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RUSI experts and associates provide analysis on the latest developments in defence, security and international affairs.
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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. |

Avoiding a Costly Deal with Moscow in Pyongyang
Commentary, 26 March 2019Darya Dolzikova
Russia is strengthening its links with North Korea in order to position itself as an indispensable interlocutor between Washington and Pyongyang. But the cost Russia could demand for regional...
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, North Korea, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
The Illusion of Simplicity: Which Virtual Currencies Businesses are Subject to Money Laundering Rules?
Commentary, 21 March 2019Anton Moiseienko and Kayla Izenman
Regulating virtual currency businesses in order to prevent money laundering is not easy. But it can be done.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Financial Crime 2.0, AML/CTF, Global Security Issues, Information, Intelligence, International Institutions
A Confident Pakistan Army Recalibrates the Country’s Regional Policies
Commentary, 18 March 2019Kamal Alam
Pakistan’s military is playing a significant role in assisting the country’s prime minister in the conduct of foreign and security policies, and usually with the objective of scaling down...
International Security Studies, Pakistan, Defence Management, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience
NATO's National Resilience Obligations
Commentary, 15 March 2019Madeleine Moon
NATO’s mutual defence guarantees are well-known. But less known is the duty which the Alliance’s member-states have to improve their national resilience.
Modern Deterrence, UK, Defence Policy, UK Defence, Europe
Despite Territorial Defeat, Islamist Terrorism Will Continue to be a Threat
Commentary, 14 March 2019Mark Rowley and Raffaello Pantucci
Daesh, Al-Qa’ida and other terrorist organisations may appear to be in current retreat. But rather than being eradicated, they have scattered. The violent extremism they have spawned has not entirely...
International Security Studies, National Security, Terrorism
Fusion Doctrine: One Year On
Commentary, 8 March 2019William McKeran
The Fusion Doctrine is steadily reshaping the UK's approach to strategy.
UK, Defence Policy, UK Defence, Europe
Securing Securities: Money Laundering in Capital Markets
Commentary, 4 March 2019Crisa Cox
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has promised action to address the UK capital markets' vulnerability to high-end money laundering. It has its work cut out for it.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
The UK and India in the Indo-Pacific
Commentary, 1 March 2019Aaditya Dave
Looking beyond the historical links between the UK and India, there are opportunities and reasons for the two to work together in the Indo-Pacific region.
International Security Studies, Civil–Military Relations, India, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Sizing Up Sanctions in the Second Trump–Kim Jong-un Summit
Commentary, 26 February 2019Emil Dall
Can the US offer enough financial incentives to North Korea in exchange for denuclearisation, without discrediting the current sanctions regime? A way around the dilemma may exist. As President...
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Ministers Meet to Discuss Middle East in Warsaw Conference Beset by Divisions in the West
Commentary, 21 February 2019Wojciech Pawlus
Poland has improved its bilateral strategic links with the US by hosting an American-inspired conference on the future of the Middle East. But the conference did nothing to improve Western coherence.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaPages

Fiona Parker on UK Nuclear Energy in the last 50 y
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Fiona Parker, Sensors and Nucleonics Controls Engineer at Rolls Royce Submarines, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference on 'The Last 50 Years of UK Nuclear Energy: Implications for Future Stability'
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Salma Shaheen on Tactical Nuclear Weapons in South
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Salma Shaheen, PhD Candidate at King's College London, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'Tactical Nuclear Weapons in South Asia: A Factor of Stability or Instability?'
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Jake Thompson on the Growth of an Indian Nuclear N
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Jake Thompson, Core Thermal Performance at Rolls-Royce Submarines spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'The Growth of an Indian Nuclear Navy'
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Ivo Daalder on the response to Syria's violence
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Ivo Daalder, the United States Ambassador to NATO, spoke to RUSI.org to about the response to the ongoing violence in Syria.
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The Prospects for NATO in Afghanistan
Multimedia, 23 August 2012The US Ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder, outlines the prospects and transition plan for NATO in Afghanistan after the Chicago Summit.
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UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond outlines refor
Multimedia, 23 August 2012UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond outlined major reforms to take place in the British Army. He spoke on 7 June 2012 at RUSI's Land Warfare Conference. Read speech here: http://www.rusi.org/events/...
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General Sir Peter Wall on Future Army 2020
Multimedia, 23 August 2012General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff, outlines plans for reform in the British Army. Read speech here: http://www.rusi.org/events/past/ref:E4F197749D21C6/info:public/infoID:E4FD5C2...
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General Raymond T Odierno on the US Army
Multimedia, 23 August 2012General Raymond T Odierno, Chief of Staff, United States Army, spoke at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference outlining the future transformation of the United States Army. Read Speech here: http://www....
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The Greece Elections and Implications for the Euro
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Dr Jonathan Eyal, Senior Research Fellow and Director of International Security Studies, RUSI, assesses the latest Greek election results and what this may mean for the European Financial Crisis....
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Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al-Yaqoubi on Syria's Blood
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Syrian scholar and theologian Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al-Yaqoubi discusses the situation in Syria and the prospects for democracy there. Shaykh al-Yaqoubi recently helped form 'The National Body'...
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Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement