RUSI Newsbrief

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

Issue: Sep 2007, Vol. 27, No. 9

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False Expectations: Personality, Politics and Policy in the Transatlantic Area US-Europe relations have experienced some difficult times this past decade. Is this drift an unstoppable occurrence and the next era in transatlantic relations?
Mike Williams

USAID in Afghanistan This article examines the role and success of USAID projects in Afghanistan. The international community must recognize that without a unified approach, progress will be marginalized.
Kate Clouston

Venezuela Puts Power in Reserve By promoting General Gustavo Rangel Briceño from the position of Commander of the Reserves to Defence Minister, Hugo Chavez underlined the centrality of the reserves to his defence planning.
Mark Joyce

Nuclear North Korea This article examines whether North Korea now poses any less of a menacing threat to its neighbours and if full denuclearization can be achieved.
Victoria Shin

The End of Abe Fears that Japan will again play a militaristic and negative role in world affairs are misplaced and outdated. Modern Japan is deeply imbibed with democratic and human rights values.
John Hemmings

Lebanon: Al-Qa’ida’s Next Front There is a new generation of Jihadist Salafists determined to make Lebanon the frontline of the global jihad.
Hesham Younes