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There’s No Plan B for Port Security
In The News, 5 November 2018Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces
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On 20 March 2019, RUSI brought together a conference that re-examined what the optimal survivability mix might look like in the late 2020s and 2030s, in light of current trends of both combat air systems design and emerging disruptive threat technologies.
Tags: Aerospace, United States, Conference Reports, Military Sciences, UK
Allies in the Multi-Domain Task Force
RUSI Defence Systems, 5 April 2019Jack Watling
The scale and highly integrated nature of the US’s Multi-Domain Operations concept for future warfare requires coordination, mutual understanding of capabilities and permissions sharing between armed services. These exceed what NATO allies can currently achieve
Tags: US Defence Policy, NATO, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme
Missile Defence Conference 2019: Beyond Ballistic Missiles? Missile Defence in an Era of Great Power Competition
Conference Reports, 29 March 2019Sidharth Kaushal
In February 2019, RUSI's 19th Missile Defence Conference brought together experts to discuss the changing role of missile defence in a time of near-peer conflicts and evolving technologies.
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NATO's National Resilience Obligations
Commentary, 15 March 2019Madeleine Moon
NATO’s mutual defence guarantees are well-known. But less known is the duty which the Alliance’s member-states have to improve their national resilience.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
The UK and India in the Indo-Pacific
Commentary, 1 March 2019Aaditya Dave
Looking beyond the historical links between the UK and India, there are opportunities and reasons for the two to work together in the Indo-Pacific region.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, India, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, UK, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Charting Britain’s Moves in the South China Sea
Commentary, 6 February 2019John Hemmings
A British naval presence in the South China Sea strengthens global security and Britain’s global role. But it must be matched with a more systematic approach to the region, and to China’s defiance of legal norms.
Tags: China, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, PacificPages
Allies in the Multi-Domain Task Force
RUSI Defence Systems, 5 April 2019Jack Watling
The scale and highly integrated nature of the US’s Multi-Domain Operations concept for future warfare requires coordination, mutual understanding of capabilities and permissions sharing between armed services. These exceed what NATO allies can currently achieve
Tags: US Defence Policy, NATO, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme
Mackinder, Spykman and the Geopolitical Significance of Ballistic Missile Defence
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As missile defence becomes a central feature of many states’ security postures, it is attendant to frame the enterprise in a wider strategic context to understand its importance. The classic geopolitical dichotomy between Heartland and Rimland states outlined by Halford Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman might help us understand the geopolitical significance of global allied missile defences.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Global Strategy and Commitments, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces
Amphibious Assault is Over
RUSI Defence Systems, 21 January 2019Sidharth Kaushal and Jack Watling
The conduct of amphibious operations is currently undergoing a drastic overhaul in response to an array of emerging threats
Tags: Equipment and Acquisitions, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme, Maritime ForcesPages
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International Day of the Peacekeepers 17th Annual Conference: The Thin Blue Line
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