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Analysis: Becoming A Nuclear Power: North Korea on the Edge 26 May 2009 by John Hemmings
Testing nuclear devices forces reflection on North Korea’s history of diplomatic strategy and disrepute, whilst posing problems for future negotiation. Pacific Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues North Korea
North Korea Nuclear Analysis: North Korea’s nuclear tests: a sign of things to come? 26 May 2009
North Korea’s most recent nuclear testing has provoked international outrage, but the challenges here come with a foreboding of an ‘American strategic disaster’ further afield. Pacific North Korea Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues
Chinese army Analysis: The PLA in 2009: The Year of the Ground Force? 18 May 2009
Following the release of China’s defence white paper, an enormous amount of attention is being paid to China’s naval and air force modernisation as well as its nuclear and missile forces. However, it is the PLA’s less-discussed army that is going to play the most critical role in safeguarding China’s security interests in 2009. China Pacific Land Forces
092 Xia-class SSBN Analysis: China’s Sixtieth Anniversary Naval Review: Following the trend of modernisation and its strategic implications 13 May 2009
China’s Sixtieth Anniversary Naval Review served as an opportunity to remind the international community of its meteoric rise and relevance to international security. The event also acted as a milestone for China’s armed forces, putting the world on notice that China intends to have a fully-fledged blue-water navy by 2050. Maritime Forces China Pacific
North Korea Analysis: The World Watches Helplessly as North Korea Ratchets up the Pressure 15 Apr 2009
North Korea continues to play games with its regional neighbours, shielded in part by its Cold War allies in the United Nations Security Council, and emboldened by its tactics and growing military capabilities. The question is what can anyone do about it? Pacific Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues North Korea
akimoto smaller News: RUSI Welcomes New Associate Fellow 3 Mar 2009
The Asia Security Studies Programme at RUSI is pleased to announce that Mr Chiaki Akimoto, a senior security correspondent at NHK, has been made an Associate Fellow. Japan Pacific
UK China relationship Analysis: Enticing the Tiger from its lair 23 Jan 2009 by Alexander Neill
The UK’s first ever government document on the UK-China relationship aims to prepare British diplomacy for a new phase in China’s development as a rising power. In doing so, Britain must tread carefully as it helps China to become an important multilateral partner in international security. China Pacific UK Europe
North Korea flag Analysis: North Korea in 2009 15 Jan 2009 by John Hemmings
With a new ruler certain to take up power in 2009, North Korea’s state will undergo substantial changes in substance and in form. The international community must pay close attention to the ongoing palace drama in Pyongyang and ready themselves to deal with the strategic and humanitarian consequences of such changes. Pacific Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues North Korea
North Korea 2 RUSI Newsbrief: North Korea and Iran 23 Jul 2008
This article explains the reasons for the differing treatment the Iranian and North Korean nuclear threats have recieved from the West, highlighting that the threat from Iran is greater than that of North Korea. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Middle East and North Africa North Korea Pacific
Kim Jong Il with soldiers Analysis: North Korean Nuclear Decision 28 Jun 2008
A picture-perfect example of political manoeuvring, but key questions remain unanswered North Korea Pacific Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues
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