>
<description>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary's role in naval logisitics is far more than delivering bullets, beans and bunker oil to the maritime front-line</description>
<date>2011-11-28 17:15:16</date>
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<title>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Adding Value to UK Defence</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4ED3BF6FA4171/ </link>
<description>An investigation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's growing importance to a range of UK policing, aid and defence tasks</description>
<date>2011-11-28 17:08:39</date>
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<title>The MV Montecristo operation – a promising step in the right direction?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4EB157D0AC0B6/ </link>
<description>UK naval forces have stepped up anti-piracy operations and the use of force in the Indian Ocean. This could, however, signal an escalation and lead to a more dangerous phase in the battle against Somali pirates.</description>
<date>2011-11-02 14:49:48</date>
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<title>Ten Trends in Capability Planning for Defence and Security</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4E8EE3A30B558/ </link>
<description>Western defence ministries are getting better at capability-based planning. But they need to do more</description>
<date>2011-10-07 12:33:58</date>
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<title>The implications of Royal Navy personnel cuts</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4E8EC1B0BAB97/ </link>
<description>On Friday 30 September 2011, the Royal Navy announced large personnel cuts as part of the UK's Strategic Defence and Security Review. Dr Lee Willett analyses the implications.</description>
<date>2011-09-30 10:00:00</date>
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<title>The Case for America joining the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4E4E7E85A5B10/ </link>
<description>The United States is still not party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, fifteen years after the treaty became operational. Though this has been driven by internal concerns about losing sovereignty, an opportunity now presents itself for the US to enhance its maritime interests by joining the Convention.</description>
<date>2011-08-19 16:26:57</date>
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<title>Troubled Waters: the Implications of China's First Aircraft Carrier</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4E4A591E49661/ </link>
<description>Far from transforming Asia's naval balance, the launch of China's first aircraft carrier will only begin to expose China to the rigours of modern naval warfare. The region should respond to the strategic ripples by steering carefully between complacency and alarmism.</description>
<date>2011-08-16 12:57:31</date>
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<title>Maintaining the UK’s Maritime Expeditionary Capability Post SDSR</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4524A501A5C/ </link>
<description>Simon Michell asks whether the Royal Navy has been able to maintain its ability to undertake amphibious warfare operations and provide the means for prosecuting an expeditionary campaign from the sea.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:03:54</date>
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<title>ONR Global: A Worldwide Network of Naval Technology Expertise</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E45245E752CD/ </link>
<description>Nevin Carr explains why international partnerships bring the knowledge and expertise that ensure technological surprises are avoided</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:02:43</date>
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<title>The United States Navy’s Search for Alternative Energy Sources</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E452430AC139/ </link>
<description>Edward Lundquist reveals how finding different fuel sources for the future and increasing fuel efficiency will enhance the combat capability of the service.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:02:02</date>
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<title>The Franco-Russian Mistral-Class Helicopter Carrier</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4524053C99E/ </link>
<description>Andrea Gilli examines Russia’s recent negotiations with France’s premier naval shipyard for a class of amphibious assault ships, and suggests that this type of deal is likely to become more prevalent.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:01:25</date>
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<title>Achieving Economies of Scale Across the British and French Naval Industries</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4523E809F9E/ </link>
<description>The suggestion that the UK Government might in future have access to a French aircraft carrier raised eyebrows on both sides of the Channel. But the programme to build the Queen Elizabeth class of carriers has involved the French for years.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:00:47</date>
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<title>European Ballistic Missile Defence: Moving to a New Level</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4523B5F3E49/ </link>
<description>George V Galdorisi looks at how NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defence efforts can be used to support expeditionary warfare campaigns.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 14:00:09</date>
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<title>A CASE in Point: Ensuring Improved Availability and Sustainability of UK Littoral Manoeuvre Capability</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E45239504858/ </link>
<description>Stephen Gosden, CASE Team Leader with Babcock’s Marine &amp; Technology Division, looks at how the challenge of ensuring cost-effective and efficient delivery of amphibious capability and platform support is being tackled</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:59:23</date>
