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 2007, Vol. 152, No. 4

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Revising the British Army’s Counter-Insurgency Doctrine Responding to events in Iraq and Afghanistan, the British Army has begun a review of its counter-insurgency doctrine.
Alexander Alderson

An American View of Twenty-First Century Counter-Insurgency This article gives the historical context of the new Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency, and also suggests some changes to the US national security structure.
John Nagl

The Fallacy of ‘Irregular’ Warfare 'Irregular warfare' is a fallacious term because those functions, operations, and environments that are dubbed ‘irregular’ are in fact 'regular'.
Barak Salmoni

Persistent Security - A Key to Success Anywhere along the Continuum of Operations Current US Air-Land doctrine is not suited to the wars that are currently being fought. A collective approach, involving all aspects of national power, is advocated.
William Wallace and Edmund Degen

Reconsidering the War on Terror Arguing that the US is losing the War on Terror, Paul Rogers discusses the problems of the current approach, and alternatives.
Paul Rogers

Dealing with ‘Wicked Problems’ The concept of 'wicked problems' is gaining more currency in geo-political studies.
Jeremy Blackham

Conflict - Crime and War Compared This article looks beyond the conventional meaning of conflict and marks its existence not only across the globe as war but also in civil society
John Croft

‘None But Ourselves’ - Democratic Design of Security and Defence Policy in Africa What are the implications for African militaries of the 'revolution in military affairs', and what should they be doing?
Laurie Nathan

Why Africa Will Succeed In an article based on a speech given at RUSI, Nicky Oppenheimer outlines why we should be optimistic about Africa's future.
Nicky Oppenheimer

Tip of the African Spear - Forging an Expeditionary Capability for a Troubled Continent The African Union's African Standby Force is a good step forward. However, a lack of training and resources is likely to the key obstacle.
James Shircliffe

Post-Colonial African Challenges for Peace and Security - The Future of African Military Forces Matthew Rombough

Revisiting the Falklands Intelligence Failures Recent celebrations have obscured the fact that the Falklands War may have been avoidable, and was more costly due to intelligence failures.
Richard Ned Lebow

Generals in Defence of their Honour Generals, with varying success, have often sought to defend their honour in the historical record in the aftermath of battle.
A D Harvey

Book Reviews

Letters Letters concerning maritime strategy; our maritime future; and Falklands War logistics.