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In the News

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Ocean of Things

“The persistent coverage provided by dispersed sensors provides round-the-clock coverage that other sources of data like an MPA [maritime patrol aircraft] or a SAR [synthetic...

Dr Sidharth Kaushal

Forbes
13 August 2020

Integrated Review

Despite the fact that the phrase, “the rules-based international system” was used more than 20 times in the 2015 SDSR…when you ask officials, “What does it mean?”, they find it...

Malcolm Chalmers

Defence Committee
13 August 2020

China

"This boasting propaganda, which was of course aimed at the Chinese people although it’s conducted externally, enables them to say to the Chinese people, ‘Look at what we’re doing...

Charles Parton OBE

The Telegraph
13 August 2020

mbs

"What this campaign will achieve is to put corruption allegations over MBS and his associates to damage their public impression as honest and men of integrity," Umer Karim, a...

Umer Karim

Business Insider
12 August 2020

Publications

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The Integrated Review: Harnessing the UK’s Financial Capabilities in Support of National Security

Briefing Papers

Russia and China in Germany

Occasional Papers

Combat Air Choices for the UK Government

Occasional Papers

Between Affluence and Influence: Examining the Role of Russia and China in Austria

Occasional Papers

Latest News

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2020 Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize

31 July 2020

RUSI Experts at Parliament

24 July 2020

RUSI Launches Proliferation Financing Risk Exercise

21 July 2020

The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History: Call for Submissions

16 July 2020

Trending Themes

Defence Policy

The UK’s Integrated Review Has Restarted: Are Key Questions and Assumptions Still Valid? 3 July 2020
The Open Skies Treaty and Prospects for European Confidence-Building Measures 22 May 2020

Technology

Information Sharing in the Era of Coronavirus Tracing Apps – A New Context for Fighting Financial Crime? 11 August 2020
Policy in a Vacuum: Why the UK Needs to Rethink How it Approaches Space 6 August 2020

Intelligence

The ISC’s Russia Report Offers More Critiques of the Intelligence Community than Solutions 24 July 2020
The Open Skies Treaty and Prospects for European Confidence-Building Measures 22 May 2020

Global Security Issues

Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity 2 July 2020
The United Nations Charter: 75 Years On 1 July 2020