

Dr Jack Watling is Research Fellow for Land Warfare. Jack has recently conducted studies of deterrence against Russia, force... read more
Peter Roberts and Sidharth Kaushal
Strategic goals can be refined through a better understanding of competitive advantage in great power conflict.
Tags: Military Sciences, Occasional Papers, History, Military Personnel, ResilienceSidharth Kaushal and Alexandra Stickings
RUSI held its 20th Missile Defence and Space Conference on 26 and 27 February 2020, at which issues around space as an operational domain were integrated into the programme for the first time. The immediate catalyst for this has been the proliferation of conventional threats to time-sensitive targets, the strains that these threats will place on traditional missile defence architectures, and...
Tags: Military Sciences, Conference Reports, Defence Policy, Global Security IssuesJack Watling
The use of martial language by politicians in managing the current pandemic obscures fundamental differences between waging war and managing a health crisis.
Tags: Military Sciences, Civil–Military Relations, Coronavirus, UK, Defence Management, National Security, Peacekeeping and PeacebuildingJack Watling
Russia’s large-scale forthcoming exercise will demonstrate the country’s growing military capabilities. But there is also an element of theatre in this exercise.
Tags: Military Sciences, Russia, Land Forces, Military PersonnelAdam Coffey
Today, Friday 24 August, Ukraine holds its fifth Independence Day parade since the Maidan revolution. Five years on, the country still holds a unique position as a key geopolitical challenge for many alliances and governments around the world.
Tags: Military Sciences, NATO, Ukraine, Global Security Issues, National SecurityTrevor Taylor
Haziness on future MoD funding is likely the reason for an update on the Modernising Defence Programme that is rich in platitudes but lacks substance.
Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, Defence Spending, UK, Defence ManagementJustin Bronk
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter remains a source of controversy and polarising performance claims. While problems with both the aircraft and the programme remain, there are no competing solutions that offer anything approaching the current or upcoming capabilities of the F-35 in contested airspace.
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence SystemsJustin Bronk
Russia’s S-400 surface to air missile system and its Su-35 fighters in Syria are a major headache for the US-led coalition. However, from Moscow’s standpoint they create almost as many problems as opportunities.
Tags: Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, SyriaPeter Roberts
Peter Roberts reviews War: An Enquiry by A C Grayling.
Tags: Military Sciences, RUSI Journal, Law and Ethics
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement