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- Feb 2012, Vol. 157, No. 1

Policy-Making in Defence and Security: Lessons from the Strategic Defence and Security Review
RUSI Journal, February 2012Mark Phillips
An insider's account of the SDSR suggests ways forward to ensure better delivery of national security policy
Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK Defence
Letters
RUSI Journal, February 2012Major General D P Thomson (Rtd) and Elizabeth Young
Letters on British atrocities in counter-insurgency, and missile defence

Cyber-Weapons
RUSI Journal, February 2012Thomas Rid and Peter McBurney
While ready-made cyber 'weapons' may cause visible embarrassment and incovenience, truly destructive attacks will require bespoke and highly complex packages.
Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Technology
Diplomatic Alternatives to Cyber-Warfare: A Near-Term Agenda
RUSI Journal, February 2012Paul Meyer
International consensus defining a framework of legitimate behaviour in cyberspace is urgently needed
Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Technology
Soldiers, Strategy and Statesmen
RUSI Journal, February 2012Mungo Melvin
The relationship between politicians and generals may be strained, but it is as vital as ever to get it right
Defence Policy
Influence, the Indirect Approach and Manoeuvre
RUSI Journal, February 2012Alexander Alderson
Influence, rather than being a radical new idea, has roots in a long tradition of manoeuvre warfare
History, Land Forces
The EU's Alternative Futures
RUSI Journal, February 2012Jonathan Eyal
Europe's political and financial turbulence is now reverberating into the security realm
International Institutions
The Latest Test for NATO
RUSI Journal, February 2012Mark Laity
An inside view of NATO operations in Libya assesses the achievements and limitations of the campaign
International Institutions
A Quiet Revolution: The Reform of the German Armed Forces
RUSI Journal, February 2012Bjoern H Seibert
The Bundeswehr is undergoing the most important change since the end of the Cold War
Defence Policy, International Institutions
In Pursuit of Unity: The West and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
RUSI Journal, February 2012Josip Glaurdic
Western leaders plotted the wrong course in 1991 as Yugoslavia fell apart – but new evidence suggests they had enough prescient intelligence at the time to do otherwise
History
Not Lawrence, but Lawrance: Transition in Afghanistan and After
RUSI Journal, February 2012Brock Millman
As the Afghan wind-down continues, the T E Lawrence myth is not helpful: Sir Arthur Lawrance is a better example
History, Land Forces
Reviews
RUSI Journal, February 2012Including reviews by Christopher Coker, Ashley Jackson, MacGregor Knox, and more
Dependent Deterrent? US Support for the UK’s New Nuclear Warhead
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
The Budding Alliance Between Lockdown Critics and the Far-Right in Germany