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Penny Mordaunt speaks at the Safeguarding Conference in London, 2018. Courtesy of Michael Hughes/UK Department for International Development

UK Strategic Command: Look East to Understand What it Means

Commentary, 22 July 2019

Peter Roberts

A recent command transformation announced in the UK may have drawn inspiration from an unlikely source: China.

Armed Forces, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK Defence Policy, Military Sciences, Defence Management, UK, Domestic Security, Securing Britain, Land Forces, Military Personnel, National Security, UK Defence

A US B-2 Spirit in flight. Courtesy of US Air Force/Bobbie Garcia

The UK, France and the US: Still Special Relationships

Commentary, 19 July 2019

Tom Plant

A yearly gathering of experts and think tanks from the world’s powers reiterates the values, interests and approaches which still bind them together in the nuclear sphere, notwithstanding current...

United States, Americas, France, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe

An Ethiopian Federal Police Officer. Courtesy of Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres - Arbeitsbesuch Äthiopien/Wikimedia/CC BY 2.0

Ethiopia’s Security Dilemmas

Commentary, 18 July 2019

Ann M Fitz-Gerald

The recent murders of regional officials and top federal army officers raise serious questions about Ethiopia’s ability to manage and contain various regional militias and militant formations which...

Domestic Security, National Security, Africa

Illustration of megaphone with various social media icons

New Technology and ‘Old’ Think Tanks

Commentary, 12 July 2019

Tom Ascott

Technology poses some familiar and new problems for think tanks.

Information, Technology

A Chinese Wing Loong II UAV. Courtesy of Mztourist/wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0

UAVs in the Middle East: Coming of Age

Commentary, 10 July 2019

Alexander Balas

UAVs are fast becoming a major feature of security in the Middle East.

Global Security Issues, Technology, Middle East and North Africa

Kicking the Can Down the Road: The Law Commission’s Report on UK Anti-Money Laundering Law

Commentary, 9 July 2019

Helena Wood

The Law Commission’s report provides useful analysis of the problem but lacks a bold blueprint for reform of the UK’s suspicious activity reporting regime.

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe

The Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi, 2016. Courtesy of Seif Sallam/Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-2.0

Georgia and the Limits of Russia’s Soft Power

Commentary, 4 July 2019

Natia Seskuria

Spontaneous anti-Russia demonstrations in Georgia are evidence of the country’s Western orientation and Russia’s declining soft power in the region.

Leadership Centre, RUSI International, Russia, Georgia, Global Security Issues, Law and Ethics

Picture of the 2017 Eastern Partnership Summit proceedings. Courtesy of Rebecca Harms/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Taking Stock and Looking Ahead: The European Union’s Approach to Conflict Management in the Eastern Partnership

Commentary, 1 July 2019

Stefan Wolff

The EU recently marked the 10th anniversary of its Eastern Partnership, a cooperation framework directed at Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, countries critical to European...

European Union, International Institutions, Europe

Château de la Muette, Paris, home of both the OECD and the FATF. Courtesy of patrick janicek/Flickr. CC BY 2.0

The Financial Action Task Force Should Embrace the Opportunity to Reform

Commentary, 25 June 2019

Tom Keatinge

The fight against financial crime is ponderous and politicised, lacking imagination and ambition.

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, National Security, Organised Crime

A Huawei smartphone. Courtesy of Johnny McKane/Pexels

There's More to Cyber Than Huawei

Commentary, 24 June 2019

Conrad Prince

Debate continues as to how governments should manage the presence of Chinese technology in 5G telecommunications networks. But the argument risks obscuring the critical question of how states such as...

China, Cyber, United States, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, UK, Domestic Security, Intelligence, Law and Ethics, Technology