State Threats

Our work on state threats aims to support the UK and its partners in detecting, understanding attributing and responding to the spectrum of complex state threats currently facing democracies.




RUSI continues its multi-disciplinary work on State Threats by regularly convening experts and government policy-makers to help seek solutions to the rising threat posed by non-military state-based threats.

Our research in this area examines examines the weaponisation of finance as a tool of international statecraft and considers the financial dimension of state threats including the role of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC in international security, and the politicisation and weaponisation of the financial system.

Projects
RUSI State Threats Taskforce (STT)

RUSI’s State Threats Taskforce (STT) aims to support the UK and its partners in detecting, understanding, attributing and responding to the spectrum of complex state threats currently facing democracies.

News and comment


  • Reviewer of State Threats Legislation tells RUSI: “Beware the Foreign Hand

    Reviewer of State Threats Legislation tells RUSI: “Beware the Foreign Hand

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  • RUSI State Threats Taskforce (STT) Assesses UK Response Options to the Current Threat Landscape

    RUSI State Threats Taskforce (STT) Assesses UK Response Options to the Curren...

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  • State Threats Taskforce Briefing with Canadian Deputy Minister of Public Safety

    State Threats Taskforce Briefing with Canadian Deputy Minister of Public Safety

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