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The 2019 Swiss Security Network Exercise: More Than an Exercise

Commentary, 24 May 2019

Hans-Jürg Käser and Bernhard Wigger

The Swiss are testing their preparedness for meeting a major terrorist attack.

Tags: International Security Studies, Modern Deterrence, Terrorism, Security Policy, Counterinsurgency, International Responses, Defence Management, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Europe

Second Strike Communications

RUSI Newsbrief, 17 May 2019

Elisabeth Braw

To counter disinformation campaigns, liberal democracies should focus on second-strike capabilities.

Tags: Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, RUSI Newsbrief, Domestic Security, National Security, Technology

Apollo Plus Fifty: Lunar Ambitions and the New ‘Space Race’

RUSI Newsbrief, 3 May 2019

Alexandra Stickings

50 years on from the first lunar landing, the Moon is once again taking centre stage in international space ambitions. Yet, within a more democratised and complex space environment, and with Mars and other celestial bodies seen as additional exploratory targets, talk of a new ‘space race’ may be misplaced.

Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, RUSI Newsbrief