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Revising EU Export Controls: A Path to Greater Coherence?
Commentary, 17 November 2020Maria Shagina
The EU is close to agreement on expanding the list of dual-use cyber-surveillance technology to be banned from sale to autocratic regimes. The move would strengthen the EU’s human rights advocacy and...
European Union, Technology, Europe
The Silent Rise of Greece as a Mediterranean Power
Commentary, 16 November 2020Emmanuel Karagiannis
Greece is emerging as a Mediterranean power with a more proactive foreign policy.
Europe
The Impact of a Biden Presidency on the Middle East and North Africa
Commentary, 13 November 2020Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Antonio Giustozzi, Michael Stephens, H A Hellyer and Tobias Borck
Our analysts and associate fellows look at what awaits the Biden presidency in the region.
International Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Unpacking the MENA, Middle East and North Africa
What Europe Needs on Russia from a Biden Administration
Commentary, 12 November 2020Neil Melvin
The incoming US administration will have to articulate a new policy towards Russia. This will benefit the entire transatlantic community.
International Security Studies, United States, US Defence Policy, Russia
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy
Commentary, 11 November 2020Tom Uren
Australia’s cyber security strategy has been updated and has a remarkably different vision to its predecessor.
Cyber, Cyber Security, Technology
Marching On: China’s Economic Plans and Visions After the Fifth Plenum
Commentary, 11 November 2020Charles Parton
Despite a more difficult global environment and the coronavirus pandemic, China advances plans for a growth in power based on a greater role for the Party.
China
Biden in the White House: A New Lease of Life for the West?
Commentary, 10 November 2020Malcolm Chalmers
The return of a more predictable US administration will provide huge relief to America’s allies. But what came to pass over the past four years will not be easily forgotten.
United States, Brexit, UK, Europe
A Biden Presidency: Reset or Renewal?
Commentary, 9 November 2020Karin von Hippel
The US elections are over. What will a Biden presidency mean?
United States
No Go for GOCO: The UK Renationalises Its Nuclear Warhead Factory
Commentary, 6 November 2020Tom Plant and Matthew Harries
The UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment is returning to full public ownership. The flaws in the old model were clear, but the change does not guarantee improvement.
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Defence Management, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Brexit’s Implications for UK Defence Industrial Cooperation with Europe
Commentary, 5 November 2020Trevor Taylor
A consistent feature of official UK positions after Brexit was enthusiasm for continued UK–Europe cooperation on defence and security matters. However, difficulties in the talks endanger both...
Defence, Industries and Society, Equipment and Acquisitions, Brexit, UK, EuropePages
Welcome to Bridging the Oceans
Multimedia, 28 September 2020In this trailer, we explore some of the key questions we’ll be asking in the flagship podcast of the Navigating the Indo-Pacific programme of RUSI’s International Security Studies department.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Tom Keatinge on Voice of America News
Multimedia, 23 September 2020Leaked documents allege that some of the world’s biggest banks have allowed $2 trillion worth of suspicious or fraudulent activity to take place – including money laundering for criminal gangs and...
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On the Cusp: General Riho Terras
Multimedia, 22 September 2020What can other countries learn from Estonia's defence against greyzone aggression? How to best involve youth in national security? And what was it like to do more than three years' military service...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Western Way of War: Political Risk, the Media and the Military
Multimedia, 17 September 2020Do Values define a Western Way of Warfare? Does the military understand the media? What motivates Western politicians to make decisions? Lucy Fisher (Defence Editor of The Times) joins Peter...
Tags: Military Sciences
Western Way of War: Society and the Western Way of Peace
Multimedia, 17 September 2020Does a successful and respected professional military force make a conversation with society at large over security and insurmountable conversation? Do government narratives over military threats...
Tags: Military Sciences
Western Way of War: CBRN and the Western Way of Warfare
Multimedia, 10 September 2020Peter Roberts talks to chem/bio warfare guru Dan Kaszeta about the journey from weevils to sarin, political biological poisonings since 2000BCE, food security as a catalyst for chemical weapon...
Tags: Military Sciences
On the Cusp: Professor Henry Farrell and Professor Abraham Newman
Multimedia, 8 September 2020Globalisation is the new frontline of great-power competition. What does it mean China has cornered the market for rare earth processing (think smartphones and electric car batteries)? What about...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Western Way of War:Combined Arms, Military Culture, and the Failures of Leadership
Multimedia, 3 September 2020Peter Roberts talks to US scholar-practitioner Dr Pete Mansoor (author of 'Baghdad at Sunrise', 'Surge', and 'The Culture of Military Organisations') about the Western Way of Warfare from the...
Tags: Military Sciences
Western Way of War: Taoism and Clausewitz
Multimedia, 27 August 2020States adopting a Western Way of War face challenges of opposing strategic culture that necessitate the blending of Eastern and Western theories of strategy. Chilean general John Griffiths talks to...
Tags: Military Sciences
On the Cusp: Nina Hellum
Multimedia, 27 August 2020Even with competitive national service, motivating soldiers is important. Elisabeth Braw discusses what motivates conscripts during their service with Nina Hellum, a social anthropologist at the...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Iran in the South Caucasus: Adjustment and Evolution
Rose Roth, language and youth
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club