The Military Sciences group includes experts in the traditional Air, Land and Maritime domains as well as Cyber, Influence Operations and Space. Our aim is to contribute to the nuance of UK public, media and policy discussions on defence by combining research with practical experience and contextual awareness. As part of this work, Military Sciences staff engage with military, defence industrial and governmental stakeholders from the operational to the senior leadership level in the UK and overseas.
The cornerstone of the Military Sciences group’s work is the Martial Power Programme which forms a conceptual framework aimed at providing UK decision makers with a deeper evidence base to feed into defence policy.
Focus
The Military Sciences research group aims to:
Justin Bronk
This Occasional Paper provides an assessment of technological and strategic trends in Russian and Chinese integrated air defence systems.
Tags: Aerospace, China, Russia, Military Sciences
Justin Bronk
Piecing together the evidence for the tragedy
Tags: Aerospace, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues
Jack Watling
A US-ordered assassination of a key Iranian lynchpin could overturn many Middle East calculations
Tags: United States, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
The World This Weekend 22/12/2019
In The News, 22 December 2019 Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences
Is Nato obsolete?
In The News, 19 December 2019 Tags: Modern Deterrence, NATO, Military Sciences, International Institutions
Justin Bronk
Investing in people is a worthy cause in itself. But it plays a diminished role in deterrence.
Tags: China, United States, NATO, Military Sciences, Military Personnel, Europe
Justin Bronk
Piecing together the evidence for the tragedy
Aerospace, United States, Iran, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues
Jack Watling
A US-ordered assassination of a key Iranian lynchpin could overturn many Middle East calculations
United States, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Justin Bronk
Investing in people is a worthy cause in itself. But it plays a diminished role in deterrence.
China, United States, NATO, Military Sciences, Military Personnel, Europe
Peter Roberts
Boris Johnson’s newly elected government has some big questions to answer about the country’s defence policy and global posture.
Military Sciences, Defence Policy, UK, National Security, UK Defence
Jack Watling
Governments and military planners are obsessed with how much leverage adversaries can exert with coercive measures that don’t risk all-out war. But to win in the ‘grey zone’ requires being proactive, and defining its limits.
Military Sciences, UK, Global Security Issues
Justin Bronk
This Occasional Paper provides an assessment of technological and strategic trends in Russian and Chinese integrated air defence systems.
Aerospace, China, Occasional Papers, Russia, Military Sciences
Oliver Major
A report of the Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 conference organised by RUSI's Modern Deterrence project in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Modern Deterrence, Conference Reports, Military Sciences, National Security
Jack Watling
This paper outlines critical trends in the development of next-generation fires systems and the implications of this future battlefield for the UK’s ground forces.
Armed Forces, Occasional Papers, Equipment and Acquisitions, Military Sciences, UK, Land Forces, UK Defence
Sidharth Kaushal and Jack Watling
This paper outlines the role that littoral areas will have in the Future Operating Environment and the strategic requirements that will drive the development of the littoral strike concept and the...
Armed Forces, Occasional Papers, Equipment and Acquisitions, Global Strategy and Commitments, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, UK, Land Forces, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, Europe
Elisabeth Braw
This Occasional Paper examines the Scandinavian model of national service and discusses how it can be adapted by the UK to fit its national security needs and acquaint a wider segment of youth with...
Civil–Military Relations, Modern Deterrence, Occasional Papers, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Military Personnel, UK Defence
General Sir Gordon Messenger and Surevine founder and CEO Stuart Murdoch in conversation with Clifford Chance counsel Josh Fitzhugh.
Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences
This annual conference, jointly organised by the United Nations Association – UK, UNA-Westminster and RUSI, is the UK’s most authoritative public review of UN peacekeeping activities.
Military Sciences
This conference will seek to re-examine what the optimal survivability mix might look like in the late 2020s, 2030s, in light of current trends of both combat air systems design and emerging...
Air Power Conference 2016: Inspiration and Innovation, Military Sciences
The conference, the first of its kind, featured senior executives and government officials in charge of total defence and civil protection. It aimed to identify practical steps that can be taken to...
Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, Defence Policy
General Stephen J. Townsend, commander of the US Army Training and Doctrinal Command will deliver the 72nd Annual Kermit Roosevelt Lecture.
United States, Military Sciences, UK
Dr Jack Watling, Research Fellow at RUSI, discusses what the new agenda might be for the new Defence Secretary, Penny Mordaunt.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK, UK Defence
Justin Bronk, RUSI's Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology reflects on the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force, established on 1 April 1918.
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences
Justin Bronk, Research Fellow at RUSI assesses the US airstrike against a Syrian airbase following the Syrian government's chemical attack in the Idlib province.
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, Syria
Ewan Lawson, Senior Research Fellow examines the debate around WhatsApp encryption and whether the app should be more freely available to law enforcement.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, Military Sciences, UK, Terrorism
Episode 09: New Year, New Challenges
Taiwan Elections: Reactions to the DPP’s Win
Getting the Economic Crime Plan Done: Why Economic Crime Matters for Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’