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<title>Marines Are Required: Understanding Is Essential</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E452374565FA/ </link>
<description>Lee Willett makes the case for the UK to retain a credible seaborne expeditionary capability.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:58:50</date>
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<title>Amphibious Battlefield Helicopters</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4522691F323/ </link>
<description>Ian Frain assesses the state of the shipborne helicopter market and highlights the rationale that lies behind some of the most high-profile programmes</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:54:13</date>
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<title>The RAF and Expeditionary Operations</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E452254C8C53/ </link>
<description>Elizabeth Quintana assesses whether the British contribution to operations in Libya has been helped or hindered by the UK Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:53:54</date>
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<title>The British Army and its Preparedness for Expeditionary Operations</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E4521E98A3A0/ </link>
<description>William F Owen considers whether the British Army’s post-SDSR configuration of permanently formed multi-role brigades will enable the British Government to prosecute overseas operations with confidence.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:52:02</date>
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<title>Reforming UK Defence Industrial Policy</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E452047ED601/ </link>
<description>RUSI’s Acquisition Forum makes a robust plea for careful government defence acquisition policy reform and warns of the dangers of any ill-conceived changes.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:45:36</date>
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<title>Expeditionary Logistics in the Age of Austerity</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E451FECC6083/ </link>
<description>David M Moore and Peter D Antill from Cranfield University consider the issues and challenges facing the UK in terms of the logistics required for expeditionary operations.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:43:49</date>
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<title>Sharpening the Swedish UOR Process</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E451F565858B/ </link>
<description>Toivo Niemi highlights some of the recent experience that the Swedish armed forces have had with Urgent Operational Requirements and reveals some of the consequences.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:41:30</date>
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<title>Ties That Bind: US Perspectives on the UK's SDSR</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4E451D8318F86/ </link>
<description>Jeffrey Bradford suggests that the United Kingdom’s military force reductions are of little relevance to the nature of the UK-United States ‘Special Relationship’.</description>
<date>2011-08-12 13:34:19</date>
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<title>The UK and the Law of the Sea</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4E316D5A66AB6/ </link>
<description>The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea plays a vital role in regulating maritime exploitation, but where does the UK stand? </description>
<date>2011-07-28 15:08:59</date>
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<title>Partnership with Norway: The UK’s Arctic Approach</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4E316C90B7E37/ </link>
<description>With the swelling of activity in the north, is it time to consult the Arctic experts?</description>
<date>2011-07-28 15:05:45</date>
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<title>Escalation in the South China Sea</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4E316434151DE/ </link>
<description>Tensions are rising in Southeast Asia as the maritime interests of China, the US and other regional powers collide</description>
<date>2011-07-28 14:31:00</date>
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<title>Vast Ills Follow a Belief in Certainty</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4DE78566789B6/ </link>
<description>The inherent uncertainty of the international system requires an expeditionary and flexible defence capability</description>
<date>2011-06-02 13:43:26</date>
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<title>The Potential for Sino-US Discord in the South China Sea</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4D9EF36A3F784/ </link>
<description>Over the last decade, China has become increasingly assertive in its southern waters. The US may react</description>
<date>2011-04-08 12:37:35</date>
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<title>Japan's Maritime Strategy: The Island Nation Model</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4D9EF2DF390D3/ </link>
<description>Unfettered access to overseas resources and markets lie at the heart of Japan's new defence policy</description>
<date>2011-04-08 12:35:24</date>
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<title>The Royal Australian Navy's Force 2030: An Asia-Pacific Strategy</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4D9EF19B3AA97/ </link>
<description>The Force 2030 White Paper by the Australian government sets ambitious targets for the Australian navy in the next twenty years</description>
<date>2011-04-08 12:30:10</date>
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<title>Slowing Alliance - NATO's New Maritime Strategy and the Need for Reform</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D8C6D0C5F8CE/ </link>
<description>Despite NATO's new Alliance Maritime Strategy, the protracted discussion around how best to respond to events in Libya means that Alliance solidarity and the need for reforms are increasingly important issues.</description>
