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RUSI Newsbrief: French Intervention in Mali: Mais où sont les Anglais?
8 Mar 2013 France's action in Mali has demonstrated its rapid reaction capability, and raised questions about Britain's ability to do the same.
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Analysis: The Birmingham Terrorist Plotters: Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Today
22 Feb 2013 by Raffaello PantucciThe convictions of three Birmingham residents of a terrorist plot reveal classic linkages between homegrown bombers and Pakistan. The supply side of the terrorist threat in the UK continues to prove a problem.
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RUSI Defence Systems: Rendering Safe Improvised CBR Devices
29 Jan 2013
Though less common than their ‘conventional’ IED counterparts, chemical and radiological explosive devices are still a threat to both urban environments and the battlefield. Andy Oppenheimer, AIExpE, an expert on these weapons, outlines their dangers and describes how best to neutralise themLand Forces Al-Qa'ida Terrorism
Though less common than their ‘conventional’ IED counterparts, chemical and radiological explosive devices are still a threat to both urban environments and the battlefield. Andy Oppenheimer, AIExpE, an expert on these weapons, outlines their dangers and describes how best to neutralise them
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Analysis: Responses to Sahel Terrorism: Music to Jihadist Ears
22 Jan 2013 by Professor Michael ClarkeThe attacks on Algerian gas installations and the Mali insurgency has led the UK Prime Minister to describe this as a 'generational struggle'. However, what is happening across the Sahel region is a different terrorist challenge altogether, requiring a reappraisal in strategy.
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Analysis: France Confronts Terror Threat in Africa, Risks Attack at Home
17 Jan 2013 by Raffaello PantucciThe 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.
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RUSI Journal: Review Essay: Countering Terrorism is Not Enough
11 Dec 2012 Julian Lewis MP reviews Fighting the Ideological War: Winning Strategies from Communism to Islamism (edited by Katharine C Gorka and Patrick Sookhdeo)
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RUSI Newsbrief: The Sahel: Fertile Ground for Al-Qa’ida Terror
27 Jul 2012 Has the recent struggle for independence by the Tuaregs of northern Mali served only to provide a breeding ground for Al-Qa’ida-backed Islamic terrorists?
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RUSI Newsbrief: The Drone Wars: Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Pensinsula and Yemen
29 May 2012 by Joanne MackowskiAs the threat posed by Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula has evolved, the US has responded by sending in the Predator drones
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Analysis: Bin Laden's Death, One Year On: Has the Threat Receded?
2 May 2012 by Valentina SoriaOsama Bin Laden's death has only marginally diminished the threat from Al-Qa'ida: underscoring the symbolic relevance, rather than the strategic significance of his demise. The challenge emanates from dispersed, unconnected networks and a pernicious ideology which - though marginalised in the Arab Spring - still has potency in certain dispossessed quarters.
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Analysis: Mohammed Merah - Lone Wolf or Al-Qa'ida Operative?
23 Mar 2012 He bore the hallmarks of a trained and motivated operative, but it is unclear whether the Toulouse self-confessed terrorist, Mohammed Merah. was an Al-Qa'ida foot soldier. What is apparent is that that he was motivated by both the street-cool allure of extremism, and the grievances that are common to many young radicalised Muslims in the West.
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