

Dr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.
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Albert Wolf
The US administration pretends that its decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran is a radically new approach which may change the entire regional strategic equation, similar to the huge policy reversal towards China executed by President Nixon in the early 1970s. But the Trump White House will be disappointed; the comparisons with Nixon are misconceived.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyJean-Loup Samaan
Offering a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.
Tags: Whitehall Papers, Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North AfricaAs tributes pour in for John McCain, we remember the late US Senator who wrote for the RUSI Journal in 1989.
Tags: United States, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyMalcolm Chalmers
If Donald Trump delivers on some of his more radical ideas, the UK’s defence establishment will face huge new challenges as the country disengages from the EU.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, UK, UK Defence, EuropeJonathan Eyal
President Vladimir Putin’s interference in the US election appears to have succeeded in at least heaping ridicule on its electoral system. But that does not mean that President-elect Donald Trump is beholden to Moscow, or that Russia has acquired an ally in the White House.
Tags: United States, Americas, Russia, Global Security Issues, EuropeShashank Joshi
Although power has shifted from West to East in recent years, the US remains the core of the liberal international order. The election of Donald Trump is a profound shock to that order, particularly in parts of the world that depend on a predictable and stable US military presence and commitment.
Tags: United States, Americas, Global Security IssuesSoon Ho Lee
Does Israel’s approach to countering asymmetric warfare yield any useful lessons for South Korea?
Tags: RUSI Journal, North Korea, Counterinsurgency, Defence Policy, Israel, Pacific, Middle East and North AfricaH A Hellyer
Two years after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, it seems that Egypt will continue to be faced with political turmoil and social unrest for some time to come.
Tags: Egypt, International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Middle East and North AfricaJoanne Mackowski
As the threat posed by Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula has evolved, the US has responded by sending in the Predator drones
Tags: Air Power and Technology, Defence, Industries and Society, Terrorism, US Defence Policy, RUSI Newsbrief, The Gulf Region, Defence Policy, Al-Qa'ida, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Underwater Drone Incidents Point to China’s Expanding Intelligence Gathering
The UK Should Align with Biden in the Indo-Pacific
The UK and Afghanistan: Raising Our Voice