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RUSI Newsbrief
November 2020 , No: 10
Joe Biden

Regaining the Initiative: Can the US Lead Again?

RUSI Newsbrief, December 2020

Frank Hoffman

Restoring US leadership in global affairs will require a number of strategic shifts to change the trajectory set by the Trump administration. These substantial choices have to be made quickly by the new Biden team, which faces daunting domestic and political obstacles to its more internationalist approach.

US Defence Policy

Trouble in Tigray: Worrying Ripples from Ethiopia’s Latest Conflict

RUSI Newsbrief, December 2020

Michael Jones

The unfolding conflict in Tigray could mark a dangerous inflection point for both Ethiopia and the wider region.

African Union, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Sarajevo

A Quarter of a Century Since Dayton: Will Bosnia Remain a Frozen Conflict?

RUSI Newsbrief, December 2020

Harun Karčić

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s post-war structure remains fragile, and without international support and scaffolding it risks remaining a frozen conflict.

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Delegate, Disrupt and Protract: Biden’s Path Dependency in the Middle East

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2020

Andreas Krieg

Joe Biden is likely to follow a trajectory of path dependency in the Middle East, by leading from behind, delegating rather than implementing, being disruptive rather than constructive, and thus protracting conflict resolutions.

Pakistan: What a New Kashmir Policy Might Look Like

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2020

Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Pakistan pays a heavy price for its claim to Kashmir: higher military spending, domestic instability, and exclusion from Indian markets and the transit trade with Central Asia. A more coherent Kashmir policy could be constructed at much reduced cost based on achievable objectives, a sober view of the national interest and the long-term needs of the Kashmiri people.

Data visualisation

Investigating the Information Commissioner’s Office: Is It Fit for Purpose?

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2020

Anjuli Shere and Miranda Melcher

The power and independence of the Information Commissioner’s Office appear to have been overstated. Downing Street has built-in oversight of funds and coronavirus data is not being protected.

Coronavirus, Information
Challenger 2

Assessing the Options for Modernising the UK’s Heavy Armour

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2020

Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds

The UK has two options for modernising its armour: developing a Challenger 3 or procuring Leopard 2. The latter is an assured capability that will likely prove cheaper over the life of the programme. The former is risky but offers the UK an opportunity to develop valuable intellectual property.

Equipment and Acquisitions