RUSI Journal

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Issue: Apr 2008, Vol. 153, No. 2

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Letters Antony Beevor on General Laycock, Azeem Ibrahim on the state of the Armed Forces and John Mackinlay on Global Insurgency

Engaging Muslim communities in counter-terrorism strategies Religion and integration are key issues in the new security environment. This article looks at this 'battle of ideas' and discusses how the Muslim community might be best brought into the political debate.
H A Hellyer

Multiculturalism after 7/7: A Scapegoat or a Hope for the Future Has the concept of multiculturalism eroded our national security?
Tariq Madood

Iraq and its Borders: the Role of Barriers in Counter-Insurgency An assessment of the problems for Iraq caused by its porous borders and the possible benefits of the construction of a system of barriers.
Alexander Alderson

The US 'Surge' as a Collaborative Corrective for Iraq The US 'surge' in Iraq has played an important role in in correcting the initial mistakes made.
Matthew B Arnold

Iraq 2007 - Moving Beyond Counter-Insurgency Doctrine: A First Hand Perspective Emma Sky, a former Special Advisor to Lieutenant General Odierno, head of Coalition forces in Iraq, discusses how the security situation in Iraq has improved and at potential problems for the coming years.
Emma Sky

Peace Operations and Exit An assessment of the continued demands from a broad range of the political spectrum for withdrawal from Iraq.
Dominik Zaum

Pakistan's Waziristan Problem In recent years, clerics have become increasingly powerful in the Pashtun Waziristan regions that straddle the Afghan-Pakistan border. Brigadier Shaukat Qadir looks at the recents for this and the impact upon the region.
Shaukat Qadir

UK Effects-Based Planning and Centre of Gravity Analysis: An Increasingly Dysfunctional Relationship? An examination of the changes in British Army doctrine.
Tim Bird

New Containment Policy: A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-first Century? This article looks at the current global security situation, and calls for a new model of containment.
Andreas Herberg-Rothe

War and Transformation General Jean-Louis Georgelin, France's Chief of the Defence Staff, asserts the need for new approaches to deal with new geo-political realities.
General Jean-Louis Georgelin

Maximising the Potential of UK Maritime Forces in Peace Time: 'A Force for Good'. An examination of the future role of the Royal Navy.
Jeremy Blackham and Gerry Paulus

Nuclear History Note: US Atomic Demolition Munitions (1954-1989) A look at the history of atomic demolition munitions.
Matthew D Bird

British Private Armies in the Middle East: The Arab Legion and the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, 1920-1956 An examination of the contribution of British contract soldiers to Jordanian security between 1920 and 1956
Matthew Hughes

A Good War: Wartime Officers Who Rose to Command Level in the 1914-1918 War A retrospective on those British soldiers that achieved an unusual level of succes in gaining promotion during the First World War.
A D Harvey

Book Reviews Book reviews by John Nagl, John Kiszely, Keith Hartley and Jeremy Black.