Nov 2011, Vol. 31, No. 6
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November 2011 , No: 6
The Fascination of Betrayal
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011Our fascination with betrayal is evidenced in the plethora of books, television programmes and films on espionage and yet the secrecy at its core runs in contrast to a contemporary obsession with accountability and the public’s supposed ‘right to know’.
Intelligence
The Development and Use of Cyber Power
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011A new dynamic has appeared in the space between hard power and traditional forms of soft power: cyber power. Yet in a globalised world using unregulated networks no one can ensure cyber security.
Technology
Planning Permission: US Intelligence Community Reform, 2001-11
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011In the wake of 9/11, the US Intelligence Community came under unprecedented pressure to reform, yet this process has failed to understand and correct some of its most fundamental weaknesses.
Terrorism
Iskander, Pershing II and Missile Defences: History Repeating
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011Russia continues to oppose the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence, despite the proposed deployment having shifted to southeast Europe, highlighting the continuation of misperceptions, paranoia and propaganda hysteria in Moscow.
Global Security Issues, International Institutions
US Aid, Pakistani Losses and the War on Terror
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011US economic and military aid to Pakistan has long been tied to its strategic objectives in the region, offering no ‘special treatment’ and leaving Pakistan’s economic situation increasingly unsustainable.
Terrorism
Stringing the Pearls: Sino-Indian Relations in South Asia
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011The rivalry between India and China is born of the two countries’ traditional perceptions of each other, yet the eastward shift of geopolitical power has now made this once local rivalry significant to the whole world.
Venezuela's Political Uncertainty: The Bolivarian Revolution at Breaking Point?
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011The secrecy surrounding the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has shattered perceptions about his invincibility, given hope to his political opposition and cast doubts over the durability of Venezuela’s Bolivarian project.
Defence Equipment, Support and Technology: White Paper, Invisible Ink!
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011The long-awaited White Paper on Defence Equipment, Support and Technology is increasingly unlikely to serve as the reflective and considered statement of government intention and policies so desperately desired by the defence sector.
UK Defence
Future Reserves 2020 Personnel: Mission Impossible?
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011The Future Reserves 2020 report articulated a series of conclusions and recommendations for enhancing the capability, utility and resilience of the British armed forces dependent on greater use of the Reserves.
Military Personnel
Counting the Cost of Human Conflict
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011As NATO concludes its military intervention in Libya, attention turns to counting the human cost of the conflict.
Saudi Arabia, Stability and the Arab Revolutions
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011Saudi Arabia's response to the Arab Spring has ranged from apparent inertia to the financing and leadership of counter-revolution, but at all times the stability of the kingdom has been its primary objective.
Libya and North Africa: A Troubled Future?
RUSI Newsbrief, November 2011Following the fall of the Qadhafi regime, North African states are considering the regional implications and reassessing their own relationships with the nascent Libyan state.
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Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement