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Winter in Afghanistan RUSI Journal: Winter as the Number One Enemy? Lessons Learned from North Afghanistan 30 Oct 2009
Winter operations present tough challenges, but also great opportunities. ISAF should seize them Land Forces Afghanistan Central and South Asia
HMS Astute bow RUSI Journal: Performance under Pressure: Acquisition in the World’s Most Complex Environment 30 Oct 2009
The UK Ministry of Defence's acquisition organisation has an unfair reputation. It delivers first-class equipment to the right place at the right time argues its chief operating officer Defence Management UK Europe Land Forces Maritime Forces Aerospace
Analysis: Learning Without Reference: the Israeli Defence Forces in its First Twenty Years 24 Sep 2009
Effectively starting from scratch with a force of varied backgrounds and global outlooks, the IDF underwent an unusual learning curve in its early stages, where previous experience and lessons of success were absent from the process until built up in years to come. Land Forces Middle East and North Africa
William Howard Russell, The Times correspondent during the Crimean War Analysis: In the Public's Eye: The British Army and Military-Media Relations 21 Sep 2009
While the recent conflicts engaged in by the British Army have revealed successful military-media relations on the frontline, they have also underlined a significant failure to engage with the media at the political and strategic levels. During the second half of the twentieth century the strict censorship that had reached its apogee during the Second World War was relaxed. But the recent doctrinal failure within the Army to distinguish between the fields of military-media relations and deception has seriously undermined these public relations efforts. Land Forces
CGS General David Richards Analysis: CGS General Sir David Richards in his own words 26 Aug 2009
As General Sir David Richard’s accedes to the post of British Army Chief of the General Staff, RUSI takes this opportunity to highlight his views on the future of warfighting and British Army organisation as revealed in his speech to the June 2009 RUSI Land Warfare Conference. Military Personnel Land Forces UK Europe The War on Terror Terrorism
Afghanistan National Policeman ISAF Analysis: West stares into Afghan Abyss 17 Jul 2009 by John Hemmings
With the deaths of fifteen UK troops in Afghanistan over the past few weeks, Britain is forced to re-think its strategy for strengthening the country. Afghanistan Central and South Asia UK Europe Land Forces The War on Terror Terrorism
Chinese army Analysis: The PLA in 2009: The Year of the Ground Force? 18 May 2009
Following the release of China’s defence white paper, an enormous amount of attention is being paid to China’s naval and air force modernisation as well as its nuclear and missile forces. However, it is the PLA’s less-discussed army that is going to play the most critical role in safeguarding China’s security interests in 2009. China Pacific Land Forces
20 Brigade departs from Iraq Picture by Corporal W Analysis: A draw in Iraq, no victory near in Helmand 3 May 2009 by Professor Michael Clarke
Troops need to believe that they risk their lives for things that are genuinely important. Afghanistan Central and South Asia Iraq Middle East and North Africa Land Forces UK Europe
British troops in Afghanistan Analysis: ‘A Hard Pounding, Gentlemen’: The Coming Year in Afghanistan 11 Jan 2009 by Professor Michael Clarke
The UK needs more troops on the ground to relieve pressure in Helmand, but unless an increase is accompanied by significant victories elsewhere, the Coalition’s long-term prospects are not good. A new approach to strategic thinking in Afghanistan and the means to give some effect to it are sorely needed in the new year. Afghanistan Central and South Asia Land Forces UK Europe The War on Terror Terrorism
Analysis: The Battle of Britain: The Land Perspective 20 Oct 2006
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