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{"title":"Manoeuvre Warfare and the Electromagnetic Spectrum","authors":"Thomas Withington","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2288487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2288487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"44 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West","authors":"D. Lomas","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2248778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2248778","url":null,"abstract":"Today’s intelligence efforts against Russia are just the latest chapter in over a century of intelligence competition, a theme that Calder Walton picks up here in his latest book, Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West. In November 2021, the Chief of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), Richard Moore, talking to the Londonbased International Institute for Strategic Studies, referred to his service’s century-long efforts to understand Russia, which was at the ‘core’ of its work. Speaking in July 2023, more than a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moore was again eager to tease out the lessons of the past. The speech, given at the British Embassy in Prague, pointed to the crushing of the Prague Spring in August 1968, and the many Russians that were appalled. ‘They had’, Moore said, ‘no wish to be on the wrong side of history and the bravest of them acted on their convictions by throwing in their lot with us, as partners for freedom’ – a veiled reference to one of the service’s greatest agents, Oleg Gordievsky. Now, as then, Moore appealed to Russians to do the same. ‘Our door is always open’, he said. Spies is a detailed exploration of the covert intelligence struggle, fuelled, Walton tells us, by Russia’s paranoia and insecurity, rather than its strength. There are several key arguments included, which, although no surprise to academics in the field, will be of importance to the wider intended audience. First, the Cold War – often neatly packaged into dates somewhere between the late 1940s and 1991 – started much earlier, after the Bolshevik revolution. Walton points to the success of Russia’s intelligence services in the 1920s and 30s, and the naivety of the West to the threat. Second, the intelligence war does not end with the collapse of the Soviet Union; this should, he argues, be seen as a temporary blip, with today’s activities of Russia’s FSB, SVR and GRU representing a continuation of what came before. Both West and East had significant intelligence successes; the Soviets achieved high-level penetrations into Western political, military and scientific circles, while the West secured significant technological successes (notably signals and imagery intelligence), and gradually caught up in recruiting disaffected officials in the East. Intelligence was, as has been observed elsewhere, a stabilising factor for both sides. But for the Soviets, intelligence politicisation – at its worst, the twisting of intelligence to fit preconceived notions – impacted assessment. ‘Soviet spies in the West’, Walton rightly observes, achieved what they did ‘despite, not because of, the Soviet intelligence services’ (p. 486). The KGB, as with Russia’s services today, were ‘not ten feet tall’ (p. 486).","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"13 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117226720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Comparative Assessment of Defence Strategy within NATO Countries","authors":"Joaquim Soares","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2238007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2238007","url":null,"abstract":"This article reflects on defence strategy within NATO countries through systematic comparison with state-of-the-art organisation theory – and discusses the pitfalls stemming from trade-offs member states are making to address multiple organisational challenges. Joaquim Soares presents findings to provide guidance for the (re)designing of national defence strategy and the (re)building of defence capabilities.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114665714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mozambique’s Climate Crisis","authors":"Susan Schulman","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2247748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2247748","url":null,"abstract":"Nowhere in the world is safe from the effects of extreme weather behaviour and climate change. Mozambique is a startling example of these extremes, where one part of the country is facing drought, while the other is suffering devastating floods. Susan Schulman reports on the wide-reaching impact on the population of Mozambique, from the direct effects on crops and housing to the indirect, including an increase in conflict and extremist activity in areas hardest hit by water insecurity.■","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115722056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can Outer Space be Kept Free of Armed Conflict?","authors":"Paul Meyer","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2232831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2232831","url":null,"abstract":"As global society depends increasingly on space-enabled services for its well-being, the question arises as to whether the realm of outer space can be spared the threat of armed conflict. Paul Meyer examines the potential impacts if such a conflict were to arise, and whether the current laws and policies in place are sufficient to protect this vital, yet vulnerable, environment.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"60 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124434074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rwanda’s Foreign Relations Post-Genocide","authors":"J. Beloff","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2231495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2231495","url":null,"abstract":"Since the end of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, the UK and Rwanda have developed close political, economic and security relations. However, the relationship could be tested with the recent renewal of diplomatic relations between Rwanda and France. Jonathan Beloff examines why the Rwandan government, and particularly its armed services, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), will favour continuing security relations with the UK rather than France. He argues how historical experiences influence current perceptions of security dynamics within Rwanda’s foreign affairs.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115740733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Russo-Ukrainian War","authors":"S. Plokhy","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2237286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2237286","url":null,"abstract":"There are sources for the Ukraine War that are currently inaccessible. In their absence, the discussion of this important war tends to be a matter of re-treads. In part, this is inevitable because so much has been written. Serhii Plokhy, a major scholar in Ukrainian studies, does not have much new to say, but he provides a reliable deep history in terms of Russian ambitions as well as a perceptive and thoughtful account of the conflict so far. He also shows a forward-looking focus by explaining that the conflict will not essentially alter the move from a US versus Soviet world system to a US versus China one. The book focuses less on military developments and more on strategic, political, geopolitical and historiographical aspects. It is similarly not a tactical or operational analysis, and the points made in these spheres, for example of poor Russian tactics in the 2022 advance, are scarcely novel. Technology is handled briefly, for example drones, but there is no systematic discussion or contextualisation.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132283025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carbon Warriors: Enhancing NATO’s Response to Climate Change","authors":"Richard M. Milburn","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2235152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2235152","url":null,"abstract":"NATO’s response to climate change has, to date, focused on adjusting its planning and equipment to adapt to the predicted effects of a warming world and reduce its organisational emissions to comply with government mandates. Richard Milburn argues that NATO should take a more active approach, doing more to mitigate climate change by utilising its strategy, planning, purchasing, technological development, and operational capabilities and resources. Such an approach would help to address the security risks associated with climate change, and deliver significant benefits to military operations, such as reducing key diesel and jet fuel supply chain vulnerabilities on operations.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"168 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129563580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Challenge of Understanding Terrorism in a New Era of Threat","authors":"G. Glover","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2229652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2229652","url":null,"abstract":"A new approach is needed to manage the UK’s increasingly nebulous terrorism threat, argues George Glover. The UK’s terrorism definition relies on a determination of what ideological or political cause an individual or group is trying to advance. However, the predominance of self-initiated terrorists and the omnipresence of the internet in everyday life are challenging this approach. A better approach would more clearly demarcate terrorism from extremism, to provide the UK counterterrorism community with more robust tools to challenge a threat that is harder to understand.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115998127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"India’s Response to the War in Ukraine","authors":"Shubhrajeet Konwer","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2023.2220762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2023.2220762","url":null,"abstract":"Shubhrajeet Konwer analyses New Delhi’s position on the war in Ukraine and the limits of its delicate ‘balancing act’. He argues that India’s relations with the West have crossed the minimum threshold level of cooperation and as such both parties need to handle each other’s misgivings. New Delhi’s perspective towards Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is only likely to change if there is substantial reversal of Russia’s position on issues related to India’s national security.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129950088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}