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The Research and Assessment Branch (R&AB) was a college within the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
The Research and Assessment Branch was closed down in February 2010. In September 2010, members of the R&AB team re-established its core functionality to supply its expertise and insight to commercial and government customers at will, independently of the Ministry of Defence. The new Conflict Studies Research Centre is a research, analysis and consultancy group with strong expertise in Eurasian area studies and defence studies, cyber security, energy security and terrorist finance.
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Content from this organization
Publications
If Spring Comes Tomorrow: Russia and the Arctic (2011)Ambassador Rogozin on NATO, Peace and the World
The European Security Treaty Through the Kyrgyz Prism
The Western Balkans: Returning Instability
The Defence Academy Yearbook 2009
Medvedev and the Modernisation Dilemma
The Russo-Chinese Energy Relationship
Climate Change and the Energy Crunch
Cyber Probing: The Politicisation of Virtual Attack
Returning Science to the Social
Strategic Communication & Influence Operations
The Greek Crisis - A Pause
The Strategic Challenge of Chinese Organisation
Sonatrach: An International Giant in the Making
Chinese Foreign Policy: A Chronology
Targeting Restraint Analysis Model (TRAM)
The Greek Minority in Albania – Current Tensions
Behavioural Conflict
Cockroaches, X-Men and the Black Day
Reserves - Civil and Military - In Support of the Comprehensive Approach
The Russian Chronologies, July-September 2009
North Caucasus: Negative Trends
Dayton, Divisions and Constitutional Revisions
US – Russia Strategic Relations
Jacob Zuma: The Man of the Moment or the Man for the Moment?
Signs of Change in Belarus
Southern Balkans 2009- Stability and Stasis
Qatar: A Little Local Difficulty?
Russia & Latin America: Competition in Washington's "Near Abroad"?
Politique étrangère russe
Ali Ahmeti & the New Albanian Political Party in FYROM
Transnational Dynamics of Return and the Potential Role of the Kurdish Diaspora in Developing the Kurdistan Region
Civil Military Relations, Western Assistance & Democracy in South Eastern Europe
In the Shadow of Russia: Romania's Relations with Moldova and Ukraine
Black Sea Geopolitics: Dilemmas, Obstacles & Prospects
Romania's November 2000 Elections
Rethinking the Nordic-Baltic Security Agenda
The Prospects for Civil War in Montenegro
The Dismissal of Borys Tarasyuk
NATO's New Members: A Model for Ukraine?
Security Concerns in Post-Soviet Moldova
Security, Democracy and 'Civil Democratic Control' of Armed Forces in Ukraine
A Failing Partnership? Ukraine and the West
The Dark Side of Politics in Post-Communist Romania
Viktor Chernomyrdin's Appointment as Ambassador to Ukraine
A New Defense Minister in Ukraine
Kosovo - A Thanksgiving Election?
The Albanian Election 2001
Romanian-Russian Relations in the Context of the Euro-Atlantic Integration Process
The Military Doctrine of the Republic of Belarus
Ukraine's Parliamentry Elections: The Limits of Manipulation
Lviv Air Show Tragedy
The Enlargement of the West & the Future of Ukraine
Democracy in the Black Sea Region: The Missing Link in Regional Security
Ukraine's Defense Reform: An Update
The Impact of NATO Membership in the Czech Republic: Changing Czech Views of Security, Military & Defence
Wannabe Oligarchs: Tycoons & Influence in the Baltic States
Electricity in the Air: The Real Power Politics in the Baltics
Another Ukrainian Minister of Defence
A Political Minuet in Kiev
Provocation, Deception, Entrapment: The Russo-Georgian Five Day War
The Electoral Impasse in Serbia Autumn 2002
The Death of Zoran Djindjic - A Time for Realism
New Documents on Ukraine's Security Policy: A Sound Basis for Action?
