RUSI Journal

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.

July 2019, Vol: 164 No: 3

Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, April 2019

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Emma De Angelis

Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the April 2019 edition of the RUSI Journal.

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Courtesy of US National Guard/Penny Snoozy

Western Security Force Assistance in Weak States: Time for a Peacebuilding Approach

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Emily Knowles and Jahara Matisek

Western actors too often seek to apply technical fixes for political problems.

Tags: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Brexit and Cyber Security

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Tim Stevens and Kevin O'Brien

The UK will need to rely on new methods of cooperation with its European neighbours.

Tags: Cyber, Brexit Briefings, UK

Rethinking Strategy

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Jeremy Black

Responsibility for strategy has long been a source of tension between politicians and the military.

Tags: Brexit Briefings, UK

Shashoujian, or, the Way of the Dragon

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Manabrata Guha

Historical Chinese military concepts still exert a profound influence over the country’s current military modernisation.

Tags: China, Military Personnel

Dangerous Liaisons: A ‘Big Four’ Framework that Provides a ‘Hint’ to Understanding an Adversary’s Strategy for Influence

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Neil Verrall, Mark Dunkley, Toby Gane & Richard Byrne

Cultural heritage has an important, but poorly understood, role in conflict.

Tags: Art, Culture and Literature, History

Book Review: Russian ‘Hybrid Warfare’: Resurgence and Politicisation

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Bettina Renz

Bettina Renz reviews Russian ‘Hybrid Warfare’: Resurgence and Politicisation, by Ofer Fridman

Tags: Russia

Book Review: Ukraine and the Art of Strategy

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Adam Coffey

Adam Coffey reviews Ukraine and the Art of Strategy, by Lawrence Freedman.

Tags: Ukraine, Russia

Book Review: Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil War

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Dawn Walsh

Dawn Walsh reviews Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil War, edited by Caroline A Hartzell and Andreas Mehler.

Tags: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Book Review: Mediating Power-Sharing: Devolution and Consociationalism in Deeply Divided Societies

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Jan Pospisil

Jan Pospisil reviews Mediating Power-Sharing: Devolution and Consociationalism in Deeply Divided Societies, by Feargal Cochrane, Neophytos Loizides and Thibaud Bodson.

Tags: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Book Review: Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: From Troy to Courtrai, 1200 BC–1320 AD and Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: 1588–1943, From the Armada to Stalingrad

RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019, No: 3

Michael S Neiberg

Michael S Neiberg reviews Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: From Troy to Courtrai, 1200 BC–1320 AD and Famous Battles and How They Shaped the Modern World: 1588–1943, From the Armada to Stalingrad, edited by Beatrice G Heuser and Athena S Leoussi.

Tags: History