

Dr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.
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Wojciech Pawlus
Poland has improved its bilateral strategic links with the US by hosting an American-inspired conference on the future of the Middle East. But the conference did nothing to improve Western coherence.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaJack Watling
This Occasional Paper explores Iran's foreign policy objectives through a strategic lens, considering strengths, weaknesses, and proxy relationships.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Military Sciences, Iran, Occasional Papers, Global Strategy and Commitments, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Military Personnel, Terrorism, Middle East and North AfricaAndrei Kortunov and Malcolm Chalmers
No single power can ‘fix’ the current turmoil in the Middle East. Still, there may be scope for Russia–Europe cooperation in managing the region’s ills.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, RUSI International, UK-Russia Security Dialogue, Russia, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, National Security, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaAnthony Ricketts
Donald Trump’s demand that US allies pay more for their own defence may push the Gulf States towards more military cooperation.
Tags: The Gulf Region, Middle East and North AfricaClovis Meath Baker
There is something about the way our opponents confront us, the way they combine different military and non-military measures in campaigns that have clear political objectives that we find really difficult to counter.
Tags: Iraq, Syria, Middle East and North AfricaBruce Ackerman
There are some traditional but also a number of innovative ways by which NATO’s core values could be reasserted and reinvigorated in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.
Tags: United States, NATO, Americas, International Institutions, EuropeTobias Borck
Skilled diplomacy has made Oman an outsized player in regional politics, but succession fears loom large for the small sultanate
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North AfricaMichael Stephens
Turkey’s upcoming election is unlikely to enhance the prospects for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or to bring about an improvement in the country’s troubling security situation
Tags: International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Middle East and North AfricaAli M Ansari
The July 2015 Vienna deal revealed the domestic political dynamics that framed Iran’s room for manoeuvre in the negotiations
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI Journal, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Iran, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North Africa
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