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Analysis: International security is a political, not a technical, question
4 Mar 2009
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RUSI Newsbrief: Afghan Insurgency: Changing Tactics and Pakistani Motives
4 Mar 2009 Afghanistan looks set to provide another difficult year for coalition troops. Worse still, it is becoming increasingly clear that Pakistan is not up to the job of extending its writ throughout all of its declared territory.
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News: High-level Bahrain Security Forum identifies a multilateral approach to countering terrorism
26 Feb 2009 Key areas of co-operation identified for international, regional and national practitioners and policymakers.
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Analysis: The CIA in Transition
19 Jan 2009 Barack Obama’s appointment of an intelligence outsider as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency signals a break with Bush-era intelligence policy. If the Obama administration allows intelligence to rank low on their list of priorities, however, they risk neglecting the acute threat that terrorism and traditional espionage pose to the US today.
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Analysis: Bringing Intelligence into the Light
9 Jan 2009 by Dr Tobias FeakinIn the first public interview ever given by a serving Director General of MI5, Jonathan Evans claims that the high number of prosecutions of suspected terrorists has ‘chilled’ the enthusiasm of terror networks. Although the UK is making headway against the terrorist networks within its own borders, the long-term fight against terrorism will be won by upholding liberal democratic values rather than adopting the Guantanamo approach.
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Analysis: Enhancing Indian Counter-Terror efforts after Mumbai
4 Dec 2008 by Avnish PatelIndia’s internal security reforms have not matched the pace of the liberalisation of its economy. Counter-terrorism forces lack a unified command, adequate training or resources to meet domestic and cross-border threats. In order to develop a coherent counter-terror doctrine, security reforms must enhance co-ordination between security agencies and government whilst transcending party politics.
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Analysis: Counter-terrorism and national security
19 Mar 2008
The National Security Strategy re-emphasises the importance of the Prevent strand of the Government’s existing counter-terrorism strategy and describes the importance of the role of wider society in aiding effort across the ‘four Ps’.Terrorism Intelligence UK Europe Domestic Security Securing Britain
The National Security Strategy re-emphasises the importance of the Prevent strand of the Government’s existing counter-terrorism strategy and describes the importance of the role of wider society in aiding effort across the ‘four Ps’.
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Analysis: A ‘Hard-Headed’ Approach to Risk?
19 Mar 2008
The Government’s National Security Strategy has provided a useful articulation of the great diversity of threats facing the UK. Does this articulation, along with its intention to create a National Risk Register, signal the adoption of a genuinely risked-based approach to security?Intelligence Domestic Security Terrorism UK Europe Securing Britain
The Government’s National Security Strategy has provided a useful articulation of the great diversity of threats facing the UK. Does this articulation, along with its intention to create a National Risk Register, signal the adoption of a genuinely risked-based approach to security?
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RUSI Newsbrief: Gulf States in a Muddle over Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
19 Mar 2008 The publication of the US National Intelligence Estimate has caught the Gulf States off balance.
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Analysis: Condemning Lebanon: Liberalism and the War on Terror
25 Sep 2007 Violent interventions in the sovereign space of other states are rapidly becoming a familiar feature of contemporary global politics.
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