You are here
Continue Reading
Become A Member
To access the full text of this article and many other benefits, become a RUSI member.
Support Rusi Research
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Related
Book Review: Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy
RUSI Journal, 30 November 2016Lindsay Black
Lindsay Black reviews Post-War Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy, by Alessio Patalano.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Japan, History, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Pirates, Drugs and Navies: Why the Western Indian Ocean Needs a New Security Architecture
RUSI Journal, 30 November 2016Christian Bueger and Jan Stockbruegger
As international counter-piracy missions wind down, the region needs to develop coherent, effective and enduring structures to enhance maritime governance.
Tags: Military Sciences, RUSI Journal, Horn of Africa, International Institutions, Maritime Forces, Africa, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Winners announced for the Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature 2015
News, 22 November 201622 November 2016 - Lord Hennessy and Dr James Jinks were today named as the latest recipients of its annual prize recognising the best book that makes a notable and original contribution to the study of international or national security, or the military professions.
Tags: History, Maritime ForcesPages
Ministry of Defence Announces Two New Aircraft Carriers for the Royal Navy
Commentary, 25 July 2007The Ministry of Defence today has formally announced that it will place a contract to build two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy.
Tags: Maritime Forces, Europe
ANALYSIS: Iranian Seizure of Royal Navy Sailors
Commentary, 26 March 2007In light of the established evidence, the Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel seems bizarre
Tags: Maritime Forces, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Renewing Britain’s Independent Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: A Debate
Commentary, 13 March 2007Conference report on the 7 March 2007 proceedings at RUSI. The debate was led by Des Browne, Michael Codner, Steven Haines, and Paul Ingram.
Tags: Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, EuropePages
Submarine Modernisation in East Asia: Competitive Strategies
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 September 2014Submarines are becoming an increasingly valuable strategic asset in East Asia, where China’s growing assertiveness and military modernisation are fuelling an ongoing arms competition (Free access)
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Maritime Forces
Did the Royal Navy Decline between the Two World Wars?
RUSI Journal, 21 August 2014Joseph A Maiolo
The persistent myth of a British naval decline in the interwar period is dispelled by a close analysis of the Admiralty's efforts to hamper the rise of other naval powers
Tags: Armed Forces, RUSI Journal, The Great War, UK, History, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, Europe
March of the Carriers in the Asia-Pacific
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 July 2014Aircraft carriers are finding favour in an increasingly volatile Asia-pacific as defence budgets increase and regional states seek to bolster their defences
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club
Rose Roth, language and youth
Failure to Lift Off: The UK’s Space Launch Ambitions