Managing the Challenges of Illegal Arms Transfers
Climbing Down From the Summit: Eatonia's Road Towards NATO
Albanian Elections 2003 - Progress, Shortcomings & The Greek Factor
Variable Geometry & Dual Enlargement: From the Baltic to the Black Sea
Ukraine's Elections: The Forces in Play (III)
Ukraine: The Pursuit of Defence Reform in an Unfavourable Context
Geopolitical Patterns of Euro-Atlanticism a Perspective from South Eastern Europe
Pan-Albanianism: How Big a Threat to Balkan Stability?
A Strategy for Integrating Ukraine into the West
Transforming the Security Sector in Ukraine: What are the Constraints? What is Possible?
Ukraine’s Elections: The Forces In Play (II)
Ukraine's Elections: The Forces In Play (I)
The Logic Behind Putin's Intervention in Ukraine
The SBU - The Security Service of Ukraine
Ukraine's Elections: Themes and Variations
Into Reverse? The Dismissal of Ukraine's Minister of Defence
Belarus' 72nd Guards Unified Training Centre for NCOs & Junior Specialists
Moldova & the Dniestr Region: Contested Past, Frozen Present, Speculative Futures?
Realism About Ukraine Part I - Internal Conditions
Combating International Terrorism & Corss-Border Organized Crime
The New Coordinates of Ukrainian Politics
The School of Defeat
Ukraine's New Crisis
At the Crossroads or the Precipice? The Fate of Ukraine's Orange Revolution and its Implications for Europe
The Bison and the Bear: Belarusian - Russian Relations 2003 - 2006
Ukraine: Prospects and Risks
Ukrainian Membership in NATO: Benefits, Costs, Misconceptions and Urban Legends
Energy Security: At Last, a Response from the EU
The Bison, the Dragon, the Peacock and the Lion: Aspects of Contemporary Belarusian Foreign Policy
Russia's Military Doctrine
The Russian Armed Forces: Threat or Safeguard?
The Federal Agency of Government Communications & Information
Russian Foreign Policy 2000: The Near Abroad
Russia and the Far Abroad 2000
The Transfer of Power in Russia 1999-2000
Can Vladimir Putin Save Russia?
Years in Big Politics - YE M Primakov
Putin's Regime: Administered Democracy
North Caucasus Military District: Defending Russia's Interests in the Caucasus (1996-August 1999)
European Defence: Whither Russia and Ukraine?
The SVR - Russia's Intelligence Service
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
The "Brain" of the Russian Army - The Centre for Military-Strategic Research, General Staff 1985-2000
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russia & Islam
Russia & the West Since 11 September 2001
Putin's Power Bases
S B Ivanov, The New Russian Defence Minister
The Russian Garrison in Tajikistan - 201st Gatchina Twice Red Banner Motor Rifle Division
"Invasion: How Could It Be?"
Russia's Reaction to the American Tragedy
Russia & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Belarus’ & Russia Military Cooperation 1991-2002
The Russo-Iranian Relationship
Future Military Reform: Russia’s Nuclear & Conventional Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces 1991-2002
Vladimir Putin & Russia's Special Services
Rudderless in a Storm: The Russian Navy 1992-2002
Contemporary Russian Perceptions of Euro-Atlanticism
Manpower Problems of the Russian Armed Forces
Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
Russia & the West
The Reform of the Russian Army Issues & Obstacles
The Reform of the Russian Air Force
Putin's Russia: Whither Multi-Polarity?
The Federal Border Guard Service
The Recreation of Russia's Ground Forces High Command: Prepared for Future War?
Russia, the USA & Central Asia
Relying on Surprise
The Russian Orthodox Church
Russia & the Middle East
Russia & Turkey
The Contest Between Power & Policy in Russia
The Russian Ground Forces & Reform 1992-2002
The Axis of Evil: The Russian Approach
Current Russo-Chinese Relations
The Use of Russian Airpower in the Second Chechen War
The Putinite System
FPS & FAPSI – RIP
Russian Business & Foreign Policy
Russo-Japanese Relations
The Russian Far East: Drift from the Centre?
