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Hard Choices, Sharpened Resolve: Renewed Mutual Purpose
A lecture by His Excellency Mr Louis B. Susman, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the ...
Take Me Back to Constantinople - How Byzantium, not Rome, can help preserve Pax Americana
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Analysis: China’s Air Defence Identification Zone and its role in Chinese Geo-Strategic Policy
4 Dec 2013 China’s sudden declaration of an Air Defence Identification Zone covering the uninhabited Senkaku islands is not intended to extend Chinese airspace as part of an area-denial/anti-access strategy. China’s real aim is instead to strengthen their quasi-legal territory claims in the long term.
Global Security Issues China Pacific Japan United States Americas
Analysis: The Iran Agreement in Geneva: a Limited but Valuable Breakthrough
25 Nov 2013 by Shashank JoshiThe Geneva Agreement is an inventive, astute piece of diplomacy that puts Iran further from nuclear weapons at low cost. But the road to a final settlement is long and rocky.
Iran Middle East and North Africa United States Americas Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues
RUSI Newsbrief: The Politics of Brazilian Intelligence and Foreign Relations with the US
13 Nov 2013 Brazil’s strong response to the alleged spying practices of the US reveals more about the difficulties experienced in developing its own intelligence services than about the country’s long-term relationship with the US (Free access)
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RUSI Journal: Bringing Security and Stability to Colombia
31 Oct 2013 Colombia’s Vice Minister of Defense for Policy and International Affairs talks about the challenges ahead for his country
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RUSI Journal: Filling the FARC-Shaped Void
31 Oct 2013 by Matt InceAs peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC seem to be reaching their conclusion, local and regional criminal groups gear up to fight for succession
Latin America Americas Central and South America Counter-insurgency Organised Crime
RUSI Defence Systems: Anglo-French Defence Cooperation in the Age of Austerity
19 Sep 2013
Peter D Antill, Pete Ito and Steve Robinson from the Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University, examine the growing Anglo-French defence collaboration and suggest that its success is important not just for Europe but also for the United StatesDefence Spending UK Defence UK Europe France Equipment and Acquisitions United States Americas
Peter D Antill, Pete Ito and Steve Robinson from the Centre for Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University, examine the growing Anglo-French defence collaboration and suggest that its success is important not just for Europe but also for the United States
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Analysis: How Effective is the US-Russia Deal on Syria?
16 Sep 2013 by Dr Jonathan EyalThe deal between Russia and the United States over Syria is more an agreement to disagree rather than a pact between two powers which see eye to eye. But its impact could be profound for Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy.
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Analysis: Controlling Syria's Chemical Weapons: Why the US Should Call Putin's Bluff
12 Sep 2013 by Shashank JoshiCritics accuse President Obama of walking into a Russian trap. But even partial implementation of the disarmament plan reduces the likelihood that chemical weapons are used, without foreclosing any American options.
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Analysis: Syria and Obama's 'Credibility Spiral'
11 Sep 2013 by Doug StokesWith no clear strategy or set of political objectives, President Obama had set red lines for chemical weapons use in Syria. This has locked him into credibility spiral which was difficult for him to free from, even after a resolution to the chemical weapons question.
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RUSI Newsbrief: After the ‘War on Drugs’: Drug-Policy Reform in the Americas
3 Sep 2013 by Matt InceThe apparent failure of the ‘war on drugs’ in Latin America has led to calls for a change in strategy. But would this merely prompt organised-crime groups to diversify their activities?
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