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Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity
2 July 2020
The United Nations Charter: 75 Years On
1 July 2020
Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity
Commentary, 2 July 2020Andrei Kelin
United States, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
The United Nations Charter: 75 Years On
Commentary, 1 July 2020Peter 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...
United Nations, UK, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe
Speaking Truth to Power: The Problem with Prime Minister Johnson’s New National Security Adviser
Commentary, 30 June 2020Peter Ricketts
As a new national security adviser is appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the UK’s first NSA reflects on the duties and burdens of the job.
UK, National Security
Leading from Behind: The Focus on the Financial Investigation of Wildlife Crime Must be Sustained
Commentary, 29 June 2020Tom Keatinge and Alexandria Reid
The Financial Action Task Force has placed the financial investigation of the illegal wildlife trade firmly on its agenda. Now what?
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Organised Crime and Policing, AML/CTF
Russia's New Nuclear Strategy: Unanswered Questions
Commentary, 26 June 2020Maxim Starchak
Russia’s newly released nuclear strategy document has done little to clarify the country’s policies, and raises more questions than it answers.
Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, National Security
How Latvia Accomplishes Comprehensive Defence
Commentary, 25 June 2020Artis Pabriks
Can all crises and conflicts be predicted and fully averted? Unfortunately, no. Can we be better prepared for crises and conflicts that may arise? Indeed, we can.
Civil–Military Relations, Modern Deterrence, Domestic Security, Resilience
Russia and the Woolly Mammoth Trade: How Climate Change Drives Illegal Tusk Trafficking
Commentary, 24 June 2020Emily Ferris and Joanna Hosa
A trade in remains of a long-extinct animal gives rise to some very topical environmental debates.
International Security Studies, Russia
Poland's New National Security Strategy: The Potential for Regional Leadership, Cooperation and Cohesion on NATO's Eastern Flank
Commentary, 23 June 2020Łukasz Janulewicz
A new Polish national security strategy paper sharpens the country’s defence vision, and highlights its regional aspirations.
NATO
The European Commission Relaunches its List of Countries Regarded as High Risk for Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Commentary, 22 June 2020Samantha Sheen
After a first attempt that was criticised from all sides in 2019, the European Commission is back with take two. Was it worth it?
European Union, Organised Crime
Strengthening Arms Control Through Multilateralism, and Multilateralism Through Arms Control
Commentary, 19 June 2020Tomáš Petříček
The forthcoming Monday meeting in Vienna between US Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov should herald the start of a new arms...
United States, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyPages
Sebastian interviews Major General Michele Risi
Multimedia, 30 June 2020Tags: NATO, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, International Institutions
Season Two: The Other Side of Sanctions
Multimedia, 29 June 2020In this week's episode of High Risk Thinking, host Emil Dall is joined by the team behind EuropeanSanctions.com, Maya Lester, QC of Brick Court Chambers and Michael O’Kane of Peters...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Alp interviews Nicola de Santis
Multimedia, 26 June 2020What's NATO all about three decades after the end of the Cold War? Alp, 18 years old, a Turkish citizen and a student at King's School, Canterbury, talks to NATO's Head of Engagements, Nicola de...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
On the Cusp: Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum
Multimedia, 25 June 2020Elisabeth Braw speaks with Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, the Swedish Navy's new commander, about the challenges of defending a country with an enormous coastline, about greyzone aggression, citizens...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Western Way of War: Admiral Sir Philip Jones
Multimedia, 25 June 2020Peter Roberts and Admiral Sir Philip Jones talk about why it is people that represent the competitive edge in the Western Way of Warfare - and have done for centuries, and how technology is...
Tags: Military Sciences
Adversarial Studies - Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank: The Challenge of IAMD
Multimedia, 24 June 2020Delivered by Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Ben Hodges, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI
Tags: Adversarial Studies, Military Sciences
Season Two: The Alphabet Soup
Multimedia, 22 June 2020LLPs, SLPs, UBOs… In this episode, host Tom Keatinge is joined by Graham Barrow of the ‘Dark Money Files’ to examine why these acronyms always pop up in financial crime scandals, often with the UK at...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Season Two Trailer: High Risk Thinking
Multimedia, 19 June 2020Isabella Chase, your host from Season 1, talks to CFCS director, Tom Keatinge about the thinking behind this season’s ‘high risk’ concept and what listeners can expect – from the people, places,...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Western Way of War: Baron Richards of Herstmonceux
Multimedia, 18 June 2020Peter Roberts and David Richards discuss the ten commandments of the manoeuvrist approach to warfare, thinking of weapons as servants not principles, the enduring nature of challenge, and the British...
Tags: Military Sciences
Western Way of War: The Death of Military Superiority
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals, Part II: Risks and Hopes for the New System
The Information Domain Threat Environment