The August/September edition of the RUSI Journal reflects on some of the momentous events that have marked the summer of 2016. They include the publication of the Report of the Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot Report), handed down at the beginning of July after nearly a decade in the making; the fallout of the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, whose outcome came as shocking news to many at home and abroad; and the failed military coup in Turkey in mid-July with the ensuing government crackdown. All three are likely to have long-term consequences, if in very different ways: the Chilcot Report as a result of its assessment of the failures of military and civilian leaders in directing the UK's war effort in Iraq, and the ramifications of such failures for the country's future international military commitments; Brexit for the reorganisation of the UK's formal and informal ties with its European neighbours; and Turkey's failed coup as the potentially growing instability at the outer edges of Europe, already a critical junction for the dual challenges of conflict in the Middle East and migration. All are issues that will remain with us for the foreseeable future. In their immediate aftermath, Christopher Elliott assesses some of the findings of the Chilcot Report and highlights some of its shortcomings; Matthew C Benwell and Alasdair Pinkerton explore the impact of the EU referendum campaign on the UK's Overseas Territories and its effects on traditional and wider understandings of security; Jonathan Eyal discusses the risks and opportunities that lie in front of both the UK and the EU in the wake of the referendum resu and Francesco F Milan surveys the legacy of fraught civil-military relations that provided the background for the failed military coup of 15 July in Turkey.
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机译：RUSI Journal的8月/ 9月版反映了2016年夏季的一些重大事件。其中包括伊拉克调查报告（Chilcot Report）的出版，该报告在将近一个月的时间之后于7月初发布。十年的发展；关于英国加入欧盟的公投的后果，其结果对国内外许多人来说都是令人震惊的消息；以及7月中旬土耳其的军事政变失败，随之而来的是政府镇压。如果以不同的方式，这三者都可能产生长期的后果：《奇尔科特报告》是对军事和文职领导人未能指导英国在伊拉克的战争努力进行评估的结果，以及这些失败给以色列造成的后果。该国未来的国际军事承诺；英国脱欧，以重组英国与其欧洲邻国的正式和非正式关系；土耳其的政变失败，原因是欧洲外围地区的潜在不稳定局势日趋严重，这已经成为解决中东冲突和移民双重挑战的关键纽带。在可预见的将来，所有这些都是我们将会面临的问题。克里斯托弗·埃利奥特（Christopher Elliott）紧随其后，评估了《奇尔科特报告》的某些发现，并强调了它的一些缺点； Matthew C Benwell和Alasdair Pinkerton探索了欧盟公投对英国海外领土的影响及其对传统和更广泛的安全认识的影响；乔纳森·艾亚尔（Jonathan Eyal）讨论了全民投票结果之后英国和欧盟面临的风险和机遇；弗朗切斯科·F·米兰（Francesco F Milan）调查了紧张的军民关系的遗产，这些遗产为土耳其7月15日军事政变失败提供了背景。
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