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To Ban or to Banbury?
7 December 2018
A Green Wave in Germany?
30 November 2018
Lone Actor Terrorists and Extreme Right Wing Violence
31 October 2018
Deradicalisation Programmes in Spanish Prisons: A Flawed Paradigm?
3 September 2018
To Ban or to Banbury?
7 December 2018
Russian Cyber Operations: State-led Organised Crime
28 November 2018
Britain’s Defence and the Arctic: A Timely Reminder
29 October 2018
Collision Course in the South China Sea?
3 October 2018
Strike Options for the US, France and the UK in Syria
Commentary, 11 April 2018Justin Bronk
In 2017, the US launched an ineffective cruise missile attack Syria’s Shayrat airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack. So, what can the Western powers do now to deter the Assad regime...
United States, Russia, Military Sciences, Syria, France, UK
Is There a British or European Financial Response to the Salisbury Attack?
Commentary, 11 April 2018Tom Keatinge
Whatever one thinks of the extraterritorial financial reach of the US, the Trump administration is showing leadership in the use of financial power. Can the UK follow suit in Europe?
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, European Union, Russia, UK
Brexit in Space: Will the UK have Access to the Galileo Satellite Network?
Commentary, 9 April 2018Alexandra Stickings
Recent media reports have raised doubts about a post-Brexit Britain’s future access to the EU’s Galileo satellite network. It is imperative this is properly addressed during Brexit negotiations.
Aerospace, Brexit Briefings, UK, Technology
Bad Chemistry: A Re-analysis of the Assassination of Kim Jong-un’s Brother
Commentary, 5 April 2018Ryan Henrici
Russia’s alleged use of a nerve agent in an attempted assassination of a former intelligence agent in Salisbury provides a good opportunity to look at North Korea’s capabilities in this field.
North Korea
The UK National Security Capability Review and the Fusion Doctrine
Commentary, 4 April 2018Ewan Lawson
As Parliament rose for the Easter recess, Prime Minister Theresa May issued a statement announcing the release of the National Security Capability Review.
Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management, Defence Policy, National Security
A UK Magnitsky Act: Would it Work?
Commentary, 3 April 2018Anton Moiseienko
In 2016, the Global Magnitsky Act was adopted in the US to redress the impunity of human rights abusers and kleptocrats around the world. In the wake of the Salisbury poisonings, would it work for...
AML/CTF, UK, Organised Crime
Flagging down North Korea on the High Seas
Commentary, 29 March 2018Sara Perlangeli
The tight economic noose around North Korea is being weakened by the regime’s use of flags of convenience by sanctions-evading ships.
Counter-Proliferation Finance, United Nations, Japan, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Ethiopia’s Leadership: Dawn of a New Era?
Commentary, 28 March 2018Ann M Fitz-Gerald
With his appointment as Ethiopian Prime Minister designate, can Dr Abiye Ahmed Ali bring the country together?
Horn of Africa
Cambridge Analytica: Only the Tip of the Iceberg
Commentary, 27 March 2018James Sullivan and Alexander Babuta
The Cambridge Analytica revelations demonstrate the growing pressure on social media companies to restrict the use of personal data for commercial purposes.
National Security and Resilience Studies, Technology
Rolling Up Russia’s Red Money Carpet in the UK
Commentary, 26 March 2018Tom Keatinge
Two decades of laying out the welcome mat to Russian cash is haunting the British government in the wake of the assassination attempt in Salisbury.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Russia, UK, Organised Crime
In Context podcast - Episode 6: Sir Malcolm Rifkind
To Ban or to Banbury?
Have We Outsourced Our Preparations for a Hostile Attack?