RUSI Journal

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Issue: Oct 2006, Vol. 151, No. 5

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Afghanistan: A Comprehensive Approach to Current Challenges The United Kingdom must show that it will not be beaten in combat. At the same time, it must demonstrate that it has an interest in the real future of Afghanistan.
Des Browne

Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Multinational Co-operation, Afghanistan and Strategic Culture As multinational forces take greater control of Afghanistan, they must overcome institutional failings that have so far dogged its operations.
Christopher Coker

Regime Change: Planning and Managing Military-Led Interventions as Projects If the pursuit for regime-change is to become the norm, it may well require an optimized, over-arching conceptual model.
Marcus Fielding

New Africa: Prospects for Sustainable Peace and Security African leaders and Africans in general recognize the responsibility of owning our problems and challenges.
Paul Kagame

A Vision for Britain’s New Role in African Development and Security Britain is well placed to drive forward the democratization of Africa. It must pursue an economically liberal approach, with sufﬁcient connection to liberal democratic development.
Gideon Mailer

Israel's Lebanese War: A Preliminary Assessment The war of July-August 2006 may prove just one of many or, worse still, a prelude to the next round of hostilities which some experts believe will be larger and more dangerous.
Martin van Creveld

Revolution in Nepal: Can the Nepalese Army Prevent a Maoist Victory? Involvement by the great powers will give heart to the beleaguered Nepalese army and to the probable silent majority who do not want a Maoist takeover.
Paul Moorcraft

Russian-Chechen Information Warfare 1994-2006 An analysis of the Chechens' psychological warfare against the Russians between 1994 and 2006.
Dan Fayutkin

Shot at Dawn Pardons: Pardons for All Defence Secretary Des Browne has recently made the political decision to seek parliamentary approval for a statutory pardon for all those executed for military offences in the Great War.
John Hughes-Wilson

Shot at Dawn Pardons The Life and Death of Private Harry Farr As Defence Secretary reviews the case of those executed in the Great War, it is timely to step back and review what we know about the life and death of Private Farr - the chief beneficiary of this decision.
Simon Wessely

The Lion and the Swallow: The Somaliland Field Force 1901-20 How Britain defeated the precursors to today's militant Islamists in Somaliland
Damian O’Connor

The Royal Navy did not win the ‘Battle of Britain’: But we need a holistic view of Britain’s defences in 1940 The defeat of the Luftwaffe by the Royal Air Force’s Fighter Command was a critical factor in preventing the German armed forces from attempting an invasion. However, there is a necessity of adopting a holistic view of Britain’s defences in 1940.
Christina Goulter, Andrew Gordon and Gary Shefﬁeld

Theatre Review: Black Watch A National Theatre of Scotland production. Written by Gregory Burke, Directed by John Tiffany. Currently touring Scotland and coming to London in 2007.
Owen Humphrys