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Newsbrief offers concise briefings of contemporary issues and trends in international security. Published every two months, its balance of rigour and immediacy provides an intelligent response to unfolding world events.
Bridging the Capability Gap: Key Issues in Land Warfare
With the British Army currently facing its most significant challenges
in a generation, the first part of this edition of RUSI Newsbrief is
dedicated to the key issues in contemporary land warfare.Peter Quentin
The Age of Gloom? Implications for Key NATO Armies
The way in which NATO armies are adapting in response to recent
engagements and ongoing fiscal difficulties will have major implications
for their future land capabilities. (Free access)Ben Barry
Operation Enquiry: How to Transform an Army?
The British Army needs to replace its narrow focus on operations in
Afghanistan with more strategic, long-term thinking, trialling fresh ideas
to develop new concepts for a range of contingencies. (Free access)Mungo Melvin
Army 2020: Reserves Integration
With the British Army of 2020 having a greater structural reliance on its
reserves, the delivery of a fully integrated force will be essential to future
success both at home and abroad.Sam Evans
International Defence Engagement: British and US Experiences
In an age of fiscal austerity, defence engagement is championed as a means
of deriving greater utility from a country’s armed forces. The British and US
experiences highlight some of the benefits – and obstacles – encountered
to date.Scott Cline
Beyond the Ladakh Border Dispute
The relationship between China and India will be critical to future regional
dynamics but ongoing uncertainty over the Ladakh border threatens to
undermine the two countries’ efforts at co-operation.Raffaello Pantucci
Beijing’s ‘Backyard’? China’s Police Spreads its Wings in the Mekong Region
An operation conducted by Chinese police in the lawless backwaters of the
Mekong River points to a new attempt by Beijing to deploy internal security
forces in the protection of its interests abroad.Edward Schwarck
Seven Years On: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Look East’ Diplomacy
Saudi Arabia continues to benefit from its growing ‘oil-for-technology’
exchange with East Asia, which is increasingly meeting the former’s need
for demand security at the expense of Western influence.Makio Yamada
Sweden’s Defence-Policy Malaise and Why it Matters to Britain
The current round of reforms has prompted concerns that Sweden’s
defence is in meltdown. This has implications for Britain’s future strategic
posture as well as Europe’s retention of a credible defence capability.Matthew Willis
Unravelling Mexico’s New Security Agenda
Mexican President Peña Nieto’s attempt to de-emphasise the fight against
drug trafficking may impact negatively upon security co-operation with
the United States.Matt Ince
After Kiruna: The Arctic Council and Arctic Futures
The decision at the Arctic Council ministerial meeting to invite six new
countries – including China – to become permanent observers is a sign that
increasing global interest in the Arctic region is being accommodated.Klaus Dodds
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