| Srl | Item |
| 1 |
ID:
094069
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Globalisation has blurred the lines between criminal, terrorist and insurgent networks. This interlinkage requires joined-up thinking but current initiatives have not fully appreciated the new logic. A comprehensively integrated approach is needed that recognises the essential connection between domestic and foreign threats, and the 'five blocks' of risk.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ID:
094064
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
NATO has a panoply of legacy partnership programmes, which should be reviewed as part of the development of a new Strategic Concept. Stephan Fruhling and Benjamin Schreer argue that NATO should conceive of its partnerships in terms of the provision of public security goods, and base its activities on a more explicit consideration of the Alliance's strategic interests. In combination, both aspects can achieve consensus about goals and means, provide greater coherence, and better communicate NATO's activities and intentions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
ID:
094074
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Douglas Haig returned to Britain in 1919 after the end of the Great War to no grand position. He became a much-maligned character in the historiography in the decades afterwards. But contrary to caricature of him as callous and uncaring, Haig actually spent the post-war years labouring on behalf of his men. He was instrumental in the founding of The Royal British Legion, and lobbied ceaselessly for better treatment for veterans of all ranks and class.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
ID:
094070
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Governments need to articulate, develop and deploy the role of industry in the delivery of security strategies. In the UK, the second iteration of CONTEST and its associated documents provide unprecedented levels of detail on the role of industry in delivering national security. However, the next government should enhance its framework for delivering the 'industrial elements of security'. As well as being a strategic requirement, closer work with industry now offers the UK some significant opportunities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
ID:
094059
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Since 2001, India has become Afghanistan's fifth-largest donor, pledging $1.2 billion in funds. Is this merely an attempt to increase leverage over Pakistan, or could India become part of the regional solution on which Western powers have increasingly pinned their hopes? Shashank Joshi analyses the motivations behind India's own Af-Pak strategy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
ID:
094068
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Good intelligence relies on accuracy, probity and independence. In the current time of global terrorist threats, intelligence is more vital - and visible - than ever in protecting the public and national interest. But collection and analysis of information is fraught with difficulty. Even modern technology throws up as many problems as it solves by inundating operatives with a tsunami of information. Yet examination of the two main blunders of the last decade show that it is the human element that, as ever, is the weakest link in the intelligence chain.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7 |
ID:
094055
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
In the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a battle is being waged that could influence the future of the entire region. The Taliban is firmly entrenched, threatening security in the tribal areas and meting out Sharia-influenced justice. Pakistan's state writ is weak, and the Pakistani army is struggling to consolidate its zones of influence. Currently in the eye of the storm, the war in Pakistan is far from over.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8 |
ID:
094057
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Before Pakistan's military operations Rah-e-Haq and Rah-e-Nijat, the state's counter-insurgency strategy in the troubled frontier regions was inconsistent. However, current operations are focused on heavy firepower without due emphasis on political and economic solutions, which risks creating a protracted conflict and contrasts sharply with the latest international effort in Afghanistan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9 |
ID:
094063
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
In his December RUSI address, the Chief of Defence Staff urged the re-examination of the UK's understanding of the strategic environment, the development of strategic thinkers within British institutions, and a sharper focus on strategic imperatives. This article continues the clarion call for the crafting of a new strategic 'grammar' across both military and civilian structures, in an attempt to reinvigorate the lessons of the great classical strategists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
ID:
094066
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Russia's war with Georgia highlighted the weaknesses of its armed forces. Recent reforms have sought to redress structural problems, but the political will needed to give Russia a modern, professional army - able to fight limited, regional wars - is still insufficient. Moscow needs to fully embrace the end of conscription, the integration of state-of-the-art military hardware and wider political reform.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11 |
ID:
094061
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Far from being purely a product of the twentieth century, the present understanding of 'strategy' has many reflections in antiquity and beyond. The history of the concept is a rich one, with wisdom carried through the ages rejecting the value of military victory simply for its own sake. Chief amongst these timeless lessons is that war must serve a political purpose and ultimately ensure a better, more just peace than existed antebellum.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|