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Different Cities, Shared Stories: A Five-Country Study Challenging Assumptions Around Muslim Women and CVE Interventions
RUSI Journal, 30 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.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, North America, Tackling Extremism, Americas, Terrorism and Conflict, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism, Europe
Book Review: Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War
RUSI Journal, 30 November 2016
Peter Roberts
Peter Roberts reviews Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War, by Douglas Macgregor.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Land Forces
Warfare in the Information Age
RUSI Journal, 30 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.
Tags: United States, NATO, North America, Americas, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, Profession of Arms, Global Security Issues, Technology, Europe
Donald Trump: A Dispassionate Look at his Military Plans
Commentary, 14 November 2016
Elizabeth Quintana
Most of the initial comments about Donald Trump’s surprising electoral victory last week have been of the emotional kind. Here is a more dispassionate look at what his declared policies mean for the defence sector.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Military Sciences, Defence Policy
Preparing British Defences for a Trumpian World
Commentary, 11 November 2016
Malcolm Chalmers
If Donald Trump delivers on some of his more radical ideas, the UK’s defence establishment will face huge new challenges as the country disengages from the EU.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, UK, UK Defence, Europe
Russia and Donald Trump
Commentary, 10 November 2016
Jonathan Eyal
President Vladimir Putin’s interference in the US election appears to have succeeded in at least heaping ridicule on its electoral system. But that does not mean that President-elect Donald Trump is beholden to Moscow, or that Russia has acquired an ally in the White House.
Tags: United States, Americas, Russia, Global Security Issues, EuropePages
Obama's Counter-Terrorist Policy
Commentary, 30 May 2013President Obama's recent speech on counter-terrorism policy defended drone strikes while suggesting a new determination to close Guantanamo. To undermine the narrative of international terrorists, he must show that force is a less efficient tool than the observance of universal values and the rule of law.
Americas, Terrorism
Al-Qa'ida and Iran: How Do We Deal With the Allegations?
Commentary, 2 May 2013Recent allegations by the Canadian authorities about Al-Qa'ida in Iran has ignited a flurry of commentary. Experience suggests however that the release of limited intelligence of this nature is fraught with dangers for the public trust and risks being counter-productive.
Americas, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Red Lines and Syrian Chemical Weapons
Commentary, 26 April 2013Evidence of chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime remains incomplete. But the Obama Administration’s confused signaling and ambiguous standards of evidence risk emboldening the Assad regime.
Americas, Middle East and North Africa
Boston Bombers Highlight Difficulties of Countering Isolated Terror Cells
Commentary, 24 April 2013As motives and operational set-up of the Boston bombers become known, urgent questions will be asked about how US intelligence agencies are prioritising threats in the United States. The case reveals the huge dilemma faced in collecting, evaluating and acting on credible intelligence leads.
Americas, Terrorism
Boston Marathon: 'Keep Calm and Carry on Running'
Commentary, 16 April 2013The authorities in the United States are rightly cautious in ascribing blame to yesterday's incident in Boston. The explosions - killing three and injuring over 140 - highlight the importance of securing public events without being governed by fear.
Americas, Terrorism
The Threat From Far-Right Extremist Violence is Rising – How Can P/CVE Education Activities Be Part of the Strategy to Counter it?
China in Africa’s Looking Glass: Perceptions and Realities
Australia’s Defence Strategic Update: It’s All About China