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RUSI Journal
The RUSI Journal is the leading publication of the Institute. First published in 1857, it is now an internationally-recognized authority on defence and security issues.
Counter-Insurgency in Global Perspective - An Introduction: Politicians Need to Understand Insurgency
The West is inexorably turning from terrorism to insurgency as a way of explaining the post 9/11 security era.
John Mackinlay
British Counter-Insurgency from Malaya to Iraq
This article argues that the search for a general model of insurgencies is elusive, as each campaign has its own characteristics.
Hew Strachan
Learning, Adapting, Applying: US Counter-Insurgency Doctrine and Practice
This article explains that whilst insurgency remains a highly political form of warfare, it is its character, not its nature, which has changed.
Alexander Alderson
Who Dares, Loses? Rhodesia's Counter-Insurgency Experience
This article revisits the Rhodesian strategy, assesses what mistakes were made and the conduct of the war, and identifies lessons for contemporary counter-insurgency campaigns.
Greg Mills & Grahame Wilson
Old Interests New Interdependencies - The Increasing Strategic Importance of Energy Pipelines
This article examines strategically how pipelines are becoming a tool to exert geo-political power at a state level, as well as the potential they offer as a high-value target to non-state actors, most specifically terrorist groups such as Al-Qa’ida.
Tobias Feakin
Keeping Iraq's Life Blood Flowing - Protecting the Offshore Oil Terminals
Oil is quite literally Iraq's life blood. The oil exporting infrastructure is a sensitive target; protecting it is seen by the West as an enduring commitment, and whilst the nascent Iraqi Navy is making good progress, it is not yet ready to assume full responsibility.
Wayne Keble
What is War? Some Reflections on a Contested Concept
This article proposes to offer a working definition of the term 'war', examines a few of the many analytical problems with defining it, and concludes with some suggestions.
Jeremy Black
From Gulf War to Global War on Terror. A Distorted Sun Tzu in US Strategic Thinking?
It is claimed that Sun Tzu’s precepts were applied in US strategy for both the First Gulf War and the ongoing Global War on Terror. This essay seeks to understand why the results of the US application of Sun Tzu are so different.
Charles Chao Rong Phua
Compulsory Drugs Testing in the British Army: Assessing the Data
This article raises new questions on Compulsory Drug Testing (CDT) of service personnel in the British Armed Forces.
Sheila M. Bird
Is it Time for the MoD to Review its Drugs Policy? A Response to Professor Bird's Findings
The hard line policy on drugs has served the MoD well to-date. However, as illustrated in this article, there are good reasons for re-examining the present policy.
Christianne Tipping
Military's Economic Role and Beyond
This article aims to reconceptualize military economy and discuss how the expansion of military capital beyond what is traditionally defined as military expenditure empowers the security sector.
Ayesha Siddiqa
Some further Thoughts on Addressing 'Wicked Problems'
This article argues that the defence acquisition community must rapidly react to the new 'wicked problems' facing it and adapt accordingly.
Andrew Cranfield
The Evolution of the Division in British Military History
This article charts the evolution of the division as an organizational unit of the British Army and shows that the division has faded in and out of importance in the last two hundred years depending on the type of war faced.
Ashley Jackson
Blitzkrieg: Revolution or Evolution?
To the Germans, Blitzkrieg, the 'lightning war' that brought Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and France all under the Nazi yoke, was not the creation of something new, but a renaissance.
Weichong Ong
From War Graves to an Onion Bread Festival: Can Military Archaelogy Promote Peace?
As a nation, the British tend to have an almost colonial attitude towards the Great War battlefields of France and Flanders.
Andy Robertshaw & David Kenyon
Counter-Insurgency in Global Perspective - An Introduction: Politicians Need to Understand Insurgency
The West is inexorably turning from terrorism to insurgency as a way of explaining the post 9/11 security era.John Mackinlay
British Counter-Insurgency from Malaya to Iraq
This article argues that the search for a general model of insurgencies is elusive, as each campaign has its own characteristics.Hew Strachan
Learning, Adapting, Applying: US Counter-Insurgency Doctrine and Practice
This article explains that whilst insurgency remains a highly political form of warfare, it is its character, not its nature, which has changed.Alexander Alderson
Who Dares, Loses? Rhodesia's Counter-Insurgency Experience
This article revisits the Rhodesian strategy, assesses what mistakes were made and the conduct of the war, and identifies lessons for contemporary counter-insurgency campaigns. Greg Mills & Grahame Wilson
Old Interests New Interdependencies - The Increasing Strategic Importance of Energy Pipelines
This article examines strategically how pipelines are becoming a tool to exert geo-political power at a state level, as well as the potential they offer as a high-value target to non-state actors, most specifically terrorist groups such as Al-Qa’ida.Tobias Feakin
Keeping Iraq's Life Blood Flowing - Protecting the Offshore Oil Terminals
Oil is quite literally Iraq's life blood. The oil exporting infrastructure is a sensitive target; protecting it is seen by the West as an enduring commitment, and whilst the nascent Iraqi Navy is making good progress, it is not yet ready to assume full responsibility.Wayne Keble
What is War? Some Reflections on a Contested Concept
This article proposes to offer a working definition of the term 'war', examines a few of the many analytical problems with defining it, and concludes with some suggestions.Jeremy Black
From Gulf War to Global War on Terror. A Distorted Sun Tzu in US Strategic Thinking?
It is claimed that Sun Tzu’s precepts were applied in US strategy for both the First Gulf War and the ongoing Global War on Terror. This essay seeks to understand why the results of the US application of Sun Tzu are so different. Charles Chao Rong Phua
Compulsory Drugs Testing in the British Army: Assessing the Data
This article raises new questions on Compulsory Drug Testing (CDT) of service personnel in the British Armed Forces.Sheila M. Bird
Is it Time for the MoD to Review its Drugs Policy? A Response to Professor Bird's Findings
The hard line policy on drugs has served the MoD well to-date. However, as illustrated in this article, there are good reasons for re-examining the present policy.Christianne Tipping
Military's Economic Role and Beyond
This article aims to reconceptualize military economy and discuss how the expansion of military capital beyond what is traditionally defined as military expenditure empowers the security sector.Ayesha Siddiqa
Some further Thoughts on Addressing 'Wicked Problems'
This article argues that the defence acquisition community must rapidly react to the new 'wicked problems' facing it and adapt accordingly.Andrew Cranfield
The Evolution of the Division in British Military History
This article charts the evolution of the division as an organizational unit of the British Army and shows that the division has faded in and out of importance in the last two hundred years depending on the type of war faced.Ashley Jackson
Blitzkrieg: Revolution or Evolution?
To the Germans, Blitzkrieg, the 'lightning war' that brought Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and France all under the Nazi yoke, was not the creation of something new, but a renaissance. Weichong Ong
From War Graves to an Onion Bread Festival: Can Military Archaelogy Promote Peace?
As a nation, the British tend to have an almost colonial attitude towards the Great War battlefields of France and Flanders.Andy Robertshaw & David Kenyon
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