On 23 November 2011, Russian President Medvedev made an important address to the Russian people in which he underlined hostility towards European Missile Defence. Is this further evidence of a divergent attitudes towards nuclear security?
Andrei Kelin
Over the last few months RUSI has been covering the Open Skies Treaty debate from a variety of angles:'Strengthening Arms Control Through Multilateralism, and Multilateralism Through Arms Control' by Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.'The Open Skies Treaty and Prospects for European Confidence-Building Measures' by Sarah Martin and Nick Reynolds.Today,...
Tags: United States, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Peter Marshall
The UN Charter is no run-of-the-mill affair. It is a universal covenant, born of untold suffering and sorrow. As the only veteran of the Second World War still in active diplomatic circulation, Sir Peter Marshall reflects on the UN’s founding document, and its enduring relevance.
Tags: United Nations, UK, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe
Ben Wan Beng Ho
A new long-range land-attack capability could be valuable for the Royal Navy.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Policy, UK, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, Europe
Andrei Kelin
Over the last few months RUSI has been covering the Open Skies Treaty debate from a variety of angles:'Strengthening Arms Control Through Multilateralism, and Multilateralism Through Arms Control' by Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.'The Open Skies Treaty and Prospects for European Confidence-Building Measures' by Sarah Martin and Nick Reynolds.Today,...
Tags: United States, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Peter Marshall
The UN Charter is no run-of-the-mill affair. It is a universal covenant, born of untold suffering and sorrow. As the only veteran of the Second World War still in active diplomatic circulation, Sir Peter Marshall reflects on the UN’s founding document, and its enduring relevance.
Tags: United Nations, UK, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe
Malcolm Chalmers
The UK government has decided to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. RUSI’s Deputy Director-General analyses what this means for the UK’s future diplomacy and aid policies.
Tags: Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, UK Defence, Europe
Don McLain Gill and Jovito Jose P Katigbak
Despite behaviour that often violates international norms, Pakistan has managed to maintain positive relationships with major Western powers.
Tags: Pakistan, United States, RUSI Newsbrief, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Terrorism
Jack Watling
If Defence is to appropriately weight cyber operations then there are some dangerous myths about the practicalities of cyber warfare that need to be confronted.
Tags: Cyber, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, UK, Technology, UK Defence, Europe
Andrew Monaghan
Andrew Monaghan reviews The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines Between War and Peace, by Oscar Jonsson.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Russia, Defence Policy, Europe
NATO, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, International Institutions
Dr Nicholas Mulder talks to RUSI's Dr Jonathan Eyal about the origins of economic sanctions and their relevance today. Nicholas Mulder is an associate professor at Cornell University and is author of...
Global Security Issues
All governments dealing with Covid-19 are working out ways to involve the public and enlist volunteer support. Elisabeth Braw proposes ways to involve teenagers in resilience training.
Coronavirus, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, Global Security Issues
Last week RUSI Director-General, Dr Karin von Hippel, and Deputy Director-General, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, attended the Munich Security Conference.
Global Security Issues
Researchers at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with RUSI, are conducting a survey among foreign policy and security elites in the United Kingdom. Members of RUSI and its extended network...
UK, Global Security Issues, International Institutions
On 19 January Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former UK Foreign Secretary, and Dr Igor Ivanov, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, spoke at RUSI’s first Russia- UK bilateral on...
International Security Studies, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues
An online briefing from experts of the Royal United Services Institute on the global impact of Covid-19.
Tags: Coronavirus, Global Security Issues
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick delivered the inaugural RUSI Annual Security Lecture.
Tags: Cyber, Organised Crime and Policing, UK, Technology, Europe
This conference explored the UK’s foreign policy priorities post-Brexit and examines its new role in the world.
Tags: RUSI International, Europe
Season Two: Framing Risk
Russia’s Revised Constitution Shows Putin is No Friend of Japan
The UK’s Integrated Review Has Restarted: Are Key Questions and Assumptions Still Valid?