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RUSI Journal
November 2016 , No: 5
A humanoid robot demonstrates debris removal at the US military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotics Challenge in Homestead, Florida, December 2013. Courtesy of Tatsuo Nakajima AP/PA Images.

Foreword: RUSI Journal, October/November 2016

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Emma De Angelis

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

Plant workers at work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Innovation Before Scale: A Better Business Model for Transnational Armaments Cooperation

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Steven 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
Members of the US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade take position during Exercise Iron Wolf 2016 at the Rukla military base, Lithuania.

Confronting the Anti-Access/Area Denial and Precision Strike Challenge in the Baltic Region

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Alexander 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
ESCHER (Electric Series Compliant Humanoid for Emergency Response) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge (DRC) in Pomona, California, June 2015.

Warfare in the Information Age

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Ewan 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
British evacuees are airlifted from Beirut to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious off the coast of Lebanon, July 2006.

How Should the State Manage the Contemporary Expectation of Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations?

RUSI Journal, November 2016

David Bond

Faced with escalating costs, governments should rethink their approach to non-combatant evacuation.

Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues
Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya arrive at the port of Piraeus, Greece, August 2014.

UK–China Cooperation on Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Edward 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
INS Viraat escorting the Indian Navy's newly acquired aircraft carrier Vikramaditya during her delivery voyage.

Pirates, Drugs and Navies: Why the Western Indian Ocean Needs a New Security Architecture

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Christian 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
A member of the TUFF FC anti-radicalisation football club receives a FC Jeunesse Molenbeek club pennon from local youth players in Molenbeek, Belgium, June 2016.

Different Cities, Shared Stories: A Five-Country Study Challenging Assumptions Around Muslim Women and CVE Interventions

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Emily 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
Exporting US defence structures to other countries has proved difficult.

Is the US’s PPBS Applicable to European Post-Communist Defence Institutions?

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Thomas-Durell Young

Europe’s post-communist countries have struggled to emulate the US defence model.

US Defence Policy, Defence Management, Defence Policy
Apocalypse Now helicopters.

Sound and War

RUSI Journal, November 2016

Phillip 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 2016

Michael 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 2016

Sarah 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 2016

Emily 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 2016

Lindsay 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 2016

Beatrice 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 2016

Peter 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 2016

Lukas Milevski

Peter Layton reviews The Evolution of Modern Grand Strategic Thought, by Lukas Milevski.

Defence Policy