http://rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2012 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F26A35089E5E/ Somalia will continue to dominate the 2012 agenda for East African states as the humanitarian impact of famine and ongoing fighting pulls in regional and international actors. Now embroiled in military operations, Kenya also faces a big year for domestic politics. Other regional dynamics are tying together Uganda and South Sudan, and Kenya and Eritrea, who are all facing political challenges. 2012-01-30 14:16:40 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F26978B55F4A/ With fewer elections scheduled for 2012 in West Africa, the emphasis will shift to regional security and dealing with complex security threats. Terrorist groups and local militias are still a major problem, while religious conflict and instability threaten the region’s largest economy; Nigeria. 2012-01-30 13:40:15 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4F0AD7935C9BD/ The recent spate of extremist murders across Europe may indicate a growing European malaise where xenophobia and anti-minority hatred is becoming acceptable. Yet events in Britain, where two men have been convicted for an era-defining racist murder, could herald a change in attitudes and be an example for the rest of Europe. 2012-01-09 12:10:09 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4EA6BA7DD4035/ The long awaited Green Paper on Justice and Security suggests the British Government wants to close a legal loophole to ensure sensitive intelligence material from abroad can be kept secret. But is this wise in an age when advancing technologies makes secrecy more difficult and at a time when the public appears to want greater openness? 2011-10-23 15:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4E89C3FF73C89/ It has been over a year since the Government published plans for future policing reform. A distinct absence of strategic thinking means those plans still lack clarity and coherence especially in the area of counter-terrorism. 2011-10-03 15:25:41 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4DF624BE8CCE8/ In outlining its Prevent strategy, the UK government has identified university campuses as the new frontline in the battle against Al-Qa'ida. Yet the success of the strategy will depend largely on the willingness of universities to see the problem through the same lense as the government. 2011-06-13 14:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4DF08BD1BB00F/ In conducting a review of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, a genuine effort has been made to recalibrate the policy. Yet, behind the rhetoric of the document, the substance of the argument risks to be lost over vague, and sometimes contradictory, terms of reference. More clarity is still required for the counter-radicalisation policy to be effective. 2011-06-09 10:25:15 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4DAFF31C8930E/ Without a dedicated Minister for the Emergency Services, the forthcoming recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into 7 July 2005 London bombings are unlikely be implemented in full, claims a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). 2011-04-21 10:04:38 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D90A51D14AB0/ As North America publicy confronts the issue of radicalization, those involved would do well to observe the lessons of the UK's experience - but have thus far shown little inclination to do so. 2011-03-28 16:55:30 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4D088096C4CE6/ An assessment of the 'terrorist attack', reportedly carried out by Abdulwahab al-Abdaly. The attack raises questions again about counter-terrorism policy and the relationship with Muslim communities. 2010-12-15 08:47:27 http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4CFE250438F60/ NATO must take a more pragmatic view of Afghan power structures 2010-12-07 12:13:58 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4CEE6F57303E0/ Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson gave a speech at RUSI on 'Building National Resilience'. The Commissioner said that, whilst several significant threats to UK security have been disrupted since 9/11, the threat from terrorism is a persistent and constantly changing landscape that the police, security services and public must work together to address. 2010-11-24 14:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CD94D9D647B1/ The recent emergence of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is part of a history of terrorism and conflict originating in Yemen. The West now needs to work with the Yemeni government and Civil Society Groups to prevent further attacks by Al-Qa’ida. 2010-11-09 13:34:24 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4CD17AFA05486/ Home Secretary Theresa May gave an address at RUSI concerning the terrorist threat to the UK and the government's response to it. The Home Secretary talked about the recent cargo plane borne bomb from Yemen and outlined three key areas that the government will focus on to combat terrorism in the UK. 2010-11-03 15:13:24 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CC0291D5A362/ The thwarted ‘Mumbai-style’ attacks at key European cities underline the need for even greater European counter-terrorism co-operation. 2010-10-14 12:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CA4599C93CF6/ On 27 September 2010, the international media reported of a planned co-ordinated attack in France, Germany and the UK. Dr Tobias Feakin, RUSI Director of National Security and Resilience gives his assessment 2010-09-30 10:35:03 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CA2FB16CD35F/ UK Intelligence Officers have for the first time published threat levels for Irish related terrorism, using the same system as for International Terrorism. But what is the likely impact of the move? 2010-09-29 09:44:09 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4C445B083245C/ Blowback from the War on Terror continues to diminish US support in Pakistan 2010-07-19 15:02:50 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4C331519B8C90/ Government policy since 7/7 has placed equal importance on tackling terrorism at the grassroots level. 'Community-based counter-terrorism' might be at the so-called 'soft' end of the security spectrum, but it is the hardest to get right. 2010-07-06 12:37:01 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4BF568962EC9D/ The Philippines are a major front in the War on Terror. They may offer a note of optimism for the battle against extremism 2010-05-20 17:52:26 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4B475B34EBDA8/ The failure of terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up an airliner over the US has also highlighted failures in our counter-terrorism strategies and analysis, which must now be addressed. 2010-01-08 16:21:38 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4967534B32087/ In the first public interview ever given by a serving Director General of MI5, Jonathan Evans claims that the high number of prosecutions of suspected terrorists has ‘chilled’ the enthusiasm of terror networks. Although the UK is making headway against the terrorist networks within its own borders, the long-term fight against terrorism will be won by upholding liberal democratic values rather than adopting the Guantanamo approach. 2009-01-09 13:41:04 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48D3A951F1F49/ One of the many issues that face General Ray Odierno as he settles his massive military frame into the chair left empty by General David Petraeus is how to deal with the militias. Maintaining the momentum of the recent military successes relies on the continuing professional development of the Iraqi Security Forces. But if these forces are to have credibility the militia issue must be tackled. 2008-09-19 14:31:26 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48C7C1FD79ABA/ The outcome of the recent trial of airline bomb plotters at Woolwich Crown Court brings to sharp relief the disconnect between the work of counter-terrorism practitioners and the perceptions of the general public. 2008-09-10 13:48:52 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48C6AC1C23250/ The failure of a jury to convict eight men who were accused of a plot to blow up transatlantic planes should not diminish Britain’s counter-terrorism strategy. The eight were accused of conspiracy to murder and it demonstrates that due legal process is essential to maintaining the moral high ground in the ‘war on terror’. 2008-09-09 18:04:58 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C48A1565C23765/ The recent conviction and sentence of Salim Hamdan for ‘supporting terrorism’ only serves to highlight the problems presented by Military Commissions. With the closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay after the US Elections now almost a certainty, their days are numbered. 2008-08-12 10:26:40 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C475D20974C2F1/ Many commentators say that Samina Malik was convicted of a 'thought crime'. In fact, the self-styled 'lyrical terrorist' was guilty of crossing a line that is defined in law and is being punished for doing so. 2007-12-10 11:29:30 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4730783AE5E49/ Last September’s foiled terrorist attacks in Germany have precipitated a fierce debate on anti-terror legislation. 2007-11-06 14:21:31 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A4511722161B16/ While the current threat to the UK may have the appearance of being a new phenomenon, the effective ‘infrastructure’ has existed here for many years 2006-09-01 17:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C446C81DB13675/ Within days of the London terror attacks, we have heard a great deal about how terrorism in the UK has entered a new era. 2006-05-18 15:17:27 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:P42AEF290BC835/ We talk too easily of Islamic terrorism as though the two were synonymous when any good Muslim will tell you that the opposite is true. 2005-06-14 16:06:56 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:J40d32ea7c8bfe/ Muslims, United Kingdom, terrorism, fundamentalism 2001-10-01 09:00:00