<date>2011-03-25 10:24:07</date>
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<title>Assessing Bulwark</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D8327274A10D/ </link>
<description>RUSI's Lee Willett assesses the capabilities of HMS Bulwark and its potential to be deployed in humanitarian operations such as in Libya and Japan.</description>
<date>2011-03-18 09:37:17</date>
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<title>Mind the Gap: Strategic Risk in the UK’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D4C20CB26473/ </link>
<description>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.</description>
<date>2011-02-04 16:00:06</date>
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<title>Growing Pains: The Sino-Japanese Naval Dispute in Context</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C985EE4B9F13/ </link>
<description>China’s recent vituperative reaction to the Japanese seizure of a trawler reflects a new and troubling assertiveness that places at risk the benign and conciliatory image it has assiduously cultivated in recent years.</description>
<date>2010-09-21 08:35:46</date>
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<title>RUSI Journal article highlights major gap in current strategic security debate</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4C71A814B1C65/ </link>
<description>The Royal Navy is dangerously weak, risking the silent principles of the UK's national security unless the future fleet is restored and adequately sized, claims a new article in the latest Journal of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). </description>
<date>2010-08-23 00:00:00</date>
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<title>Why Things Don't Happen: Silent Principles of National Security</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4C6E39CC0082F/ </link>
<description>The strategic defence and security review must attend to the silent principles of national security that are primarily safeguarded by the maritime capability</description>
<date>2010-08-22 23:45:00</date>
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<title>Growing Tension in East Asia</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C5C029388C73/ </link>
<description>The US and South Korean show-of-arms against North Korea have generated accusations from China of escalating tension in the region. Is this is a legitimate security response, or a sign of China's new-found assertiveness? </description>
<date>2010-08-06 14:39:50</date>
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<title>Can we afford to renew Trident?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C52F7480348F/ </link>
<description>The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that funding for the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent must come from the Ministry of Defence's core budget. RUSI's Malcolm Chalmers assesses the ramifications of this announcement. </description>
<date>2010-07-30 17:08:12</date>
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<title>Like for like renewal of Trident will come at expense of conventional forces</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4C4ED70C3F1F7/ </link>
<description>The UK's current commitment to maintain a nuclear-armed missile submarine on deterrent patrol at all times (Continuous At-Sea Deterrence, or 'CASD'), is driven as much by institutional and political momentum as by strategic necessity, and plans to order a new generation of submarines after 2015 now threatens to be at the expense of further reduction in conventional forces according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).</description>
<date>2010-07-28 00:00:00</date>
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<title>Debating the Deterrent: Why the Cruise Missile Option Does Not Add Up</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C4EBAB3454FD/ </link>
<description>With defence spending under scrutiny, the spotlight has long since shone on Britain’s nuclear deterrent. But while the costs of replacing Trident are high, the difficulties of creating a new system may be a price we simply cannot afford to pay.</description>
<date>2010-07-27 12:03:01</date>
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<title>Nick Harvey MP Delivers Keynote Address</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C3469BA71A88/ </link>
<description>Nick Harvey MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces delivered his Keynote Address to The RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference. </description>
<date>2010-07-07 13:04:51</date>
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<title>Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope's Keynote Address</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C3465CAB573C/ </link>
<description>Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff delivered his Keynote Address to The RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference. </description>
<date>2010-07-07 12:40:31</date>
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<title>Maritime Development in Africa: An Independent Specialists Framework</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4C5013B566140/ </link>
<description>Dr Knox Chitiyo, Head of the RUSI Africa Programme is one of the co- authors of the recently published paper 'Maritime Development in Africa: An Independent Specialists Framework.' </description>
<date>2010-07-05 12:00:00</date>
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<title>The Electric Warship: Using Energy More Efficiently</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4C222CC8897F5/ </link>
<description>Professor Chris Hodge examines the benefits of electric drive for ships</description>
<date>2010-06-23 16:49:28</date>
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<title>Commercialising Robotic and Unmanned Systems</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4C221B2D3B14B/ </link>
