RUSI Newsbrief

Monthly briefings on current issues in international defence and security and the military sciences.

Issue: Apr 2007, Vol. 27, No. 4

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EU at Fifty: Still Looking for Love Reflecting on the European Union's first fifty years, Sir Paul Lever considers the current challenges facing the European project.
Sir Paul Lever

US-EU Differences in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Both the US and EU agree on the substance of the threat from nuclear proliferation. However, there is divergence of the preferred means for ensuring non-proliferation.
Sara Kutchesfahani

Time for Trust in Trident? March saw the unprecedented vote in Parliament on the Government’s proposal that Britain should remain a nuclear power by renewing its independent strategic deterrent.
Lee Willett

Soliders and Courts and the Spectre of Exceptionalism Should service personnel be entitled to some protection from the consequences of the ill-considered use of violence when they act in military operations?
Michael Codner

Guns, not Roses: A New Era for the African Union Forces? These are the best of times and the worst of times for the African Union and the African Union forces. This is a new era of opportunity and high expectation in the realms of development, governance and conflict resolution.
Tapera Knox Chitiyo

The Maldives: Liberal Democracy or a Jihadist Entrepôt? The Maldives approaches a critical juncture in its development. Will it become a stable liberal democracy, or a security risk?
Paul Moorcroft