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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.
November 2020, Vol: 165 No: 7

Russian Electronic Warfare, Cyber and Information Operations in Ukraine: Implications for NATO and Security in the Baltic States
RUSI Journal, 24 February 2021, No: 7Duncan McCrory
Russia's investment in its electronic, cyber and information capabilities should concern NATO states.
Tags: Cyber, Russia, Information, Technology
Captains of War: History in Professional Military Education
RUSI Journal, 2 February 2021, No: 7Louis Halewood and David Morgan-Owen
History, if used correctly, can have an important role in professional military education.
Tags: History, Military Personnel
Between a Pandemic and a Hard Brexit: Grand Strategic Thinking in an Age of Nationalism, Renewed Geopolitical Competition and Human Insecurity
RUSI Journal, 24 February 2021, No: 7William D James
The UK's turbulent domestic situation has implications for how the country faces external threats.
Tags: UK, Defence Policy, UK Defence
Resistance and Information Warfare in Mosul and Raqqa: In Darkness, Light
RUSI Journal, 22 December 2020, No: 5Mike Stevens
Information warfare against the Islamic State made extensive use of two-way communication channels between those inside and outside the occupied cities.
Tags: Iraq, Information
Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, September 2020
RUSI Journal, 7 February 2021, No: 5Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the September 2020 issue of the RUSI Journal.
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Public Communications Leadership: #CrisisComms and the Manchester Arena Attack
RUSI Journal, 9 December 2020, No: 5Jill S Russell and Pablo de Orellana
Greater Manchester Police's communications strategy is an example of how to respond in the aftermath of an attack.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, UK, Emergency Response, Terrorism
Strengthening UK Support for Gender-Responsive, People-Centred Peacekeeping in Africa
RUSI Journal, 3 December 2020, No: 5Georgina Holmes
The UK can play an important role in supporting the development of best practice in peacekeeping throughout Africa.
Tags: UK Integrated Review 2021, UK, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Africa
Moving from Gender Analysis to Risk Analysis of Failing to Consider Gender
RUSI Journal, 5 November 2020, No: 5Jody M Prescott
Militaries are used to thinking about how military operations have a gendered impact. They might need to start thinking about how not considering gender impacts military operations.
Tags: Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Good Practice for the Development of Autonomous Weapons: Ensuring the Art of the Acceptable, Not the Art of the Possible
RUSI Journal, 21 January 2021, No: 5Tony Gillespie
Highly autonomous weapon systems require new approaches to all stages of procurement and use to ensure compliance with international law.
Tags: UK Integrated Review 2021, Law and Ethics, Technology
Missiles, Vessels and Active Defence: What Potential Threat Do the Russian Armed Forces Represent?
RUSI Journal, 5 November 2020, No: 5Maren Garberg Bredesen and Karsten Friis
Russia's strategy is increasingly focusing on its naval capabilities.
Tags: Russia, Maritime Forces
NATO and the Arctic: The Need for a New Approach
RUSI Journal, 21 January 2021, No: 5Duncan Depledge
NATO needs to review its traditionally cautious approach to the Arctic.
Tags: NATO, Climate Security
A Perfect Storm? Coronavirus, Brexit, the Integrated Review, Scottish Separatism and the Future of Trident
RUSI Journal, 5 November 2020, No: 5Andrew Futter and Bleddyn E Bowen
A cocktail of major events might have serious implications for the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Tags: Trident, UK, UK Defence
The Personal Costs of War: Illustrated by the 2014 England Football Squad
RUSI Journal, 8 February 2021, No: 5Jo Spear
Contemporary football provides a reminder of the multinational nature of British society and its historical war effort.
Tags: The Great War, UK, History
Book Review: How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
RUSI Journal, 7 February 2021, No: 5Gill Bennett and John Scarlett
Gill Bennett and John Scarlett review How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, by David Omand.
Tags: Intelligence
Book Review: The Grand Strategies of Great Powers
RUSI Journal, 7 February 2021, No: 5Peter Layton
Peter Layton reviews The Grand Strategies of Great Powers, by Tudor A Onea.
Tags: Defence Policy, Global Security IssuesPages
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