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"China is asserting itself in its border regions and changing facts on the ground to solidify claims. Indian push-back is based on strategic relations with Bhutan that go back a long way and a concern about how this changes Indian capabilities on the ground. "
China must get along with regional powers to make its New Silk Road plan work
In The News, 19 August 2017 Tags: China, India, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Robust International Peacekeeping: Is Asia Up to the Task?
Commentary, 17 August 2017
Ewan Lawson and Veerle Nouwens
A political dispute in Japan over an alleged cover-up in a UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan highlights a bigger regional problem with international operations that are no longer about maintaining, but more about imposing, peace.
Tags: United Nations, Japan, International Institutions, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Pacific
"“The big slip-up was with the stuff getting on the plane to Australia,” said Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. “Cargo planes have been a problem for a long time.” "
Foiled Sydney plot raises questions about how easily bomb was transported to Australia
In The News, 9 August 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Terrorism, Pacific, Middle East and North Africa
The Tactics and Strategy of the Australian Light Infantry in Counter-Revolutionary Operations in South Vietnam, 1966–71
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017
Andrew T Ross
The tactics used by the 1st Australian Task Force yielded better results than those used by US forces.
Tags: History, Pacific
Book Review: China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017
John Hemmings
John Hemmings review China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia by Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson.
Tags: China, Defence Policy, Pacific
Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017
William Clapton
William Clapton reviews Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition, by Shannon Tow.
Tags: Defence Policy, PacificPages
Afghanistan Regional Stability: The Role of Chinese and Indian Cooperation
Commentary, 24 June 2015Over the past three years, RUSI has conducted a research project bringing together influential thinkers from China, India, the UK and Afghanistan in a number of workshops in Beijing, New Delhi and Qatar. The aim was to outline areas of common interest between China and India in Afghanistan. As part of this project, we asked Indian and Chinese researchers to offer their perspectives on where Delhi...
China, Afghanistan, India, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Asia, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Japan’s PR Strategy: Narratives in the Information Age
Commentary, 20 April 2015Edward Schwarck
Japan’s more activist security policy is arguably successful in design and implementation. It is, however, failing in how it is being presented to the public.
Japan, International Security Studies, Asia, Information, Pacific
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: a Test of Leadership for the US and China
Commentary, 17 April 2015Qingzhen Chen
China has established a global financial institution that focuses on building roads, railways and other key infrastructure projects crucial to development in Asia. Though there are concerns raised by the United States, the formulation of the AIIB ties China further into a multilateral system.
China, United States, Americas, International Security Studies, Asia, International Institutions, Pacific
77 Brigade and Orde Wingate’s Real Heirs
Commentary, 30 March 2015Simon Anglim
The establishment of 77 Brigade has drawn paralells with their famous historical counterparts. But how similar are these two unconventional forces?
Armed Forces, Military Sciences, UK, History, UK Defence, Europe, Pacific
Learning Lessons from the Sydney Siege: How did Man Haron Monis Slip Through the Net?
Commentary, 18 December 2014Tobias Feakin
The tragic end to the hostage situation in Sydney’s Central Business District has, in many ways, left more questions than answers for the Australian government and public.
Terrorism and Conflict, Terrorism, Terrorism, PacificPages
Foundations of Defence Industrial Co-operation between Western States and Emerging Powers
Occasional Papers, 29 May 2014Henrik Heidenkamp, Gabriela Thompson, Pierre Bontems, Bouchra Carlier and Axel Pilottin
A joint paper with Accenture explores some of the obstacles to defence industrial projects between Western states and emerging powers
Defence, Industries and Society, Occasional Papers, Defence Management, Europe, Pacific
The Jang Song-Thaek Purge: North Korea’s Winners, Losers and Scapegoats
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 March 2014Andrea Berger
The trial and execution of Kim Jong-un’s uncle, and the shuffling and elimination of other officials within the leadership structure, speak volumes about the future direction of North Korean policy
RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Israel’s Counter-Asymmetric Warfare and Security on the Korean Peninsula
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2014Soon Ho Lee
Does Israel’s approach to countering asymmetric warfare yield any useful lessons for South Korea?
RUSI Journal, North Korea, Counterinsurgency, Defence Policy, Israel, Pacific, Middle East and North Africa
A Downward Spiral: Joint Military Exercises on the Korean Peninsula
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2014Andrea Berger
US-South Korean military exercises continue to stoke tensions with North Korea, in a seemingly unstoppable cycle of one-upmanship
RUSI Journal, United States, Americas, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Pacific
Countering Cyber-Espionage and Sabotage: The Next Steps for Japanese-UK Cyber-security Co-operation
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2014Mihoko Matsubara
The revitalised co-operation between the UK and Japan needs to be operationalised for mutual benefit
RUSI Journal, Japan, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, UK, Technology, Europe, Pacific
We Should Exempt Africa from the UK-Russia Geopolitical Confrontation
Planning for the Next Strategic Defence and Security Review – A Much-Needed Peg in the Ground
France and NATO: President Macron Gets Clinical