

Dr Jack Watling is Research Fellow for Land Warfare. Jack has recently conducted studies of deterrence against Russia, force... read more
Elisabeth Braw
This Occasional Paper examines the Scandinavian model of national service and discusses how it can be adapted by the UK to fit its national security needs and acquaint a wider segment of youth with service within national security
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, Occasional Papers, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Military Personnel, UK DefenceSidharth Kaushal and Magdalena Markiewicz
This Occasional Paper examines China's maritime strategy by placing its contemporary evolution in context.
Tags: Armed Forces, Asia, China, Military Sciences, Occasional Papers, Equipment and Acquisitions, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, Technology, PacificPeter Roberts and Sidharth Kaushal
Rumours abound that the Royal Navy is to gut its globally respected Operational Sea Training organisation in order to reallocate cash across defence. It is not simply the UK’s martial reputation that would be at stake; the evidence states that operational sea training is a crucial asset on which the Royal Navy should not skimp.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, Defence Management, UK, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, National SecurityJustin Bronk
Last week, the normally secretive ‘Skunk Works’ division of the Lockheed Martin company unveiled a new, remotely piloted, hypersonic jet with strike and reconnaissance capabilities. Given the right investment, it has the potential to revolutionise military aerospace technology.
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, TechnologyH A Hellyer
While polling suggests that Egypt’s otherwise religiously conservative population are ambivalent towards religion-based political parties, support for restrictions on the ousted Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has yet to be tested.
Tags: Egypt, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North AfricaMichael Codner
As the UK sends 330 personnel to assist France's military intervention in Mali, there are real concerns that, like Afghanistan, the UK will be mired in another intractable conflict. However, the strategic conditions are very different for this to happen and it is wrong to assume there will be mission creep.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, Global Strategy and Commitments, Defence Policy, Military Personnel, Terrorism, UK Defence, Europe, AfricaJustin Bronk
Despite a slew of high-end capabilities announced by the SDSR in the combat air domain, fuelling these new aircraft might prove a more subtle difficulty
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence SystemsMichael Codner
What does Mr Fallon’s speech tell us about his vision for the UK’s role in the world, deterrence in the twenty-first century, and the relationship between politics and the military in modern Britain?
Tags: Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Defence Policy, UK DefenceJohn Louth and Peter Roberts
The UK’s maritime patrol capability should be the result of an open competition, rather than a behind-the-curtains purchase of a preferred airframe
Tags: Aerospace, Defence, Industries and Society, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Maritime Forces
Time for a New UK–US Relationship
Adversarial Studies: Russian Strategic Thinking and the Kremlin’s Approach to Coercion
The Future of UK–EU Security Cooperation