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The 2019 UK PONI Papers
20 December 2019
Book Review: The Messenger
18 December 2019
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Membership

RUSI members have access to the very best defence and security analysis and are introduced to a network of peers, specialists and decision-makers.

Corporate

RUSI’s Corporate Membership packages are open to all organisations concerned with defence and security matters, and can be tailored to meet the business interests of both public and private sectors.

Corporate

Top Tier Partnership

This is the elite tier of RUSI membership. Members at this level receive full access to the Institute’s high-level networks and research teams.

Top Tier Partnership

Individual

Individual members have access to premium analysis and events, and the opportunity to engage with RUSI's network of experts, policymakers and practitioners.

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In the News

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Luanda Leaks

“Any professional services firm needs to think very hard about the reputational risk of accepting both forms of business from the same customer,” said Tom Keatinge, director of...

Tom Keatinge

The Guardian
23 January 2020

The Luanda Leaks

"While the winners enjoy the luxuries of living in London, partying in Mediterranean resorts and winter sun aboard multimillion-dollar yachts, the losers’ lives are blighted by...

Tom Keatinge

The Guardian
23 January 2020

Disinformation

Social media is becoming the most important way for political campaigns to reach out to potential voters, and online misinformation campaigns use coordinated inauthentic activity...

Tom Ascott

Strife
22 January 2020

The Luanda Leaks

"The idea that the daughter of the President of Angola should benefit from the profits of the state oil company is clearly distasteful. Did sh get access to buying that company...

Tom Keatinge

BBC Panorama
20 January 2020

Publications

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Modern Russian and Chinese Integrated Air Defence Systems: The Nature of the Threat, Growth Trajectory and Western Options

Occasional Papers

The 2019 UK PONI Papers

Conference Reports

An Outline for UK–China Cooperation on Afghanistan

Conference Reports

The Future of NATO Airpower: How are Future Capability Plans Within the Alliance Diverging and How Can Interoperability be Maintained?

Whitehall Papers

Latest News

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2019 Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize

17 January 2020

Soleimani Assassination – RUSI Experts Offer Initial Analysis

3 January 2020

Looking Ahead for 2020

1 January 2020

NATO Needs 'Frank Conversations' at Leaders Meeting

4 December 2019

Trending Themes

Defence Policy

Taiwan Elections: Reactions to the DPP’s Win 15 January 2020
The Death of Soleimani Brings Uncertainty, Violence and Opportunity 3 January 2020

Organised Crime

Getting the Economic Crime Plan Done: Why Economic Crime Matters for Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ 13 January 2020
Securing the Integrity of the EU’s Financial System is Overdue – Why is Progress so Slow? 26 November 2019

Cyber

The EU Assesses Cyber Security and 5G Networks 25 October 2019
There's More to Cyber Than Huawei 24 June 2019

Global Security Issues

Destruction of Ukrainian Jet in Iranian Airspace: An Avoidable Crisis Morphing into an Avoidable Tragedy 10 January 2020
Iran’s First Response to Soleimani’s Death, and Tehran’s Future Moves 8 January 2020