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RUSI Newsbrief

Monthly briefings on current issues in international defence and security and the military sciences.
Issue: Jan 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1
NATO’s Summit: A Disappointment to the Alliance’s New Member States NATO’s Riga summit finished with predictable compromise. But for the Central and East Europeans, the summit is now seen as a missed opportunity. None of their strategic challenges were fully addressed.
Jonathan Eyal
Back to Basics at NATO: Burden-Sharing and Alliance Raison d’être Whilst there is widespread agreement that the Alliance’s mission in Afghanistan must succeed or NATO’s future will be dealt a fatal blow, beyond this, the same old problems continue to haunt the Alliance. If allowed to fester, they may ultimately jeopardize the ISAF operation.
Tim Williams
Post-Election Vertigo – Quo Vadis America? Although Bush recently described Bob Gates – his new Secretary of Defense – as an ‘agent of change’, Gates’s track record on military affairs and innovation is not strong. So it is difficult to see from where the change regarding Iraq will come.
Michael Williams
Spurious Savings in Equipment Acquisition? The National Audit Office's latest Major Projects Report (MPR 2006) reveals that the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) has devised some truly creative accounting which obscures its performance in the management of the Ministry of Defence’s largest twenty procurement projects.
David Kirkpatrick
Silver Bullets and Telephone Calls: Intercept Evidence, Security and the Quest for Justice Criminal prosecution is central to the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. But its commitment is strangely ambivalent. This is most readily exhibited in relation to the use of intercept communications, currently inadmissible in the criminal justice system.
Neil Ellis
The Unfulfilled Potential of the Military Police: Greater Proactive Exploitation of Police Skills on Operations Engagement in humanitarian interventions, with the ensuing struggle to establish law and order, has given forces that combine police with military skills a renewed relevance. However, their latent ability to contribute to the tackling of the far deeper causes of a conflict requires a more profound analysis.
Toby Steward