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RUSI Defence Systems: The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review: Implications for Defence Science and Technology 23 Mar 2011
Professor Phil Sutton assesses the impact that the SDSR is likely to have on defence research UK Defence UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: Downsizing the Ministry of Defence: Opportunity or Threat? 23 Mar 2011 by Simon Michell
Simon Michell examines whether efficiency gains are possible through the rationalisation of administration tasks at the Ministry of Defence Defence Management UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: Driving Change in the Ministry of Defence: Are We Learning the Lessons? 23 Mar 2011
Bob Barton, managing director of Niteworks, asks whether the MoD is equipped to drive substantive change, and outlines what he thinks is required Defence Management UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: Post SDSR: Where Now for the Defence Industry? 23 Mar 2011
Major General (Rtd) David Shouesmith and PRTM’s Dean Gilmore consider the opportunities hidden in the small print of the Strategic Defence and Security Review UK Defence UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: The SDSR: Why the Coalition Government Cut Where It Did 23 Mar 2011 by Dr Alexandra Ashbourne-Walmsley
Alex Ashbourne-Walmsley follows up her prescient Strategic Defence and Security Review forecast with an explanation of the review’s implications UK Defence UK Europe

Analysis: Taking forward NATO-Russia Missile Defence Co-operation 22 Mar 2011 by Avnish Patel
Vice President Biden's visit to Moscow, during which the thorny issue of missile defence co-operation was extensively discussed, may herald a thawing in NATO-Russian rhetoric. Russia Europe Defence Policy NATO International Institutions Global Security Issues

Analysis: Assessing British Diplomacy in Libya and the Middle East 10 Mar 2011 by Dr Jonathan Eyal
Dr Jonathan Eyal on the UK's 'jerky policy' towards unrest in the Middle East, the complete lack of any contingency planning within the FCO, and the importance of accepting that there is no such thing as 'the Arab exceptionalism'. Law and Ethics International Institutions European Union NATO Information Global Security Issues Libya Middle East and North Africa Europe Americas

Analysis: Epistolary Revolt: The Crisis in French Foreign Policy and Diplomacy 4 Mar 2011
The recent public questioning of French foreign policy comes at an inconvenient time for President Sarkozy, and has done nothing to reassure the French people of their nation's continued global influence. Defence Policy Middle East and North Africa Europe France

Analysis: Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications for the International Terrorist Threat 4 Mar 2011 by Mark Phillips
Many claim that the revolutionary arc engulfing the Middle East will challenge terrorist groups and their narrative. But this ignores how groups might exploit the crisis to strengthen their positions and pose a more potent and sophisticated threat to the UK than they do at the moment. UK Europe Middle East and North Africa Terrorism International Responses

Analysis: The Politics behind the Pentagon's Boeing-EADS Decision 2 Mar 2011 by Professor Trevor Taylor
The Pentagon's decision to award a $35 billion tanker contract to Boeing instead of Europe's EADS caused a stir among investors and politicans on both sides of the Atlantic. Professor Trevor Taylor, RUSI Professorial Fellow in Defence Management, analyses the context and assesses the possible implications of the move. Aerospace Defence Management Defence Policy Europe United States Americas

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