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The RUSI Journal is a leading journal on defence and security. First published in 1857, it brings together scholars, decision-makers and practitioners in a unique forum that combines academic rigour with policy relevance.

December 2018, Vol: 163 No: 5

Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, October/November 2018

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Emma De Angelis

Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the October/November 2018 edition of the RUSI Journal.

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The Yazhou Fishing Port is one of the Sansha Maritime Militia Fleet's home ports on Hainan Island. Courtesy of Conor M Kennedy

The Struggle for Blue Territory: Chinese Maritime Militia Grey-Zone Operations

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Conor Kennedy

The role of the maritime militia in acting to preserve China’s rights and interests in the ‘grey zone’ cannot be underestimated.

Tags: China, Maritime Forces
A US MQ-9 Reaper. Courtesy of US Air Force/Leslie Pratt

US Drone Base in Agadez: A Security Threat to Niger?

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Olayinka Ajala

The US drone base in Niger has repercussions for the Sahel Sahara’s fragile security.

Tags: Sahel, United States, National Security, Africa
Svalbard is home to scientific radar facilities. Russia is concerned that these may be used for military purposes. Courtesy of Bernt Rostad/Flickr

Svalbard: NATO’s Arctic ‘Achilles’ Heel’

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

James K Wither

The archipelago of Svalbard shows how emergent issues in the Arctic could lead to new tensions between Russia and NATO.

Tags: NATO, Russia
Dutch and US personnel return one another's fl ags following activities as part of the Tactical Leadership Programme in Spain, September 2016. Courtesy of US Air Force/Enerson Nuñez

Tactical Friends with Strategic Benefits: NATO’s Tactical Leadership Programme

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

J Wesley Hutto and Derrick V Frazier

The Tactical Leadership Programme is an example of how socialisation works within NATO structures.

Tags: NATO
A US Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary United fires an M777 howitzer in northern Syria, May 2017. Courtesy of US Marine Corps/Zachery Laning

Lessons for Military Planning in 21st Century Warfare: Shaping the Military Defeat of Daesh in the Middle Euphrates River Valley

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Rob Alsworth and Andrew Tidmarsh

Operation Inherent Resolve offers some lessons for military planning of coalition operations in the 21st Century.

Tags: Armed Forces, The decade after 9/11, Land Forces, Military Personnel
Map printing Australia

Maps and Navigation in the Second World War

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Jeremy Black

An overview of cartography and its uses during the Second World War.

Tags: Equipment and Acquisitions, Art, Culture and Literature, History
An opening address at the newly established Goethe University, October 1914. Courtesy of Goethe Universität/UAF Abt. 850 Nr. 40

A Comment on Francis H Skrine’s ‘The War and German Universities’

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Ali M Ansari

A comment on the 1915 RUSI Journal article by Francis H Skrine.

Tags: The Great War, Germany, Art, Culture and Literature, History

The War and German Universities

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Francis H Skrine

This 1915 article is highly critical of the support German universities provided to the country’s war effort.

Tags: The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
Military personnel hold candles during a service for the Commonwealth to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. Courtesy of Russell Cheyne/PA Images

A Candle for Wilfred Owen

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Douglas Kerr

Light and dark in the work of First World War poet Wilfred Owen.

Tags: The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature
A huge crowd gathered outside the Stock Exchange and the Bank of England in London after the announcement of the Armistice, which heralded the end of the First World War. Courtesy of PA Images

Conrad’s Anxious Armistice

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Andrew Glazzard

Joseph Conrad’s reaction to the Armistice in 1918 was tinged with anxiety about the future.

Tags: Armed Forces, The Great War

Book Review: The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Sarah Lain

Sarah Lain reviews The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past, by Shaun Walker

Tags: Russia

Book Review: Russia’s Military Revival

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Frank Ledwidge

Frank Ledwidge reviews Russia’s Military Revival, by Bettina Renz

Tags: Armed Forces, Russia

Book Review: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Gill Bennett

Gill Bennett reviews The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben Macintyre

Tags: Russia, UK

Book Review: Thinking the Unthinkable: A New Imperative for Leadership in a Disruptive Age

RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018, No: 5

Adam Coffey

Adam Coffey reviews Thinking the Unthinkable: A New Imperative for Leadership in a Disruptive Age, by Nik Gowing and Chris Langdon

Tags: Global Strategy and Commitments, Security Policy

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