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RUSI Celebrates 180 Years
 The Royal United Services Institute has been at the heart of military and security thinking for 180 years. The Duke of Wellington established the Institute in 1831 and some of the most influential thinkers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have worked and spoken at RUSI.
RUSI has been at the centre of policy-making and thinking about defence and security throughout the zenith and transformation of the British Empire, two world wars, the Cold War and now the ‘new disorder’ of the contemporary world.
WATCH: RUSI Director Michael Clarke introduce the celebrations at www.rusi.org/180
NEW: To see RUSI's celebratory activities during 2011,
visit: www.rusi.org/180/events
To see RUSI's timeline, visit: www.rusi.org/180/timeline
Reflections on the Defence Review,
Insight into Asia
RUSI JOURNAL | February/March 2011
 In this month’s Journal, Malcolm Chalmers asks whether changes to British defence spending herald the end of the age of intervention, whilst Paul Lever assesses criteria for deterrence and former defence secretaries from the three main political parties offer their reflections on the SDSR.
PLUS:
Patrick Little asks whether the British army could have held a tiny outpost in the Afghan mountains as US infantry soldiers did in the documentary Restrepo, and three articles assess geostrategic developments in the Asia-Pacific region.
> Read the latest Journal here
NEW RUSI BOOK
Victory Among People
Lessons from Countering Insurgency and Stabilising Fragile States
 This major new compendium sets out the latest thinking from across the globe on countering insurgencies and conducting stabilisation operations.
Edited by
General Sir David Richards and Dr Greg Mills
Foreword by
General Stanley McChrystal
496pp, 2011, Paperback, £19.50 (+P&P)
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Including contributions from the UK Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards; Alan Doss, former UN Special Representative and Head of Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a foreword by former Commander of ISAF and US Forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, the new book outlines what the international community must do to address future conflict.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED RUSI BOOK
A Question of Security
The British Defence Review in an Age of Security
This book sets the core agenda for all wishing to understand the defence problems facing Britain today. Written by the foremost independent security and defence experts, this vital new book analyses every important facet of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, and the fundamental questions and tough choices that are still to be resolved.
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ON RUSI.org
PHOTO ESSAY
In this exclusive photo essay, Susan Schulman captured the mental and physical challenges faced by Corunna Company of the 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The Essay charts the Company's progress as they prepare for deployment and after they arrive in south-western Iraq in Autumn 2004.
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ANALYSIS
 Mind the Gap: Strategic Risk in the UK’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
Footage of JCBs turning Nimrods to scrap metal reflects the drastic nature of recent cuts in the defence budget, but seemingly straightforward changes can have far-reaching implications for UK defence policy.
 Cyber-attacks on the Stock Exchange: Threat, Motivation and Response
Increased media speculation about the possibility of a cyber-attack on the London and New York stock exchanges has ignored the nature of the threat, which is likely to seek to cause disruption rather than make money.
 UK Counter-terrorism Review
UK counter-terrorism laws have been reviewed by the government and found wanting. But do planned changes herald a new, fairer era in tackling terrorism, or are they a weaker version of existing powers?
 The Role of the Africa Union in Times of Discord
Recent unrest in the North barely featured on the agenda at the 16th Africa Union summit in Addis Ababa last month. What, then, is of most concern to the continent's leaders at such a turbulent time?
RUSSIA
 The Moscow Bombings: Cause and Effect
The motives likely to have informed the recent suicide bombing are not new - and if such attacks are to stop, Moscow needs to urgently rethink its counter-terror strategy.
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 Russo-Japanese Relations at their Lowest Ebb since the Cold War
Recent political posturing about the fate of the Kuril Islands is the latest development in a serious redressing of the balance of power between Moscow and Tokyo. Should the animosity continue, it is the latter which stands to lose the most.
HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AT RUSI
 The Priorities of the Canadian Armed Forces in an Uncertain Age
WATCH: Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk described Canada's recently announced plans for post-2011 engagement in Afghanistan, and explained his country's ongoing and important role in global burden-sharing.
 The Reform of the Bundeswehr
WATCH: A briefing on the reform of the German military by Christian Schmidt, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Minister of Defence.
 Faith Under Fire
The Right Reverend Dr Stephen Venner, Bishop to HM Forces, explores the role of faith and spirituality on the frontline and the part played by chaplains in providing moral support to service personnel.
Asian Powers in Kashmir
Delegates representing Indian, Pakistani, and Kashmiri interests were present at this RUSI Roundtable event, discussing the creeping influence of the region's superpower neighbours and covering topics ranging from Pakistan's nuclear ambitions to escalating Indo-Chinese border tensions.
Polling outcomes in Nigeria and Sudan
2011 is a key year for constitutional and electoral democracy for Africa. Referenda and elections in Nigeria, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Gambia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, are testing the continent’s commitment to genuinely democratic processes with peaceful outcomes. RUSI hosted a discussion between key officials from Sudan and Nigeria.
RUSI NEWS
Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize
RUSI is delighted to announce the first prize winner of this award to be Lukas Milevski for his essay, 'A Collective Failure of Grand Strategy: The West's Unintended Wars of Choice'.
The Prize is RUSI's annual competition awarded for original writing on contemporary issues of national and international defence and security. Dating back to 1874, the Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize reflects and reinforces the Institute's status as a uniquely placed platform for free thinking debate on defence and security.
To read the winning essay, runners up and past winners since 1874, visit www.rusi.org/trenchgascoigne
RUSI in the News
Citations of RUSI experts, analysis and events in the global media from January 2011.
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