RUSI Journal

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Issue: Jun 2003, Vol. 148, No. 3

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Australia and the United Kingdom, 1915 and 2003: From an Identity to an Intersection of National Security Interests The 88th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and the subsequent Dardanelles campaign provides a good time to reflect on the modern character of the relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom.
Michael L' Estrange

BOOK REVIEWS June 2003 Reviews

COMMENT: Toiling Along the Axis of Evil Richard Cobbold

Effects Based Air Operations: Air Command and Control and the Nature of the Emerging Battlespace This article concentrates on effects-based operations, the future battlespace and command and control issues. Specific air-power issues are brought out in a joint context.
Iain McNicoll

Fallout from the War in Iraq: Domestic Echoes in Foreign Policy? This article examines the influence of the sharp disagreements over the Iraq War on the dynamics between governments and their Muslim communities.
Saqeb Mueen

Fighting the Cod Wars in the Cold War: Iceland’s Challenge to the Western Alliance in the 1970s This article focuses on the Icelandic side and, specifically, on the intersecting domestic and international issues that had a bearing on the two Cod Wars in 1972-73 and 1975-76.
Valur Ingimundarson

LETTER: An open letter from the CEOs of EADS,Thales and BAE SYSTEMS to the European Community Govern

Orde Wingate in the Sudan, 1928-1933: Formative Experiences of the Chindit Commander This article will survey Orde Wingate's time in Sudan, with special reference to its possible influence on his career and military thought.
Simon Anglim

Peacemonger: Westminster Medal Winner’s Address 2003 Events during the last few years have raised serious concerns about the relevance and capacity of the United Nations.
Marrack Goulding

Shock and Awe Revisited 'Shock and Awe' would be one of the most tightly controlled and overseen targeting campaigns in history. However, for the most part, it turned out to be a public relations disaster.
Harlan Ullman

That Was The War That Was: International Law, Pre-emption and the Invasion of Iraq This article addresses the question of the legality of the pre-emptive use of force and, with it, the nature of the case against Iraq.
Michael McGinty

The Future of Air Power Article based on the Andrew Lambert's closing address to RUSI's 'Future of Air Power' Conference, on 22 May 2003
Andrew Lambert

Air Power and Combat Operations – The Recent War in Iraq This article assesses the Royal Air Forces air power contribution to the recent war in Iraq.
John Day

Nuclear Diplomacy in the Axis of Evil: The Challenge of North Korea The recent trilateral talks in Beijing that were supposed to herald the beginning of an end to the current crisis on the Korean peninsula appear to have only succeeded in further escalating the tensions in this already volatile region.
Andrew Kennedy

The Age of Non-Conventional Terrorism The 11 September 2001 terror attack in the United States was a formative event in the history of modern international terrorism and its overall significance of 9/11 is still evolving.
Yoram Schweitzer

The Financial War Against Terrorism: The Contribution of Islamic Banking It is vitally important that the issue of the financing of terrorism remains high on the public agenda, both nationally and internationally.
Bill Rammell

Turning Zimbabwe from a Failed to a Functional State Once economically secure, a net food exporter and a model of African political and social transition, Zimbabwe has deteriorated to the point that today it qualifies as a failed state.
Greg Mills and Jonathan Oppenheimer

Warfare in Context This article explains that it is easy to exaggerate the significance of each new war. It goes on to ask how, in a few hundred years time, our descendents will analyze the history of warfighting and judge the significance of the war with Iraq.
Eleanor Goldsworthy