Why Distance Matters: Putting the ‘Geo’ Back into Politics

Patrick Porter

Fashionable assumptions notwithstanding, distance is still at the heart of contemporary geopolitics

The Forgotten Victory: Germans and the Battle of Waterloo, 1815-2015

Jasper Heinzen

The victory at the Battle of Waterloo has long been overlooked in German national memory – yet it continues to hold important lessons for today

Reviews

It’s a Trap: Provoking an Overreaction is Terrorism 101

Tom Parker

Governments must avoid overreaction if they are to avoid falling into the classic terrorist trap

Nightmare Nostrum? Not Quite: Lessons from the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean Crisis

Alessio Patalano

Operation Mare Nostrum offers pertinent lessons as the EU seeks to get a grip on the burgeoning migrant crisis

Waterloo, the Napoleonic Wars and the Recasting of the Global Iberian World

Graciela Iglesias Rogers

The Napoleonic Wars were the final push in leading to a re-ordering of the global Iberian world

Painting Images of the Past out of the Embers of War

Emma De Angelis

A series of exhibitions in London over the past six months have acted as a reminder of the power of the visual arts in interpreting the memory of war

Versatility and Technology: A Case Study of the Milan and Javelin

Sophie Lefeez

French experiences with the Milan and Javelin weapon systems show the vital importance of the relationship between man and machine

Time to Recognise the Danger, Or: Whatever Happened to the China-Watchers?

John Baron

Cuts to the UK’s foreign and defence budgets have imperilled the country’s ability to wield power and exercise influence strategically within the international arena

Foreword

Emma De Angelis

Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the June/July 2015 edition of the RUSI Journal

Waterloo: A Strange Defeat

Beatrice Heuser

Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo was far from a foregone conclusion

Logistics as Force Enabler: The Future Operational Imperative

John Louth

The current debate on defence logistics points to a series of complex challenges that private-public collaboration must address in order to provide this essential component of defence

Operation Baltic Fortress, 2016: NATO Defends the Baltic States

Richard D Hooker, Jr

Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine call for an analysis of the potential future scenarios that NATO and its member states should prepare for – especially in the Baltics