

Dr Jack Watling is Research Fellow for Land Warfare. Jack has recently conducted studies of deterrence against Russia, force... read more
Peter Roberts
NATO’s Secretary General recently outlined an inspiring vision of a revamped Alliance by the end of the decade – it will not be easy to achieve.
Tags: Military Sciences, Security and Defence in Northern Europe Research Programme, UK Integrated Review 2021, NATONick Reynolds
This Occasional Paper analyses the contemporary information domain and its consequences for the British Army.
Tags: Cyber, Military Sciences, Occasional Papers, UK, Information, Technology, UK DefenceJack Watling
If Defence is to appropriately weight cyber operations then there are some dangerous myths about the practicalities of cyber warfare that need to be confronted.
Tags: Cyber, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, UK, Technology, UK Defence, EuropePeter Roberts
A recent command transformation announced in the UK may have drawn inspiration from an unlikely source: China.
Tags: Armed Forces, Military Sciences, UK Defence Policy, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Defence Management, Domestic Security, Securing Britain, Land Forces, Military Personnel, National Security, UK DefenceJack Watling
The current debate about Britain’s shrinking numbers of main battle tanks obscures the need for a much deeper discussion about the country’s strategic choices.
Tags: Armed Forces, Military Sciences, UK Integrated Review 2021, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, UK Defence, EuropeSébastien Gobert
Ukraine’s decision to impose martial law in parts of its territory in the wake of the latest Russian military provocation is not helpful and does not answer Ukraine’s strategic weaknesses.
Tags: Martial Power Programme, Military Sciences, Civil–Military Relations, Ukraine, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Law and Ethics, Military Personnel, National SecurityValur Ingimundarson
Increased Russian naval activities in the North Atlantic have refocused Western military attention on Iceland’s geostrategic importance. But even if the US has resumed irregular Cold War-style maritime and anti-submarine patrols from Iceland, there are no plans to reopen the American military base on the island.
Tags: Aerospace, International Security Studies, Military Sciences, NATO, RUSI Newsbrief, Security Policy, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, EuropeJustin Bronk
The new £2 billion Tempest programme aims to both keep the UK in the combat aircraft business and secure for it a place in the next major European fighter project. Initial mock-ups unveiled with the announcement give some clues about design priorities, but funding the project long term may be challenging
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Martial Power Programme, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence SystemsAdam Coffey
Finding, striking, jamming, blocking, sustaining, and generally being disruptive, are all now realistic outputs from UAS. Given these multiple potential and proven uses for UAS even by non-state actors, the military conversation has very much moved on to how to counter them.
Tags: Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Technology
Iran in the South Caucasus: Adjustment and Evolution
Rose Roth, language and youth
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club