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.

Issue: Aug 2005, Vol. 150, No. 4

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Terrorism: Not Who but Why? To fight radicalization, we have to understand its terms. If we can no longer ask ‘Who?’, then we must ask ‘Why?’
Turi Munthe

Developing National Resilience Security measures need to be effective but also not to do the terrorists’ work for them in seriously disrupting the fabric of everyday life.
David Omand

Experimenting for Operations on the Cusps Transitional periods in conflicts are the most problematic – these may be where the cusps lie.
John Wood

Imperial Overstretch, from Dr Arnold to Mr Blair The Duke of Wellington once said that the real test of a general was 'to know when to retreat and to dare to do it'. All post-war British Governments, including Tony Blair's, have failed this test.
Correlli Barnett

Why Britain Needs a New Defence Policy It is all too clear that the present strategy which is based on military intervention is not working – and that a radically different approach to global security is needed.
Paul Robinson

The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the 'Blue Book' Ninety years after publication, the Blue Book is key to the question of whether the massacre and deportation of the Armenians was the result of a deliberate policy of extermination.
David Miller

Nelson's Band of Brothers: At Sea with the Crew of HMS Trafalgar Like their forefathers in the Royal Navy, the men of HMS Trafalgar have come through challenging times to be – this year – the pride of the British Fleet.
Lee Willett

A Framework for Unfreezing Eurasia's Conflicts Resolving any or all of these frozen conflicts is an essential prerequisite not just for peace and stability but also for democratization across the Caucasus and in Russia.
Stephen Blank

The Second World War in Perspective In the perspective of history, the Second World War marked the end of a European global hegemony that had lasted for some two hundred years, leaving the United States and the Soviet Union to contest it between them.
Michael Howard

Noel Pemberton Billing Noel Pemberton Billing’s career has a symbolic, even emblematic quality. It is so varied and versatile that only excerpts and summaries will prevent the historian from narrative excess.
Dean Juniper

More Controversy from Waterloo History has been twisted, historians hoodwinked and the 52nd deprived of their due glory at Waterloo.
Nigel Sale

REVIEW of the Nelson & Napoléon Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Edward Foster

America and the World in the Age of Terror Daniel Benjamin (Editor)

Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare Colin Gray

Axis of Evil: The War on Terror Paul Moorcraft, Gwyn Winfield and John Chisholm (Editors)

Doing Less with Less: Making Britain More Secure Paul Robinson

Iran's Developing Military Capabilities Anthony Cordesman

Military-Civilian Interactions: Humanitarian Crises and the Responsibility to Protect Thomas Weiss

REVIEW ESSAY: British Armed Forces in Iraq Amyas Godfrey