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RUSI Newsbrief
September 2017 , No: 4
Ukraine’s Minister of Defence General Stepan Poltorak (third from left) meets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. One of the priorities of Ukraine’s Triple Five Strategy is to fulfil NATO membership criteria. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Defence

Reforming Ukraine’s Armed Forces while Facing Russia’s Aggression: the Triple Five Strategy

RUSI Newsbrief, December 2017

Stepan Poltorak

Four years after Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution and Russia’s subsequent invasion, Minister of Defence General Stepan Poltorak outlines Kiev’s ambitious defence reforms, which aim to provide the armed forces with the capabilities needed to protect the country and to gain full interoperability with NATO.

Russian troops operating in the Tskhinvali region during the five-day war, August 2008, during which Russian troops occupied nearly 20% of Georgia’s territory. Courtesy of Yana Amelina/Wikimedia

Georgia and Russia: How to Oppose Moscow’s Aggression

RUSI Newsbrief, December 2017

Natia Seskuria and Igor Sutyagin

With limited resources, Georgia has few options when it comes to defending itself against Russian aggression. The answer for Tbilisi has been a strategy of ‘Total Defence’.

Defence Policy
Courtesy of Ahmed Sajjad Kayani/Pakistan Military Academy Kakul.

The British and Pakistani Armies: Sharing Both a Personal and Institutional Future

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2017

Kamal Alam

The long relationship between the British and Pakistani armies is transforming, from one based mostly on pomp, ceremony and personal friendships, to one based on shared strategic interests.

Counterinsurgency, Defence Policy, Land Forces
UK Prime Minister Theresa May meets her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, November 2016. Courtesy of Stefan Rousseau/PA Archive/PA Images

In an Era of Brexit and Chinese Power, is it Time for a New UK–India ‘Special Relationship’?

RUSI Newsbrief, November 2017

John Hemmings and Jack Wright

As the UK looks to define a new global role for itself after Brexit, it should embrace India as a partner in upholding the rules-based, liberal international order.

Brexit Briefings
A still image taken from a Daesh propaganda video showing militants firing a light machine gun during a firefight in Salaheddin province in Iraq, June 2016. Daesh use social media to promote their ideology and raise funds. Courtesy of PA Images

Social Media and Terrorist Financing: Time for a Focused Response

RUSI Newsbrief, October 2017

Tom Keatinge and Florence Keen

Social media has attracted scrutiny as a tool for promoting extremism. Its power to support terrorist financing requires equal attention.

AML/CTF, Technology, Terrorism
A prototype of an Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) on show in Wales, March 2016. Image courtesy of Richard Watt/Wikimedia.

Explaining the British Army’s Strike Concept

RUSI Newsbrief, September 2017

William F Owen

The British Army’s new Strike concept has attracted much negative comment. But it is considerably more robust and well-founded than its critics claim, and it has the potential to offer infantry brigades the ability to march and manoeuvre under armour at far greater distances than is currently possible.

Armed Forces, Equipment and Acquisitions, Land Forces, UK Defence