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Analysis: 'Cats and Traps': Launching the Carrier Debate in the Right Direction? 27 Apr 2012 by Dr Lee Willett
Media debate on the UK's carrier programme is focusing on the jets, rather than the ships they land on. Central to this discussion is 'cats and traps', the launch and recovery system, which drives the choice of aircraft. Critics who say that this will cost too much overlook the long-term strategic value it will add. Maritime Forces Aerospace Defence Policy UK Europe

Analysis: Of Jets and Carriers... Again 27 Apr 2012
As the UK government grapples with whether or not to carry out a U-turn over which variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), chiefly because of issues surrounding carrier conversion costs, there are broader issues beyond technical and financial ones, and some echoes from the past. Aerospace Maritime Forces Defence Policy UK Europe

RUSI Defence Systems: Bandits and Thieves - Sovereign Wealth Recovery as a Critical Defence Capability 29 Mar 2012 by Dr John Louth
RUSI’s Dr John Louth makes the case that returning stolen assets to sovereign nations is a vital element of stability building and should receive greater government support Defence Policy

RUSI Newsbrief: The Cost of Defence Job Cuts 27 Mar 2012
Is the MoD sharing the pain of budget cuts evenly across the civil service and armed forces? Military Personnel Defence Policy Defence Management Armed Forces UK Defence Defence Spending UK Europe

Analysis: Choosing Plan B: Reviewing the UK's Choice of Joint Strike Fighter 23 Mar 2012 by Elizabeth Quintana
As the full ramifications of the austerity measures become clear, the UK may be reconsidering the choice of F-35 variant which it will buy under its Joint Combat Aircraft programme. For costs and operational reasons, Variant B is the logical choice. Aerospace Defence Policy UK Europe

Analysis: The Falklands: The Security Equation in 2012 16 Mar 2012 by Professor Michael Clarke
Megaphone diplomacy precedes the forthcoming thirtieth anniversary of the Falklands War. But the stakes are too high for Argentina to turn the rhetoric into another armed conflict. Defence Policy UK Europe Americas

RUSI Journal: A Quiet Revolution: The Reform of the German Armed Forces 21 Feb 2012
The Bundeswehr is undergoing the most important change since the end of the Cold War Defence Policy Germany Europe International Institutions NATO

RUSI Journal: Policy-Making in Defence and Security: Lessons from the Strategic Defence and Security Review 21 Feb 2012 by Mark Phillips
An insider's account of the SDSR suggests ways forward to ensure better delivery of national security policy Defence Policy Defence Management UK Defence UK Europe

RUSI Journal: Soldiers, Strategy and Statesmen 21 Feb 2012 by Major General (Retd.) Mungo Melvin
The relationship between politicians and generals may be strained, but it is as vital as ever to get it right Defence Policy UK Europe

Analysis: The UK Government’s New Plan for Defence and Industry: A Fresh Approach to Procurement? 2 Feb 2012 by Dr John Louth
On 1 February 2012, the UK government published its long awaited on defence procurement. It sets a vision intending to reform Britain's fraught acquisition and procurement process, but the challenge will be at the implementation stage. Defence Management Defence Policy UK Europe

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