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Issue: Feb 2005, Vol. 150, No. 1

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Reforming Iraq's Security Sector The challenge for Iraq and its allies is to ensure that the security sector is fit to restore order but also that this does not unduly threaten transition to some form of democratic rule.
Andrew Rathmell

Deaths among Iraqis due to the War: 2003-present day Using the Richardson scale and historical analogies, this statistical analysis seeks to estimate the number of Iraqi civlians killed between March and May 2003.
Ian Bellany

RUSI Photo Essay -- Portrait of a Company Part III Part III: Iraq's Election
Susan Schulman

A Marriage of Inconvenience: The Continuing Rift between Europe and the United States Both the United States and Europe share similar values, but they normatize them in different, even competing ways.
Christopher Coker

ESDP after the EU Constitution This article analyzes the provisions of the EU Constitution related to ESDP, compares the proclaimed goals with some of the realities on the ground and maps the potential challenges for Transatlantic relations.
Irina Isakova

Restructuring the Infantry This article is an edited version of the proceedings of a 'Discussion Panel on the Restructuring of the British Infantry', held at RUSI on 3 December 2004.
Gary Sheffield, Jamie Balfour and John Hughes-Wilson

Transforming UK Armed Forces This text is based on the CDS Annual Lecture delivered to RUSI by the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Michael Walker, on 9 December 2004.
Michael Walker

Drawing Lessons from the Past: Historical Analysis of Stabilization Operations In this article, Historical Analysis is used to identify the main factors driving the success or failure of stabilization operations.
Colin Irwin and Alistair Morley

Sudan: End of the Longest War? A rich, detailed report and historical background of the current situation in Sudan based on a visit in December 2004.
Paul Moorcraft

Broadening American-Pakistani Ties With the advent of Bush's second term, the US should redirect its policy of supporting Pakistan's armed forces towards strengthening Pakistan's democracy.
Ahmad Faruqui

Why Israel fears an Iranian Bomb Aside from the threat of being attacked, this suggests that there are other reasons why Israel appears so concerned about the possible development of an Iranian nuclear warhead.
Roger Howard

Privateers, Cruisers and Colliers: The Limits of International Maritime Law in the Nineteenth Centur This essay explores the loopholes in nineteenth-century international maritime law and how they were taken advantage of in naval warfare.
Damian O'Connor

REVIEW on Wiliam Orpen: Politics, Sex and Death A review of the 'William Orpen: Politics, Sex and Death' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London, 27 January - 2 May 2005.
John Mackinlay

Comment: Tribulations and Opportunities Richard Cobbold

Alexander Killer of Men: Alexander and the Macedonian Way of War David J. Lonsdale

Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 Max Hastings

Finishing Business: Ten Steps to Defeat Global Terror Harlan K. Ullman

Himalayan ‘People’s War’: Nepal’s Maoist Rebellion Michael Hutt (ed.)

Humanitarian Negotiation: A Handbook for Securing Access, Assistance and Protection for Civilians in Armed Conflict Deborah Mancini-Grifoli and Andre Picot

Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein Niall Barr

Review Essay on Pakistan A review by Alexander Evans on two books: 'Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan: The Price of Strategic Myopia' by Ahmad Faruqui and 'Pakistan’s Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99' by Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha.

Alexander Evans

The Security Intersection: The Paradox of Power in An Age of Terror Greg Mills