Russia After the Presidential Election
Igor Ivanov on Iraq and the Struggle for a New World Order
Russian Perspectives on Terrorism
Russia & the EU Under Putin
New Russia's Strategic Choice: Regionalisation versus Globalisation
Couch for the MoD or the CGS? The Russian Ministry of Defence & the General Staff 2001 - 2004
The Russia-USA Relationship
Belsan - Lessons Learned?
NATO Enlargement: A Russian Outlook
Joint Peacekeeping in the Eurasian Region: Structures & Prospects
Belsan - The Political Fallout
Russia's Relations with India & Pakistan
Enlargement Tests the Partnership Between the EU & Russia
Putin's External & Internal Security Policy
The Russian Eagle & The Persian Peacock: Russo-Iranian Cooperation 1995-2005
Putin's Nationalist Challenge
Russian Oil and EU Energy Security
The Russian, German and Polish Triangle
Russian-Chinese Military Exercises and Their Wider Perspective: Power Play in Central Asia
Russia and the Arctic
Pay and Allowances in the Russian Armed Forces
Military Service in Russia – No New Model Army
Putin on International Security
Albania After Kosovo Independence and the NATO Decision – Some Perspectives
Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?
The Politicisation of History in the Russian Federation
The Russian Presidential Succession
Stakhanov to the Rescue?
The UK and Russia - A Troubled Relationship
A Review of Russian Foreign Policy
The Lobster, The Eagle and The Bear
Russia and the Security of Europe’s Energy Supplies
Russia's 'Golden Bridge' is Crumbling
Russian-Chinese Relations
Russian Environmental Problems
Gazprom in Crisis
Islam in the Russian Federation
The State of the Russian Aviation Industry and Export Opportunities
Russia: Transition To A Medvedev Presidency?
Strategic Communication: A Primer
Russia and Central Asia: Current and Future Economic Relations
Who's Afraid of the SCO?
Russia – Central Asia: Existing and Potential Oil and Gas Trade
Russia and Central Asia: Multilateral Security Cooperation
Economic Involvement of Russia and China in Central Asia
Structural Interdependence of Russia & Central Asia in the Oil and Gas Sectors
Uzbekistan in the Mirror of Military Security: A Historical Preface to Current Events
The Economic Reconstruction of Afghanistan and the Role of Uzbekistan
The Modern Great Game
Kazakhstan's Armed Forces: Reform or Decay?
Chinese Security Interests in Central Asia
Severe Lessons of Batken
Russian Oil and Gas: Projects and Investments in Central Asia
Turkmenistan – Slowly in the Right Direction
The "Peace Mission 2007" Exercises: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Advances
Reconstructing Inner Asia
Kazakhstan: Security & Defence Challenges
Extremism in Uzbekistan
The Evolution of Russia’s Central Asia Policy
Phased Withdrawal, Conflict Resolution and State Reconstruction
Russia and Central Asia: Bilateral Cooperation in the Defence Sector
China & Central Asia: Present & Future of Economic Relations
Power & Wealth in Central Asian Politics: Clan Structures versus Democratization
Disintergration of the USSR and its Consequences for Uzbekistan
Regional (Non-)Proliferation: The Case of Central Asia
Border Security in Tajikistan: Countering the Narcotics Trade?
The Future Supply of Gas from Central Asia To Russia
The Collective Security Treaty Organization
Tensions in Sino-Central Asian Relations and their Implications for Regional Security
Kyrgyzstan After Akayev
Turkmenistan: People! Motherland! Leader?
Uzbekistan - Old Threats & New Allies
Political and Religious Conflict in the Sandžak
Russia’s European Agenda and the Baltic States
Russia and The West: A Reassessment
Post-Modern Challenges for Modern Warriors
Addressing Constructions of ‘Bullying’ in the British Army
Running a Country: The British Colonial Experience and its Relevance to Present Day Concerns
British Strategic Leadership
Problems and Practical Solutions to Tackle Extremism; and Muslim Youth and Community Issues
North Caucasus: Border Security
North Caucasus: Advent of Mountain Brigades
North Caucasus: Problems of Helicopter Support in Mountains
Dagestan: The Storm Part 3
Dagestan: The Storm Part 2
“Whither Ingushetia?”