<description>Dewar Donnithorne-Tait discusses what must be done to allow robotics systems to work alongside those that are manned</description>
<date>2010-06-23 15:35:12</date>
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<title>The Sea in a Variably Globalised World</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4C21F9BFD0A63/ </link>
<description>Rear Admiral (ret’d) Chris Parry discusses the need to understand challenges to maritime operations in the future</description>
<date>2010-06-23 13:11:05</date>
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<title>The Amphibious Contribution: Flexible Utility for Defence and Security</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4C21D5504DEF7/ </link>
<description>Amphibious forces make an invaluable contribution to British military capability - both today and on the beaches of Gallipoli in 1915</description>
<date>2010-06-23 10:35:14</date>
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<title>The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4BDAE92F2207C/ </link>
<description>Does successful British defence need to maintain a continuous deterrent? A US perspective argues yes</description>
<date>2010-04-30 15:30:37</date>
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<title>Maritime Domain Awareness: To Know and To Act</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4B8F9B0F5022C/ </link>
<description>Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is al about building a better picture - and then using the picture better</description>
<date>2010-03-04 11:37:53</date>
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<title>Building Global Maritime Security through Global Cooperation</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:A4B8E4AE18C3D7/ </link>
<description>What are the challenges of achieving global maritime security and how important is a federation of national and regional systems in overcoming them?</description>
<date>2010-03-03 11:41:26</date>
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<title>Shaping the international maritime discourse: the Royal Navy’s role</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B7C13DD39AA8/ </link>
<description>The use of the sea remains fundamental to international security. At a time of increasing public spending constraints, what is the significance of naval force – and of the Royal Navy in particular – in supporting national and international defence and security.</description>
<date>2010-02-17 16:09:26</date>
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<title>National Crises and the Utility of Naval Power: The Haiti Case Study</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B7AA93779157/ </link>
<description>With the recent publication of a Ministry of Defence (MoD) Green Paper and an upcoming Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the debate over future UK defence reform has been fierce. The international response to the Haitian disaster has proven to be a case study in how important high-end naval assets can be to a wide range of UK national interests.</description>
<date>2010-02-16 14:24:58</date>
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<title>The Ministry of Defence Green Paper and top level defence policy</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B6C2E49D19B4/ </link>
<description>The Defence Green Paper hints at more cooperation with Europeans as the way forward, but a need for short-term cuts may damage the coherence of defence outputs before the defence review is completed.</description>
<date>2010-02-05 14:44:03</date>
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<title>Our most devastating weapon is agility</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B5D811C5B7C2/ </link>
<description>Our services must get smarter to cope with today’s threats. Their ability to adapt and maintain their high professionalism and dedication in a range of roles and with a variety of technologies is key to playing to British strengths.</description>
<date>2010-01-25 11:37:20</date>
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<title>Strategic Thinking for the Age of Austerity</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B28F1972200C/ </link>
<description>The winning entry in the 2009 Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize argues that Britain's future defence policy must look beyond counter-insurgency</description>
<date>2009-12-16 14:41:53</date>
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<title>Nuclear Policy at Sea: A Part-Time Deterrent Will Not Do!</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4B28F0CD0211A/ </link>
<description>Credible deterrence remains the core of Britain's nuclear posture: further cutting resources for this would be self-defeating</description>
<date>2009-12-16 14:38:31</date>
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<title>Sixty-five thousand tonnes of ambition</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B20EF703EDFF/ </link>
<description>Recent reports of Indian intentions to purchase an aircraft carrier from Britain would not substantially add to India's ambitions to be a global power. However, the rumours are symbolic of India's delicate strategic balancing act as it shifts its focus to China.</description>
<date>2009-12-10 13:03:22</date>
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<title>Performance under Pressure: Acquisition in the World’s Most Complex Environment</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4AEB0E6CCF2C1/ </link>
<description>The UK Ministry of Defence's acquisition organisation has an unfair reputation. It delivers first-class equipment to the right place at the right time argues its chief operating officer</description>
<date>2009-10-30 16:04:11</date>
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<title>Does the Royal Navy Matter? Aspects of national identity and the Navy’s vulnerability to future budget cuts</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4AB3833A02178/ </link>
<description>Neither financial crisis nor a failure of policy can fully explain the Royal Navy's declining popularity. Rather, the case for more carriers, submarines and ships has fallen foul of altered political and technological circumstances and crucially, evolving notions of British national identity.</description>
