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International Standards for the Private Security Industry
RUSI Journal, November 2014Dirk Siebels
Efforts are underway to fill the legal vacuum in which many private-security operations have taken place, especially in the maritime sphere
Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces
Mafia State: The Evolving Threat of North Korean Narcotics Trafficking
RUSI Journal, November 2014Peng Wang and Stephan Blancke
The burgeoning illicit-drugs trade emanating from North Korea poses a severe threat to the region and beyond
Global Security Issues, Organised Crime
A Death in Woolwich: The Lone-Actor Terrorist Threat in the UK
RUSI Journal, November 2014Raffaello Pantucci
Radicalisation makes the threat of lone-wolf attacks in the UK difficult to counter
UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism
Conflict, Post-Conflict and Failed States: Challenges to Healthcare
RUSI Journal, November 2014Jennifer Cole
Epidemics such as polio and ebola are difficult to tackle without an appreciation of the local conditions and culture
Global Security Issues, Resilience
A Most Wanted Man: Spy Fiction and Intelligence in the Post-Cold War World
RUSI Journal, November 2014Richard Norton-Taylor
The latest film adaptation of a John le Carré novel shows how different intelligence is in the post-Cold War world
Art, Culture and Literature, Intelligence
Service Life and Beyond – Institution or Culture?
RUSI Journal, November 2014Beverly P Bergman, Howard J Burdett and Neil Greenberg
Although armed-forces members are often said to be ‘institutionalised’, the ‘culture shock’ model is more appropriate, and thus more useful in preparing personnel for civilian life
Armed Forces, Military Personnel, UK Defence
Mali’s Long Road Ahead
RUSI Journal, November 2014Sergei Boeke and Antonin Tisseron
France’s Operation Serval may have dealt an initial blow to Mali’s jihadists, but it must now resist the temptation to treat them as a homogeneous group
Global Security Issues, Terrorism
Foreword
RUSI Journal, November 2014Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the fourth issue of 2014

Reviews
RUSI Journal, November 2014
The Human Cost of War: A Mother Reflects
RUSI Journal, November 2014Margaret Evison
The mother of Lieutenant Mark Evison, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, recollects the extreme difficulties of the period that followed
Armed Forces, Military Personnel, UK Defence
Why China is Not a Global Power
RUSI Journal, November 2014Andrew T H Tan
China has neither the soft-power attributes nor the clearly articulated foreign policy necessary to become a genuinely global power
International Institutions
Still Together, for Now
RUSI Journal, November 2014Malcolm Chalmers
Although Scotland voted against independence, questions remain about the future of the UK and its defence posture
Scottish Defence and Security Policy, UK Defence
OMG Cyber! Thirteen Reasons Why Hype Makes for Bad Policy
RUSI Journal, November 2014Robert M Lee and Thomas Rid
Whipping up ‘cyber-angst’ has significant, long-term costs which are yet to be fully understood
Cyber, Defence Policy, Technology
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement