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RUSI Newsbrief: Lean Times Ahead for the Australian Defence Force 17 Jan 2013
With Australia’s economy performing well, the government’s recent dramatic reduction of defence spending may prove a mysterious, and retrograde, step in the eyes of its strategic allies. Defence Policy Pacific

RUSI Newsbrief: Options for China and Japan in the East China Sea 17 Jan 2013
The changes of leadership in both China and Japan seem to favour a hardening of positions over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, as tensions continue to bubble beneath the surface. China Pacific Japan

RUSI Newsbrief: The Chinese Aircraft Carrier: A Strategic Reassessment 17 Jan 2013
What is the significance of the development of China’s first carrier programme, and what does this mean in terms of the country’s ability to engage in effective power projection and long-range operations? China Pacific

RUSI Newsbrief: 2012: A Troubled Year for China’s Fifth Generation Leadership 17 Jan 2013
The new guard at the head of the Chinese Communist Party will be hoping to get a grip of the party’s factional rivalries and put the scandals of 2012 behind them before the National People’s Congress in March. China Pacific

Analysis: France Confronts Terror Threat in Africa, Risks Attack at Home 17 Jan 2013 by Raffaello Pantucci
The French assault on militant jihadists in Mali reflects a recognition in Paris that the long-brewing Islamist trouble in North Africa is something that has started to spiral out of control, and has potential to have a direct impact within France. Africa France Europe Terrorism Al-Qa'ida Sahel

News: RLMH News: A Victorian Analysis of the Siege of Cork through Annotated Maps 16 Jan 2013 by Laura Dimmock-Jones
The RUSI Archive is home to a number of unusual annotated maps. One example presented here brings together the histories and careers of two military greats, despite the intervening century between their lives; the Duke of Marlborough and First Viscount Wolseley. History

Analysis: The Nuclear Agenda for 2013: New Solutions to Old Problems 10 Jan 2013 by Hugh Chalmers
While the leadership transitions of 2012 have altered this year's political landscape, they have left the nuclear agenda for 2013 regrettably unchanged. Thankfully, this new backdrop may provide opportunities to find new solutions to old problems. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues North Korea Pacific Russia Europe Iran Middle East and North Africa

Analysis: Imagining a Post-Chávez Venezuela 10 Jan 2013 by Matt Ince
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's ill health continues to place question marks over the future political stability of the Bolivarian Republic, rekindling concerns that instability, power struggle and the possible out-break of violence could once again be on the horizon. Americas Latin America Central and South America

Analysis: Does Decapitating Terrorist Leaderships Work? 7 Jan 2013
In the last two-years, international counter-terrorism strategies have focused on decapitating terrorist leaderships. But the threat and the ideology remains. In the coming year it is important to address the psychological motivations for conducting terrorist acts. Terrorism Tackling Extremism

Analysis: A Year of Endemic Instability in Iraq 3 Jan 2013 by Professor Gareth Stansfield
Sectarian and ethnic polarisation now dominates Iraq's political landscape. It could lead to toxic instability in 2013 as the Syrian civil war bolsters a restless Sunni Iraqi opposition while the Kurds continue to assert their independence from Baghdad. Iraq Middle East and North Africa Syria

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