<date>2009-09-18 14:02:30</date>
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<title>CVF: For the Nation, Not the Navy</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4A4DEB373BC51/ </link>
<description>The UK’s Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) programme has come under pressure in the media for cost increases and potential job cuts which may follow its completion. A recent think-tank report has questioned CVF’s future contribution and relevance to potential operations. These reports, however, neglect the demonstrated relevance of aircraft carriers in supporting a range of recent UK operations, and do not appear to appreciate the absolute value of carriers in fighting, and crucially deterring, conflict.</description>
<date>2009-07-03 12:40:18</date>
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<title>The Arctic Uncovered: Refuting the Last Colonial Grab Theory</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4A3F560F8E842/ </link>
<description>Sovereignty over Arctic resources can be determined by existing maritime conventions, but security challenges in the region may yet suggest a role for NATO in the High North.</description>
<date>2009-06-22 11:02:28</date>
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<title>Somali Piracy Q&amp;A</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4A26436289B1F/ </link>
<description>Piracy off the cost of Somalia has become an increasingly salient international issue. These questions and answers provide a background understanding of the phenomenon and survey possible responses from the shipping industry and the international community. </description>
<date>2009-06-03 10:44:58</date>
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<title>China’s Sixtieth Anniversary Naval Review: Following the trend of modernisation and its strategic implications</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4A0AD49643FE4/ </link>
<description>China’s Sixtieth Anniversary Naval Review served as an opportunity to remind the international community of its meteoric rise and relevance to international security. The event also acted as a milestone for China’s armed forces, putting the world on notice that China intends to have a fully-fledged blue-water navy by 2050. </description>
<date>2009-05-13 15:11:01</date>
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<title>An `Awakening’ at Sea?: NATO and Maritime Security</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C49DB11644DE78/ </link>
<description>NATO's current maritime operations are important and effective, but their scope is limited by fickle political agendas. The Alliance needs to look beyond current flashpoints to future risks and develop a new maritime strategy. </description>
<date>2009-04-07 09:50:07</date>
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<title>Brown’s ‘Grand Global Bargain’ and Reducing UK Nuclear Weapons Levels</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C49CCCAF89EFD0/ </link>
<description>In a major policy speech on nuclear issues, Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently suggested that Trident could be placed on the international negotiation table should there be a serious move towards multilateral disarmament. If such a gambit were to succeed, it would require something more than a leap of faith in trust. </description>
<date>2009-03-27 12:53:28</date>
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<title>Britain's National Security: Compulsion and Discretion</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A494A8733DABE4/ </link>
<description>Britain’s overall military strategy must be dominated by maritime considerations, and the national security policy that the strategy serves has to remain within reach of, though not always in lock-step with, that of the United States.</description>
<date>2008-12-18 17:24:11</date>
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<title>EU NAVFOR: Countering Piracy in Somali Waters</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C492691049A922/ </link>
<description>The European Union is set to launch its first naval operation off the coast of Somalia. A number of operational and legal challenges will have to be confronted.</description>
<date>2008-11-21 10:49:15</date>
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<title>The EU takes on the Pirates of Puntland</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4922D5938A99B/ </link>
<description>The EU is to launch a naval operation to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia. Challenges for Operation Atalanta abound, from the very basic – it is often difficult to distinguish pirates from fishermen, to the very complex – the EU is not a recognised entity under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and thus the operation will need to comply with the domestic anti-piracy laws of all participating states.</description>
<date>2008-11-18 14:47:59</date>
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<title>British and French Navies Neck and Neck?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A488747B695B0C/ </link>
<description>This paper studies the trends in the composition of the British and French navies since the end of the Cold War and analyses the implications of these trends on future capability and possible partnership.</description>
<date>2008-07-23 16:01:13</date>
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<title>British Defence and Security Policy: The Maritime Contribution</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4844463594F61/ </link>
<description>This report analyses the importance of maritime forces and the use of the sea in Government defence and security policy and in the public consciousness as a whole. </description>
<date>2008-06-02 20:14:29</date>
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<title>Japan and the Maritime Interdiction Operation: Back in Business</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C47C2A7467D3C4/ </link>
