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{"title":"AUKUS and Australia–UK Strategic Reconvergence","authors":"Ian Hall","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2159514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2159514","url":null,"abstract":"Australian and British strategic interests diverged after the early 1970s. As London’s horizons narrowed, Canberra held tight to Australia’s alliance with the US and looked to emerging Asia for economic opportunities. Recently, however, Australian and UK strategic interests have reconverged, as concern grows in both countries about China’s growing assertiveness. The AUKUS arrangement is the clearest signal of this shift, but, as Ian Hall argues, the substance of Australia–UK strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific is yet to be determined and several challenges loom.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134598597","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":"UK–Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific Tilt: The Cornerstone","authors":"Philip Shetler-Jones","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2158625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2158625","url":null,"abstract":"The UK’s relationship with Japan is the cornerstone of the Indo-Pacific ‘tilt’ and provides unique insights into its motivating logic and the UK’s role in world politics, Philip Shetler-Jones argues. First, it exhibits the importance the UK gives to universal principles unrestricted by cultural or geographic markers in its choice of ‘like-minded’ partners – an aspect of Global Britain that is reciprocated in Japanese policy, informing how the ‘tilt’ is received in the region. Second, it represents the prime example of how the tilt maintains the equilibrium of UK foreign policy in the midst of a shifting global power balance, by means of a more diversified, flatter framework of ‘quasi alliance’ relations built on the foundation of the transatlantic alliance. Third, the foremost commitment in the Integrated Review that the UK remain a leading technology power is reflected in the defence technology and industry partnership that is becoming central to the UK–Japan relationship.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125563024","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":"US Perspectives and Expectations Regarding the UK’s Tilt to the Indo-Pacific","authors":"J. Bradford","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2158628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2158628","url":null,"abstract":"The US policy community has been taking note of the UK’s ‘tilt’ toward the Indo-Pacific since before their British counterparts referred to it as such. UK contributions to the region were first valued by Americans focused on Pacific naval dynamics, and a broader section of the security community has developed a similar appreciation. However, some Americans continue to doubt the tilt’s sustainability and strategic viability, especially due to the dangers associated with spreading the US–UK alliance too thinly with regard to the huge challenges lurking elsewhere. John F Bradford provides an analytical history of US perspectives and expectations regarding the UK’s growing Indo-Pacific role.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123767865","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":"UK–ASEAN Relations and the Balance of Power in Southeast Asia","authors":"L. Southgate","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2158626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2158626","url":null,"abstract":"The UK has adopted a ‘Global Britain’ foreign policy strategy since the 2016 Brexit referendum. This policy seeks to maintain the UK’s standing internationally while strengthening existing global relations. UK relations with Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) form an important component of this new policy. Laura Southgate examines this new impetus to strengthen UK–ASEAN relations following a period of benign neglect towards the region in the immediate post-Cold War period. In particular, she focuses on the potential success of UK strategy as regards to ASEAN, in light of its extended absence from the region and ASEAN’s growing status as a regional and international power.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123173592","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":"War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First Century Great Power Competition and Conflict","authors":"Anna Matilde Bassoli","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2113698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2113698","url":null,"abstract":"Ongoing significant technological changes and the ability of military institutions worldwide to adapt to them are at the centre of many major contributions to the strategic studies literature this decade. Many authors are looking into the revolutionary technologies that promise to drastically change the character (or, perhaps, even the nature) of war by the end of the century. In contrast, others have concentrated on the mechanisms and dynamics of military adaptation. Generally, these two intellectual currents look at different timelines as the former inevitably projects current developments into the future, while the latter seeks guidance from the past. Among these works, War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First Century Great Power Competition and Conflict by Australian Major General Mick Ryan, who has recently retired, stands out as a unique volume which aims to draw on these two scholarly tendencies and project them into the future. With a career in the Australian Army spanning more than three decades and an outstanding dedication to military education, Ryan is in the ideal position to deliver an instructive volume that synthesises the critical challenges of this era for military practitioners. And, indeed, his work does not fail to meet its high expectations. At the core, War Transformed sums up all the major challenges for 21st-century military establishments and seeks to guide their members as they navigate towards an era when human contribution to war will be challenged as never before. Chapter One is solely dedicated to listing and studying the many transformations and revolutions testing military institutions and their approaches. Perhaps the least engaging part of the book, this chapter is a necessary step into Ryan’s reasoning. Because the shifts in the security environment are not limited to changes in technology but rather slide into the socioeconomic sphere, military practitioners need to meet the challenge of the forthcoming times and think about solutions from a new perspective. Far from being a warning or praise of technological innovation in the military, Ryan’s book is a heartfelt invitation to armed forces personnel to broaden their horizons and become protagonists of military change throughout the century. Chapters Three and Four lay down the potential of an active and creative military institution and represent the essence of Ryan’s work as an educator. With a clear style and fluent prose, Ryan shares his passion for the military educational process and encourages peers and students alike not to be shy in the face of fast-paced technological advancement.","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117227785","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":"Paving the Digital Silk Road with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation","authors":"Raffaello Pantucci, Niva Yau","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2125653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2125653","url":null,"abstract":"Largely disregarded or derided in the West, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has grown since its humble beginnings into an important vehicle for Chinese digital and technology penetration in Central Asia. Raffaello Pantucci and Niva Yau show how China has managed to realise some of the economic goals that Beijing has long envisaged for the organisation, even if it has often found itself stymied by other members. In much the same way as the region has been a testbed for Chinese foreign policy approaches, the SCO now appears to have become a key locus for implementation of the Digital Silk Road.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"211 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133911958","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":"If You Wake at Midnight: The Lariam Wonder Drug Scandal","authors":"Julian Lewis","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2126675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2126675","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"332 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121249869","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":"Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis","authors":"Arthur I Cyr","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2126669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2126669","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114995569","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 Raising the Capacity of Russia’s Military Transport Aviation","authors":"Julian M. Cooper","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2122178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2122178","url":null,"abstract":"Russia’s fleet of military transport aircraft is steadily ageing and probably now diminishing in scale. Efforts to develop new aircraft and put them into regular production in acceptable volumes have been met with endless problems, exacerbated in 2014 and again more recently by sanctions imposed on Russia following its military actions against Ukraine. Julian Cooper uses case studies to explore the development of transport aircraft in recent years and seeks to establish why the modernisation of this important dimension of the country’s military capability has met with such limited success.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"36 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125684221","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":"Partition to Partnership to Brexit","authors":"Jarlath Kearney, Peter Shirlow, Etain Tannam","doi":"10.1080/03071847.2022.2124078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2022.2124078","url":null,"abstract":"Dublin Castle stands as a signifier of both conflict and conciliation between Ireland and Britain over recent centuries. On 16 January 2022, all of Ireland’s mainstream political parties gathered there on the centenary of the castle’s handover by the last lord lieutenant of Ireland, Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, to the provisional government of Ireland led by Michael Collins, which took place after the Dáil endorsed the 1921 Treaty. Jarlath Kearney, Peter Shirlow and Etain Tannam show that a century after that treaty and the partition of the island, the facts and themes flowing from that period – particularly ongoing identity and culture contests over Northern Ireland’s constitutional status – remain live. It is essential in managing future challenges that British-Irish intergovernmental cooperation thrives and that the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is implemented robustly. This is not simply because of Northern Ireland, but because of the host of geopolitical and international security challenges ahead.◼","PeriodicalId":221517,"journal":{"name":"The RUSI Journal","volume":"167 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129285454","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}