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Sea Training: An Oft Overlooked Strategic Asset
Commentary, 11 October 2019Peter Roberts and Sidharth Kaushal
Rumours abound that the Royal Navy is to gut its globally respected Operational Sea Training organisation in order to reallocate cash across defence. It is not simply the UK’s martial reputation that would be at stake; the evidence states that operational sea training is a crucial asset on which the Royal Navy should not skimp.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, Defence Management, UK, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, National Security
European Allies in US Multi-Domain Operations
Occasional Papers, 23 September 2019Jack Watling and Daniel Roper
This Occasional Paper outlines strategies for integrating European allies with the US Army's Multi-Domain Operations operating concept.
Tags: Military Sciences, United States, US Defence Policy, NATO, Occasional Papers, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Land Forces, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, Europe
The UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians: Insights for the Review Process
Whitehall Reports, 18 September 2019Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Amanda Brydon and Ewan Lawson
This Whitehall Report details the research conducted by RUSI and Save the Children on how to improve the UK's Protection of Civilians strategy following its review.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, United Nations, Whitehall Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, ResiliencePages

What's Behind the Sino-Russian Exercises in the South China Sea?
Commentary, 22 September 2016Sarah Lain and Veerle Nouwens
Recent Sino–Russian naval drills in the South China Sea were touted by both states as an example of an alignment in each side’s interests. But the reality is more modest, as the two powers carefully balance the strategic advantages and liabilities of their relationship.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, Maritime Forces
Europe’s ‘Principled Pragmatism’ on the South China Sea
Commentary, 12 July 2016Theresa Fallon
Following the technical ruling in favour of the Philippines by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and with China increasingly flexing its muscles in the South China Sea, the EU is trying to balance supporting the rule of law with a pragmatic desire to maintain good relations with Beijing.
Tags: China, Maritime Forces
The US-China relationship: on a downward spiral?
Commentary, 29 June 2015Edward Schwarck
Officials from the US and China put on brave faces at the recently concluded US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Tensions in the maritime and cyber realms, however, are threatening to send the relationship into a downward spiral.
Tags: Asia, China, Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, International Security Studies, United States, Americas, Global Strategy and Commitments, Maritime Forces, Technology, PacificPages

Book Review: The Naval War in the Baltic 1939–1945
RUSI Journal, 19 March 2018Neil Kent
Neil Kent reviews The Naval War in the Baltic 1939–1945, by Poul Grooss.
Tags: RUSI Journal, History, Maritime Forces, Europe
UK Basing Posture Renews Naval Capability
RUSI Defence Systems, 7 March 2018James Shinnie
With new UK facilities opening in Oman and Bahrain, an examination of these future bases offers helpful insights into the shape of UK strategic international engagements post-Brexit.
Tags: The Gulf Region, RUSI Defence Systems, Maritime Forces
Anything but Strait-Forward: The Saudi Agenda in Yemen
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 March 2018R T Howard
Saudi Arabia’s investment in the war in Yemen may have more to do with pipelines and maintaining control of the region’s shipping lanes than previously thought.
Tags: Egypt, RUSI Newsbrief, The Gulf Region, Sudan, Maritime Forces
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