Chechnya: Two Federal Disasters
Azerbaijan: Permanently Between Scylla and Charybdis?
Georgia at the Crossroads
British Military Involvement in Transcaspia (1918-1919)
Untangling the Karabakh Knot
Faultline or Foothold? Georgia’s Relations with Russia & The USA
The Bear, the Peacock, the Eagle, the Sturgeon and the Black, Black Oil: Contemporary Regional Power Politics in the Caspian Sea
North Caucasus: Escalation of Terrorism into Ingushetia
Chechnya After Beslan
The End of Ichkeria?
Chechnya: Centre of Unabated Instability & Conflict
Chechnya: The Search for a Strong Successor
North Caucasus: On the Brink of Far-Reaching Destabilisation
Influences in the South Caucasus: Opposition & Convergence in Axes of Cooperation
Georgia: The Death of Zurab Zhvaniya
Armenia-Azerbaijan Prague Process
Chechnya: Normalisation
Chechnya: Continued Violence
Pankisskoye Gorge: Residents, Refugees & Fighters
Dagestan: Birth of Presidential Republic
Chechnya: Dynamics of War
Municipal Reform in the North Caucasus
Dagestan: The Storm Part I
Georgia and Russia: A Further Deterioration in Relations
Azerbaijan: Is War over Nagornyy Karabakh a Realistic Option?
Chechnya: Two Federal Interventions
Whither the Serbian Military After Kosovan Independence?
Iran: Informal Networks and Leadership Politics
Informal Networks and Insurgency in Iraq
Islam in Albania
Russian Energy Interests in the Balkans
Wahhabism in the Balkans
Macedonia: Names, Nomenclaturas and NATO
Russian Perceptions on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
What Could the EU Accomplish in Kosovo?
Asymmetric Strategies in the Middle East
Russia and the Persian Gulf: The Deepening of Moscow's Middle East Policy
Kosovo - Third Time Lucky?
Lviv Air Show Tragedy
The Impact of NATO Membership in the Czech Republic
The 2001 Conflict in FYROM
Russia and the Security of Europe's Energy Supplies: Security in Diversity?
Security Dynamics of the Black Sea Region: Greek Geo-Political Perspectives
Political Culture Case Studies
Collected Writings 1990-2000
EU Civilian Crisis Management
Countering Terrorist Ideologies Discussion Papers
The Future of Conflict: Looking out to 2020
Strengthening "Soft Security"
Kaliningrad 2001
Albania 1997-1998
Rebirth of the Great Silk Road
The Caspian: Comminatory Crosscurrents
Conflict in Africa: How Different?
Modern Intelligence Services: Have They a Place in Ethical Foreign Policies?
Resolution of Conflicts and Politico-Moral Personalities
Conflict in a Changing World: Looking Two Decades Forward
Darfur – A Cultural Handbook
Counting the Cost of an American Unilateralist Policy: A Superpower at Risk?
An Examination of the European Security and Defence Policy: Obstacles & Options
Whose Professionalism?: Separating the Institutional Roles of the Military and Police
Cities and Infra-State Conflicts
Chinese Procurement and Capabilities
Transforming NATO HQ: The Latest Hurrah
Promoting Stability on Europe’s Borders: A Comparative Study of Kosovo, Transdniestria and Abkhazia
Perspectives On Ethno-Nationalist/Separatist Terrorism
NATO Intelligence and Early Warning
Institutional Attitudes: EU, NATO, OSCE and Beyond
NATO Headquarters Transformation: Getting Ahead of the Power Curve
Albanian Election 2005 – A New Ruling Elite?
Democratic Civil-Military Relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Southeastern European Defence Industry: International Cooperation and Market Opportunities
Southern Balkan Challenges After the Hague Indictment
Bulgarian Elections 2005: A Difficult Result for EU Accession
Croatia at a Crossroads: The EU-ICTY Debate
Balkan Asylum Seekers – Time for a New Approach?
