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Foreword: RUSI Journal, October/November 2016
RUSI Journal, November 2016Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the October/November 2016 edition of the RUSI Journal.

Innovation Before Scale: A Better Business Model for Transnational Armaments Cooperation
RUSI Journal, November 2016Steven Grundman and James Hasik
Governments can achieve better outcomes for major defence projects by providing incentives for innovation and competition.
Aerospace, US Defence Policy, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Policy, Technology, UK Defence
Confronting the Anti-Access/Area Denial and Precision Strike Challenge in the Baltic Region
RUSI Journal, November 2016Alexander Lanoszka and Michael A Hunzeker
NATO’s forces will need to operate in new ways to confront Russia’s military capabilities in the Baltic.
NATO, Defence Policy, Land Forces
Warfare in the Information Age
RUSI Journal, November 2016Ewan Lawson and Richard Barrons
Western governments will need to adopt new military technologies – and be prepared to pay for them – in order to compete in the Information Age.
NATO, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Technology
How Should the State Manage the Contemporary Expectation of Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations?
RUSI Journal, November 2016David Bond
Faced with escalating costs, governments should rethink their approach to non-combatant evacuation.
Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues
UK–China Cooperation on Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations
RUSI Journal, November 2016Edward Schwarck
Bilateral cooperation on non-combatant evacuation operations is part of China’s renewed focus on defence engagement.
Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, UK Defence
Pirates, Drugs and Navies: Why the Western Indian Ocean Needs a New Security Architecture
RUSI Journal, November 2016Christian Bueger and Jan Stockbruegger
As international counter-piracy missions wind down, the region needs to develop coherent, effective and enduring structures to enhance maritime governance.
International Institutions, Maritime Forces
Different Cities, Shared Stories: A Five-Country Study Challenging Assumptions Around Muslim Women and CVE Interventions
RUSI Journal, November 2016Emily Winterbotham and Elizabeth Pearson
An in-depth analysis questions conventional thinking on the role women can play in efforts to counter violent extremism.
UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism
Is the US’s PPBS Applicable to European Post-Communist Defence Institutions?
RUSI Journal, November 2016Thomas-Durell Young
Europe’s post-communist countries have struggled to emulate the US defence model.
US Defence Policy, Defence Management, Defence Policy
Sound and War
RUSI Journal, November 2016Phillip S Meilinger
Sound has played a key role in conflicts since ancient times.
Art, Culture and Literature, History
Book Review: The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
RUSI Journal, November 2016Michael Stephens
Michael Stephens reviews The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East, by Christopher Phillips.
Counterinsurgency, Global Security Issues
Book Review: Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine
RUSI Journal, November 2016Sarah Lain
Sarah Lain reviews Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine, by Elizabeth A Wood et al.
Global Security Issues
Book Review: The Army of Afghanistan: A Political History of a Fragile Institution
RUSI Journal, November 2016Emily Winterbotham
Emily Winterbotham reviews The Army of Afghanistan: A Political History of a Fragile Institution, by Antonio Giustozzi.
The War on Terror, Counterinsurgency, Defence Policy
Book Review: Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy
RUSI Journal, November 2016Lindsay Black
Lindsay Black reviews Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy, by Alessio Patalano.
History, Maritime Forces
Book Review: Air Power: A Global History
RUSI Journal, November 2016Beatrice Heuser
Beatrice Heuser reviews Air Power: A Global History, by Jeremy Black.
Aerospace, History
Book Review: Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War
RUSI Journal, November 2016Peter Roberts
Peter Roberts reviews Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War, by Douglas Macgregor.
US Defence Policy, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Land Forces
Book Review: The Evolution of Modern Grand Strategic Thought
RUSI Journal, November 2016Lukas Milevski
Peter Layton reviews The Evolution of Modern Grand Strategic Thought, by Lukas Milevski.
Defence Policy
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club
Rose Roth, language and youth
Failure to Lift Off: The UK’s Space Launch Ambitions