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- Jan 2012, Vol. 32, No. 1

Brazil's Critical Infrastructure Gap: Securing the Road Ahead
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Brazil's march towards great power status will demand tough choices between satisfying infrastructural development and environmental pressures

Ethiopian Expedition and Inexpediency in the Horn of Africa
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Ethiopia’s regional interference in the Horn of Africa has not only unsettled its neighbours, but invigorated internal disorder at home

Tactical and Operational-level Intelligence in Counter-Piracy Operations
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Better use of intelligence could have a significant impact on the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean

NATO and North America’s ‘Other’ Alliance Member
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012With valued contributions to recent conflicts and an increasingly assertive Conservative government, Canada has crafted a role for itself as a prominent member of NATO

TADIC: A Watershed Moment for Political Leadership
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012A recent conference on industrial co-operation reveals a profound gap between shifting defence industrial market realities and the capacity of decision-makers

The Dragon Arrives: China in Kashmir
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012A large presence of Chinese construction workers in Pakistan risks transforming the sensitive territorial dispute into a trilateral concern

China’s Trojan Horse in Europe
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Investment in debt-stricken Greece not only strengthens China’s role in world trade but also provides it with a foothold in a key location

Russian Bears Over the Sea of Japan
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Recent increase in Russian military activity over the Sea of Japan has worried the Japanese - but it may be directed against China

The Wizard of the Kremlin
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Alleged fraud in Russia’s recent parliamentary elections has unravelled Putin’s image as a strong, authoritative leader, exposing his weak basis of support to the Russian people

British Armed Forces and the Pitfalls of Popularity
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Whilst public empathy and support for service personnel and their families are at a generational high, the cause is not entirely clear and the full range of its effects even less so

Iran: A Very British Problem
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Iran’s continued domination of the international security agenda calls for a revision of British policy in the Gulf

The Indian Exception to Australia’s Nuclear Trade
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Andrea Berger
Australia’s decision to allow for uranium exports to India may signal a shift in India’s status in multilateral export control arrangements
Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Combat Ready: Women and the Australian Defence Force
RUSI Newsbrief, January 2012Joanne Mackowski
The success of Australia’s decision to permit women to voluntarily engage in frontline service may determine whether similar reforms are made by other nations within their armed forces
Military Personnel
The Budding Alliance Between Lockdown Critics and the Far-Right in Germany
Getting the Partnership Right
FCAS: Is the Franco-German-Spanish Combat Air Programme Really in Trouble?