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Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, August/September 2018
RUSI Journal, October 2018Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the August/September 2018 edition of the RUSI Journal.


Salisbury, Novichok and International Law on the Use of Force
RUSI Journal, October 2018Stephen Lewis
Can the alleged poisoning be considered an armed attack?
Global Security Issues, UK Defence
Russia’s Hybrid State and President Putin’s Fourth-Term Foreign Policy
RUSI Journal, October 2018Graeme P Herd
Russia’s hybrid state poses a problem for Western attempts to engage Moscow.

The Russian Military Commitment in Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean
RUSI Journal, October 2018Rod Thornton
Russia is likely to stay in the region for the long term.

America First, Third Offset Second?
RUSI Journal, October 2018Daniel Fiott
The new president prefers funding current capabilities over technological innovation.
US Defence Policy, Defence Management
North Korea’s Missile Programme and Supply-Side Controls: Lessons for Countering Illicit Procurement
RUSI Journal, October 2018Daniel Salisbury
Pyongyang has proved adept at evading sanctions.
Aerospace, Technology
Informal Groups of States: A Growing Role in EU Foreign Policy After Brexit?
RUSI Journal, October 2018Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
Groups of states acting outside formal EU mechanisms may allow the UK to contribute to European foreign policy.
European Union, Brexit
Rehabilitating the Yemeni Defence and Security Establishment: Then and Now
RUSI Journal, October 2018Aldwin Wight and James Spencer
Its history provides important insights on the current situation in Yemen.
Military Personnel, Technology
A Certain Reserve: Strategic Thinking and Britain’s Army Reserve
RUSI Journal, October 2018Jeremy Mooney and John Crackett
The purpose of the Army Reserve has changed substantially in the past century.
Armed Forces
Insight, Forecasts and Sometimes Getting It Wrong: A Comment on Three RUSI Journal Articles from 1920
RUSI Journal, October 2018Trevor Taylor
A comment on three articles published in the Journal following the First World War.
Armed Forces, Land Forces, Maritime Forces
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One: An Exhibition Review
RUSI Journal, October 2018Sarah Hudson
A review of Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One.
The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
Book Review: Biosecurity in Putin’s Russia
RUSI Journal, October 2018Ryan Henrici
Ryan Henrici reviews Biosecurity in Putin’s Russia, by Raymond A Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger
Technology
Book Review: Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence
RUSI Journal, October 2018John Scarlett
John Scarlett reviews Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence, by David Omand and Mark Phythian
Intelligence, Law and Ethics
Book Review: Mutual Radicalization: How Groups and Nations Drive Each Other to Extremes
RUSI Journal, October 2018Diana Clark Gill
Diana Clark Gill reviews Mutual Radicalisation: How Groups and Nations Drive Each Other to Extremes, by Fathali M Moghaddam
Tackling Extremism, Terrorism
Book Review: Gambling and War: Risk, Reward, and Chance in International Conflict
RUSI Journal, October 2018Lukas Milevski
Lukas Milevski reviews Gambling and War: Risk, Reward, and Chance in International Conflict, by Justin Conrad
The Great War, Global Strategy and Commitments, History
Book Review: Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology
RUSI Journal, October 2018Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter reviews Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology, edited by Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jeppe Strandsbjerg
History
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