

Justin Bronk is the Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology in the Military Sciences team at RUSI. He is also Editor of the... read more
Azadeh Zamirirad
Diplomacy has only a narrow window of opportunity, as the nuclear debate inside Iran remains volatile.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iranian Nuclear Pathways, United States, Unpacking the MENA, IranJamie MacColl and Sneha Dawda
An attempted cyber attack against a water treatment plant in Florida highlights endemic failures in the cyber security of the US water sector.
Tags: Cyber, Cyber Security, United States, Resilience, TechnologyJack Watling
If the Biden Administration wishes to broker peace in Yemen it needs to reconcile its contradictory policies towards the country and recognise that offensive military action is a necessary component to meaningful negotiation.
Tags: Military Sciences, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Middle East and North AfricaTobias Borck
As US President Joe Biden assumes office, many governments in the Middle East are looking to Washington to see what the change in the White House will mean for them.
Tags: United States, Americas, Middle East and North AfricaSidharth Kaushal
The US Navy needs to demonstrate that its mammoth investment in large surface combatants has a manifest purpose.
Tags: Military Sciences, United States, US Defence Policy, Maritime ForcesSimona Ross and Stefan Wolff
Five years of war in Yemen have caused one of today’s worst man-made humanitarian crises. To resolve the conflict the Biden administration will have to grasp the nettle of subnational governance reform and be prepared to work with – not against – the Houthis in finding a sustainable political settlement.
Tags: United States, Unpacking the MENA, Middle East and North AfricaAndrew Rathmell
Andrew Rathmell reviews The Dragons and the Snakes: How the West Learned to Fight the Rest, by David Kilcullen.
Tags: China, RUSI Journal, United States, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, EuropeJustin Bronk
Justin Bronk reviews Fighters in the Blood: The Story of a Spitfire Pilot and the Son Who Followed in His Footsteps, by Air Marshal ‘Black’ Robertson.
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, RUSI Journal, UK, HistoryAndreas Krieg
Joe Biden is likely to follow a trajectory of path dependency in the Middle East, by leading from behind, delegating rather than implementing, being disruptive rather than constructive, and thus protracting conflict resolutions.
Tags: United States, RUSI Newsbrief, Middle East and North AfricaElizabeth Quintana, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI, assesses calls made by human rights groups to ban the use of autonomous weapons systems.
Aerospace, TechnologyProfessor Trevor Taylor, head of RUSI's Defence, Industries and Societies Programme gives an analysts' perspective of the Farnborough International Airshow and the technology show cased there.
Aerospace, TechnologyThis annual conference, jointly organised by the United Nations Association – UK, UNA-Westminster and RUSI, is the UK’s most authoritative public review of UN peacekeeping activities.
Tags: Military SciencesAt this event Professor David Phillips will examine US Middle East policy, how it relates to Kurdish political aspirations and the role of Kurdish fighters combating ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Tags: RUSI International, Middle East and North AfricaThis event will explore ways in which both Yemeni society and its disparate political groups can begin to reach compromise.
Tags: RUSI International, Middle East and North Africa
FCAS: Is the Franco-German-Spanish Combat Air Programme Really in Trouble?
Getting the Partnership Right
Iran in the South Caucasus: Adjustment and Evolution