RUSI Newsbrief

Monthly briefings on current issues in international defence and security and the military sciences.

Issue: Jun 2008, Vol. 28, No. 6

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Index

'The Politics of Fear' No More: Barack Obama's World View An Obama presidency could represent the best chance the US has had in decades to change perceptions about its global role, though reservations about the candidate's inexperience persist.
Michael Williams

A New League of Democracies? Republican nominee Senator John McCain has proposed the creation of a new 'League of Democracies', though how 'new' is the idea and how committed to it will he be once the election is over?
Laura Bridge

Sino-American Relations and the New American President Despite all that has changed in the US after 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the most important bilateral relationship which the US needs to nurture is with China.
Lloyd Thrall

Peace in our Time? The Israeli-Syrian Peace Accord On 21 May 2008, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the surprise revelation that Israel had been engaged in secret peace talks with Syria, bringing the two sides together for the first time since 2000.
Daniel Neep

China and South Korea: Taking Each Other’s Measure President Myung Lee-bak’s summit visit to Beijing in May 2008 was declared a success by officials on both sides. Yet upon closer inspection the relationship remains one of the most problematic and complex in the region.
John Hemmings

Pakistan’s Relations with the US: Risks and Opportunities A recent air attack by US-led forces which killed eleven Pakistani soldiers is only one incident in a rocky relationship, which has had its ups and downs since Pakistan’s independence.
Noshad Khan