September 2020, Vol. 165, No. 5/6
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Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, September 2020
RUSI Journal, February 2021Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the September 2020 issue of the RUSI Journal.
Resistance and Information Warfare in Mosul and Raqqa: In Darkness, Light
RUSI Journal, December 2020Mike Stevens
Information warfare against the Islamic State made extensive use of two-way communication channels between those inside and outside the occupied cities.
Information
Public Communications Leadership: #CrisisComms and the Manchester Arena Attack
RUSI Journal, December 2020Jill S Russell and Pablo de Orellana
Greater Manchester Police's communications strategy is an example of how to respond in the aftermath of an attack.
UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Emergency Response, Terrorism
Strengthening UK Support for Gender-Responsive, People-Centred Peacekeeping in Africa
RUSI Journal, December 2020Georgina Holmes
The UK can play an important role in supporting the development of best practice in peacekeeping throughout Africa.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Moving from Gender Analysis to Risk Analysis of Failing to Consider Gender
RUSI Journal, November 2020Jody M Prescott
Militaries are used to thinking about how military operations have a gendered impact. They might need to start thinking about how not considering gender impacts military operations.
Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Good Practice for the Development of Autonomous Weapons: Ensuring the Art of the Acceptable, Not the Art of the Possible
RUSI Journal, January 2021Tony Gillespie
Highly autonomous weapon systems require new approaches to all stages of procurement and use to ensure compliance with international law.
Law and Ethics, Technology
Missiles, Vessels and Active Defence: What Potential Threat Do the Russian Armed Forces Represent?
RUSI Journal, November 2020Maren Garberg Bredesen and Karsten Friis
Russia's strategy is increasingly focusing on its naval capabilities.
Maritime Forces
NATO and the Arctic: The Need for a New Approach
RUSI Journal, January 2021Duncan Depledge
NATO needs to review its traditionally cautious approach to the Arctic.
NATO, Climate Security
A Perfect Storm? Coronavirus, Brexit, the Integrated Review, Scottish Separatism and the Future of Trident
RUSI Journal, November 2020Andrew Futter and Bleddyn E Bowen
A cocktail of major events might have serious implications for the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Trident, UK Defence
The Personal Costs of War: Illustrated by the 2014 England Football Squad
RUSI Journal, February 2021Jo Spear
Contemporary football provides a reminder of the multinational nature of British society and its historical war effort.
The Great War, History
Book Review: How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
RUSI Journal, February 2021Gill Bennett and John Scarlett
Gill Bennett and John Scarlett review How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, by David Omand.
Intelligence
Book Review: The Grand Strategies of Great Powers
RUSI Journal, February 2021Peter Layton
Peter Layton reviews The Grand Strategies of Great Powers, by Tudor A Onea.
Defence Policy, Global Security Issues
Book Review: Institution Building in Weak States: The Primacy of Local Politics
RUSI Journal, February 2021Andrew Rathmell
Andrew Rathmell reviews Institution Building in Weak States: The Primacy of Local Politics, by Andrew Radin.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
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