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Financial Crime Insights Podcast Series The episodes in this series are based on past Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) events with top thinkers on topics that remain relevant in the world of financial crime. |
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Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series Hosted by Veele Nouwens, this podcast provides an essential a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world’s most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. |
The British Army Should Seek to Retain an Armoured Capability
Commentary, 7 September 2020Nick Reynolds
The debate about the future of the UK’s heavy armour has been reignited by the recent revelation that the British Army is considering retiring its main battle tanks in the Integrated Review. While...
Military Sciences, UK Integrated Review 2020, UK
The Navalny Assassination Attempt: The Kremlin Misfires
Commentary, 4 September 2020Jonathan Eyal
The attempt to kill Russia’s most resourceful opposition leader tells us a great deal about both President Vladimir Putin’s fears and weaknesses.
Russia
Northern Composure: Initial Observations from Sweden’s Total Defence 2020 Exercise
Commentary, 3 September 2020Gerhard Wheeler CBE
Sweden’s approach to national resilience is being tested again. The lessons such exercises yield have a wider applicability to all democracies
Modern Deterrence, Resilience
The Coup in Mali Tests the UN’s Credibility
Commentary, 2 September 2020Jack Watling
Although security operations are likely to continue as before, the coup should force the international community to ask hard and probing questions about the approach taken in trying to secure the...
Military Sciences, United Nations, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Africa
Between Tragedy and Strategy in the Philippines
Commentary, 1 September 2020Joshua Bernard B Espeña
The Philippines’ policy of avoiding any confrontation with China is not working. It is time for a rethink of the country’s posture and alliance with the US.
Pacific
Foreign Election Interference: A Bounty on Your Head
Commentary, 28 August 2020Elisabeth Braw
Washington is offering $10 million for tips that would help authorities prevent possible cyber interference in the November elections. Unusual, but not necessarily unworkable.
Military Sciences, United States, Law and Ethics, National Security, Resilience
No Country for Strong Men: What Next for Belarus?
Commentary, 27 August 2020Alexandra St John Murphy and Benno Zogg
Unprecedented protests leave Belarus irrevocably changed and civil society awakened. While events are not geopolitical in origin, this domestic upheaval will have long-term international implications.
Russia
Coordinating Artificial Intelligence: Six Lessons from the US
Commentary, 26 August 2020Sam Sherman
The UK should make the most of the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence by drawing on a number of lessons from the US.
United States, Defence Policy, UK
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: Unease and Reassurance Amid Changing Regional Realities
Commentary, 25 August 2020Kamal Alam
Reports of cooling relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are incomplete. Behind the scenes, Pakistan’s top military officer is helping recast the relationship on a more solid footing.
Pakistan, The Gulf Region
Italy’s New Approach to Libya
Commentary, 24 August 2020Dario Romano Fenili
The updated approach to the Libyan civil war could help Italy regain the influence it once had in the Mediterranean, and the ceasefire announced last week could provide grounds for action.
Libya, EuropePages
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
Elisabeth Braw interviews Michael Chertoff
Multimedia, 16 June 2020In this video, part of a RUSI-MSB project on future resilience planning and preparedness, RUSI Senior Resarch Fellow Elisabeth Braw speaks with Michael Chertoff, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman,...
Tags: Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence
Elisabeth Braw interviews Kevin Casas-Zamora
Multimedia, 16 June 2020In this video, part of a RUSI-MSB project on future resilience planning and preparedness, RUSI Senior Resarch Fellow Elisabeth Braw speaks with Dr Kevin Casas-Zamora, Secretary-General, International...
Tags: Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence
Adversarial Studies - Anti-satellite Weapons
Multimedia, 11 June 2020Tags: Adversarial Studies, Military Sciences
Western Way of War: Professor Nina Kollars
Multimedia, 11 June 2020Peter Roberts and Nina Kollars talk futurology, exceptionalism, decisive engagements, pathology, winnable fights, and vapourware, all in the pursuit of a more pragmatic view on the Western Way of...
Tags: Military Sciences
The Geopolitics of Indo-Pacific Trade
Forceful Persuasion: The Psychology of Convincing an Opponent They Are Beaten
Is Defence’s Latest Operating Model Fit for Purpose?