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Is There a Right to Humanitarian Intervention?
A lecture by the Rt Hon Lord Falconer of Thoroton QC, former Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor. ...
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Research and analysis on Africa and sub-saharan Africa. To see the work of the RUSI Africa Programme, visit www.rusi.org/africa
Analysis: The UN Intervention Brigade: A Force for Change in DR Congo?
17 May 2013 by Cathy HaenleinWith troops assigned to the UN's new offensive unit in the DR Congo arriving in Goma, hopes for a tougher response to the region's non-state armed groups have been raised. Yet while novel, the deployment of the unit poses its own challenges.
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Analysis: The Crime Terror nexus in West Africa
15 May 2013 by Charlie EdwardsThe attack on the Al-Amenas facility in Algeria earlier in the year reveals the nexus between organised crime and terrorism in West Africa. This has major implications for the international community and requires greater support to national governments in the region.
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RUSI Newsbrief: Structuring the State: Federal Choices in Somalia
3 May 2013 by Anna RaderAs the London Conference on Somalia reconvenes, the focus remains on concerns surrounding the durability of the federal governmental structure
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RUSI Journal: France and the Arab Upheavals: Beyond Sarkozy
29 Apr 2013 France’s foreign-policy record on the Arab upheavals has been mixed, yet Franҫois Hollande’s presidency shows a stepchange in the French approach to unrest in the region
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RUSI Journal: Mali: West Africa's Afghanistan
1 Mar 2013 Recent events in Mali and France's subsequent intervention raise questions about the roots of the conflict in a state that used to be considered an example of good governance in West Africa
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Analysis: Drones in the Service of Peace: Unmanned Aircraft in UN Deployments
18 Feb 2013 by Adrian JohnsonLong associated with the CIA's targeted killing programme, there are concerns that drones are a weapons system out of control. But a suggestion to deploy them on the UN mission in the Congo underscores the potential the system has in keeping the peace.
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Analysis: An Insight into Jihadist Strategy in the Sahel
14 Feb 2013 by Professor Michael ClarkeThe revelation of documents from fleeing jihadists in Mali reveals a centrally-directed attempt to achieve all the old Al-Qa'ida ambitions: to ally with other political movements in order to hijack them.
Terrorism Sahel Africa
Analysis: Is Qatar Sponsoring Al-Qa'ida in Mali?
7 Feb 2013 by David RobertsThere have been many reports circulating that Qatar is directly or indirectly supporting terrorist groups in Mali, having asserted its influence in the rest of North Africa. But there would be no logical reason for Qatar to be involved or gain in meddling in Mali's affairs.
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Analysis: The British Military Contribution to Operations in Mali: Is This Mission Creep?
30 Jan 2013 by Michael CodnerAs the UK sends 330 personnel to assist France's military intervention in Mali, there are real concerns that, like Afghanistan, the UK will be mired in another intractable conflict. However, the strategic conditions are very different for this to happen and it is wrong to assume there will be mission creep.
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RUSI Defence Systems: Sharing a Common Picture on Piracy
29 Jan 2013
A concentrated multinational presence, coupled with the exploitation of an increasingly diverse range of data, is successfully informing counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere. Daran Scarlett of Esri UK examines the advances being made and what the future holdsInternational Responses Terrorism Maritime Forces Horn of Africa Africa
A concentrated multinational presence, coupled with the exploitation of an increasingly diverse range of data, is successfully informing counter-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere. Daran Scarlett of Esri UK examines the advances being made and what the future holds
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