FYROM - After the Concordia Mission
Macedonia - Recognition, Referendum, Resignation
Kosovo March 2004 - The Endgame Begins
PfP Integration: Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
Albanian Elections 2003 - Progress, Shortcomings and the Greek Factor
Preshovo / Kosovo Lindore - A Continuing Cause for Concern
The Assembly of Kosovo: One Year On
The Death of Zoran Djindjic - A Time for Realism
The Kosovo Protection Corps in Transition
The Electoral Impasse in Serbia - Autumn 2002
Another Ukrainian Minister of Defence
Albania, FYROM and Kosova: Evolving States and the European Union
FYROM After Ochrid
Kosovo Lindore / Preshevo 1999 - 2002 and the FYROM Conflict
Serbia-Montenegro: A New Federation?
Ali Ahmeti and the New Albanian Political Party in FYROM
Kosovo Economy and Society After 1945 - Some Observations
Once Upon an Army: The Crisis in the Albanian Army, 1995-1996
The Cham Issue: Albanian National and Property Claims in Greece
Ukraine's Parliamentary Elections: The Limits of Manipulation
Kosovo - A Thanksgiving Election?
Some Reverberations from The Kosovo War
Viktor Chernomyrdin's Appointment as Ambassador to Ukraine
The Albanian Election 2001: Legitimacy, Stability and the OCSE
The Greek Minority in Albania in the Aftermath of Communism
Former Yugoslav Macedonia - The Shades of Night?
2001: The Prospects for a New Yugoslavia?
The Prospects for Civil War in Montenegro
Albanian Local Elections – A Half Term Report?
The Dismissal of Boris Tarasyuk
The Cham Issue – Where to Now?
The Ahtisaari Report – Totem and Taboo
Montenegro: Headed for New Divisions?
Romania's November 2000 Elections: A Future Return to the Past?
Serbia: The Battle Within
Croatia: Three Elections and a Funeral
The Croatian Armed Forces and NATO
Moving Kosovo Forward: Reality v Fiction
Albania 1999-2000
Political Parties in Serbia: Source of Political Instability
Police Reform in Serbia: Five Years Later
New Montenegro and Regional Stability
Kosova Negotiations - Background and Perspectives
Macedonian Elections 2006: Ohrid Accords Survive
Balancing Lebanon
Iranian Strategy: Factionalism and Leadership Politics
The Battle for the Palestinian Security Services
Iran and Israel: Asymmetric Warfare and Regional Strategy
The Birth Pangs of a New Middle East?
The Russia-Hamas Dialogue and the Israeli Parliamentary Elections
Death Squad Operations in Iraq
Russia and the US in the Middle East: Policies and Contexts
Iraq's Security and Intelligence Structures: More Problems
A Shi'i Enclave? Iranian Policy Towards Iraq
Cooperation in the Israeli-Turkish Defence Industry
Weak Authoritarianism and Iraqi State Building
President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad: A Turning Point in Iranian Politics and Strategy?
Iranian Nuclear Politics: Change of Tactics or Strategy?
Iranian Nuclear Politics: The International Dimension
Main Currents in Iranian Strategy Since 9/11
Conservative Factionalism and Iranian Nuclear Strategy
The British-Syrian Relationship on the Psychiatrist's Couch
Civil-Military Relations, State Strategies and Presidential Elections in Iran
Multi-Ethnic Armies: Lebanese Lessons and Iraqi Implications
Iraqi Civil-Military Relations Progress, Pathologies and Prospects
The Causes and Consequences of Strategic Failure in Afghanistan and Iraq
Israeli Perceptions of the Iranian Issue
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Research & Assessment Branch Central Asian Series
Research & Assessment Branch Shrivenham Papers
Research & Assessment Branch Caucasus Series
Research & Assessment Branch Special Series
Research & Assessment Branch Balkan Series
Research & Assessment Branch Middle East Series