http://www.rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2010 http://www.rusi.orgC4B715FF659286/ This lecture outlined the progress made across the UK Government in its ability to adopt a comprehensive approach focusing on the increasing contributions made by the Stabilisation Unit, particularly in Afghanistan. It reviewed the debate about the respective roles of civilians and the military in stabilisation, and the ways in which civilian skills can best be generated and managed for hostile environments. Richard Teuten provided an update on the enhanced responsibilities being taken on by the Unit and refer to other complementary changes underway. 2010-02-09 13:16:01 http://www.rusi.orgC4B6C4E6458A39/ The Green Paper to the Strategic Defence Review highlights strategic premises which should be presented to the public in the run up to the General Election. 2010-02-05 17:02:11 http://www.rusi.orgC4B6C2E49D19B4/ The Defence Green Paper hints at more cooperation with Europeans as the way forward, but a need for short-term cuts may damage the coherence of defence outputs before the defence review is completed. 2010-02-05 14:44:03 http://www.rusi.orgC4B5D811C5B7C2/ Our services must get smarter to cope with today’s threats. Their ability to adapt and maintain their high professionalism and dedication in a range of roles and with a variety of technologies is key to playing to British strengths. 2010-01-25 11:37:20 http://www.rusi.orgC4B28AC1602813/ Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, has announced deep cuts in military personnel and equipment to fund a £900 million boost for the Afghanistan campaign. However the figures may not stack up. Something is going to give and in a big way. Defence is living through a slow motion road accident while it waits for the political wheel to turn and give it some strategic direction. 2009-12-16 09:48:04 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4AEB15C637534/ The relationship between war and medicine is a complex one. Here, the Surgeon General of the Defence Medical services offers his view 2009-10-30 16:36:45 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4A956B97A1CFD/ Hew Strachan commemorates the death of Harry Patch, the last remaining British First World War veteran, and considers its impact on our recollection of the Great War. 2009-08-26 18:06:33 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4A952992C52DF/ As General Sir David Richard’s accedes to the post of British Army Chief of the General Staff, RUSI takes this opportunity to highlight his views on the future of warfighting and British Army organisation as revealed in his speech to the June 2009 RUSI Land Warfare Conference. 2009-08-26 13:36:34 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4A44A941B2BB0/ When young men and women join the Armed Forces they do so with the full realisation that they may be required to lay down their life for their country. In return for this sacrifice, they should be afforded the same human rights protection as every other British citizen. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has worked to ensure that the human rights of military personnel are protected. It is with great pleasure that we join with them in celebrating Armed Forces Day 2009. 2009-06-26 11:56:27 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4A42142744AA5/ The UK’s first Armed Forces Day provides the opportunity to celebrate the contribution of members of all three services. Donations to service charities and popular lobbies for armed forces issues underline the high public regard for British troops. However, in our celebration, we must not lose sight of the broader challenges to defence policy, or an unwillingness to match public expenditure to levels of admiration. 2009-06-24 13:16:06 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:C4A12DBAD5CF7F/ The Judgement handed down on 18 May by the Court of Appeal does not radically alter the existing parameters of combat service for military personnel. Rather it confirms the previously held view that soldiers should be accorded all reasonable protection within the context of operational conditions. Future litigation will clarify the decision made by the Court of Appeal and will also further serve to allay the fears of operational officers. 2009-05-19 17:19:56 http://www.rusi.org/news/ref:N47616079DFD16/ The cost to the British Army of illegal drug-use is nearly the equivalent of losing one battalion a year, a cost higher than fatalities and serious casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan. 2007-12-14 00:00:00 http://www.rusi.org/news/ref:N45E2AD89A250E/ Redeploying troops from Iraq to Afghanistan makes perfect military and political sense 2007-02-26 09:54:59 http://www.rusi.org/news/ref:N45488E0CD5065/ Amyas Godfrey, a former British army officer at the Royal United Services Institute, said officials have responded to public pressure to set a timetable for a withdrawal from Iraq by saying that it will come "when the job is done." So it is significant, he said, that the army chief has said: "We should be leaving." 2006-10-14 12:00:00 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7d2f19bb/ As a commander,Lieutenant General John Kiszley is concerned not so much with how to persuade to join the Armed Forces, as with what he is looking for from those individuals who come under his command. 2004-06-18 12:23:45 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:J40c1f7538b11c/ 2004-06-18 12:23:40 http://www.rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:P40C8719241D3C/ The greater the degree of uncertainty that our people may face, the greater is their requirement for education 2004-06-10 15:34:58 http://www.rusi.org/publications/monitor/ref:A473D7EB04588A/ This article advocates a sharp increase in support to the UK-led counter-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan as a means to mitigate the security threat that Afghan opium production poses to the UK and the international community. 2004-03-01 11:00:00 http://www.rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A47595E07810E8/ Considerable fiscal constraints continue to shape existing and future defence capabilities. 2002-04-01 14:00:00