<description>On 11 January, Japan’s parliament enacted a law to resume refueling operations in support of foreign vessels participating in anti-terrorism operations near Afghanistan. To some, the decision represents a long-term shift away from Japan’s pacifist foreign policy.</description>
<date>2008-02-25 11:37:21</date>
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<title>China's Shang-class submarine surfaces</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C46F3D8D9A2DE6/ </link>
<description>Photos of China's latest nuclear submarines have appeared online in a continuing effort by Beijing's to manage international perceptions of its military. </description>
<date>2007-09-21 16:05:04</date>
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<title>Ministry of Defence Announces Two New Aircraft Carriers for the Royal Navy</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C46A71C37CFECF/ </link>
<description>The Ministry of Defence today has formally announced that it will place a contract to build two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.</description>
<date>2007-07-25 10:55:22</date>
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<title>Royal Navy Conference on the Maritime Contribution in the Future Strategic Environment</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N46923C4602EC4/ </link>
<description>'RUSI's Maritime Studies Programme is happy to provide the following information on the Royal Navy's forthcoming conference, as part of General Dynamics' 'Whither Warfare' series, which will be held onboard HQS Wellington, London on 14 November. Please note that this is not a RUSI event.'</description>
<date>2007-07-09 14:49:24</date>
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<title>The Technology of Trident: Science and Risk in Public Debate</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A46371B8439837/ </link>
<description>Now that the decision has been made and extensively analyzed for its policy implications, it is time to consider what was omitted from the public debate and what lies ahead.</description>
<date>2007-05-01 11:51:13</date>
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<title>Time for Trust in Trident?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A46127D2A3920F/ </link>
<description>March saw the unprecedented vote in Parliament on the Government’s proposal that Britain should remain a nuclear power by renewing its independent strategic deterrent.</description>
<date>2007-04-03 17:22:26</date>
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<title>ANALYSIS: Iranian Seizure of Royal Navy Sailors</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C46080D68E3CB6/ </link>
<description>In light of the established evidence, the Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel seems bizarre</description>
<date>2007-03-26 19:14:26</date>
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<title>Renewing Britain’s Independent Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: A Debate</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C45F69446BEF2F/ </link>
<description>Conference report on the 7 March 2007 proceedings at RUSI.  The debate was led by Des Browne, Michael Codner, Steven Haines, and Paul Ingram.</description>
<date>2007-03-13 12:00:00</date>
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<title>RUSI report highlights lingering questions surrounding proposed renewal of the United Kingdom’s Independent Nuclear Deterrent</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N45E55CB91FE32/ </link>
<description>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).</description>
<date>2007-02-28 10:46:39</date>
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<title>Brown hints at a shift in the 'special relationship'</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N45DC2D1FDD341/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2007-01-25 11:00:00</date>
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<title>Trident – The Balance of Costs and Bene&amp;#64257;ts</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4587FEBB57CB6/ </link>
<description>As we come to the end of a procurement cycle, this is the first real opportunity to address Britain's nuclear deterrent since the post-Suez Defence Review in 1957. </description>
<date>2006-12-19 15:03:01</date>
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<title>The UK’s Independent Strategic Nuclear Deterrent and the White Paper</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C45745AE62339A/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2006-12-04 17:00:00</date>
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<title>In an uncertain world, unilateral disarmament would be folly</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/news/ref:N456F7ACC5109D/ </link>
<description>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.</description>
<date>2006-11-30 00:45:00</date>
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<title>Factors Contributing to the Trident Decision</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C44D0719016D80/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2006-08-02 10:35:54</date>
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<title>Questions for the Debate on the Future of the UK Strategic Deterrent</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A43DA384AE1AB2/ </link>
<description>Assuming that a decision is taken in favour of continuity of deterrent capability, the UK will need a capability relevant to a variety of new threats.</description>
<date>2006-01-27 15:12:48</date>
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<title>Power Growth in Naval Surface Combatants</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:A4354D4ADD16A9/ </link>
<description>Installed power on naval surface combatants has steadily grown over the past few decades. The principal reasons for this are two fold: ships have got larger and faster, and ships have more power demanding mission-systems. This paper examines the technical drivers behind the trends.</description>
<date>2005-10-18 11:00:00</date>
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<title>What Next for Trident?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P42565ED9C0C69/ </link>
<description>As the submarines that launch the UK’s nuclear missiles approaches the end of their operational life, what does the future hold for Britain’s nuclear capability?</description>
<date>2005-04-08 11:37:13</date>
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<title>Power Growth in Naval Surface Combatants</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C425A8BCA8FF29/ </link>
<description>Installed power on naval surface combatants has steadily grown over the past few decades. The principal reasons for this are two fold: ships have got larger and faster, and ships have more power demanding mission-systems.</description>
<date>2005-04-01 00:00:00</date>
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<title>The Astute-Class Submarine: Capabilities and Challenges</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/ref:P40F68C9CCA8BC/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-07-15 14:54:36</date>
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<title>US maritime transportation security</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/monitor/ref:A473DB55953DCD/ </link>
<description>This article outlines the maritime security challenges facing the US.</description>
<date>2004-07-01 15:00:00</date>
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<title>The Continuing Transformation of Britain’s Maritime Forces: Part I: The Historical Context</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7d1cf6db/ </link>
<description>Commodore Tim Laurence and Stephen Prince reinvigorate the debate on the future contribution of Britains maritime forces to joint operations.</description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:45</date>
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<title>Homeland Security...from the Sea</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7ad9c28b/ </link>
<description>An outline of how the US Navy might bring its capabilities to bear to oppose modern day threats to the US homeland and to America’s allies.</description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:44</date>
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<title>The Royal Navy and Future Joint Operations</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f79fc338b/ </link>
<description>The Royal Navy of the future will be nothing if it does not make a telling contribution to the joint</description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:43</date>
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<title>Over the Next Hill: A Sailors Perspective of Maritime Air Power and the Legacy of Lord Trenchard</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f79c5caeb/ </link>
<description>Admiral William J Fallon, US Vice Chief of Naval Operations, reflects on the legacy of Lord Trenchar</description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:43</date>
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<title>Conventially-Armed UK Trident?</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f795a1117/ </link>
<description>Can Trident be adapted to a non-nuclear. more conventianally armed weapon?</description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:43</date>
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<title>Creating an Inshore Navy: Littoral Warfare in Days Gone By</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f788c338b/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:42</date>
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<title>My Jobs: Joint Force Harrier Commander</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f78d57ccc/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:42</date>
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<title>CEC and Fleet Defence</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7626672c/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:41</date>
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<title>Canning, Portugal and Maritime War</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f753e7d7b/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:40</date>
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<title>The Royal Marines and Amphibious Operations in the 20th Century</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75694d5e/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:40</date>
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<title>The Royal Marines Today</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7575a3db/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:40</date>
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<title>The History of the Royal Naval Submarine Service</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75b862fb/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:40</date>
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<title>Future Underwater Battlespace</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f75be2f5c/ </link>
<description></description>
<date>2004-06-18 12:23:40</date>
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<title>History, Power and Maritime Politics</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40C865DE2216D/ </link>
<description>Is maritime power ready for our uncertain strategic future?</description>
<date>2004-06-10 14:45:02</date>
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<title>Maritime Power in a Global Context</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40C862CEE084C/ </link>
<description>A logical and coherent strategic vision of the Royal Navy’s role, set within the context of the shrinking global village.</description>
<date>2004-06-10 14:31:58</date>
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<title>Maritime Security Overview</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/monitor/ref:A4739C01808469/ </link>
<description>An assessment of the terrorist threat from 'the other end of the telescope'.</description>
<date>2002-12-01 15:00:00</date>
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