They are using the openess of gloabalisation to take advantage of our open societies and commercial opportunitites. But also maybe to gain knowledge and access that we don't want them to gain. That is the concern with Huawei, we don't really know what they and the Chinese government are up to. [From 21:18]
Elisabeth Braw is a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on deterrence against emerging forms... read more
Peter Roberts
With the arrival of each new US president, the incumbent UK prime minster hopes to revitalise the UK–US ‘special relationship’ in defence and security. It has largely been missing in action since the heady days of the Reagan–Thatcher relationship.
Tags: United States, UK
Julian King and John Scarlett
The agreement governing future relations between the UK and the EU has addressed only some of the serious questions about future security cooperation. Many challenges lie ahead, and goodwill, as well as attention to detail will be required by both sides.
Tags: Brexit, UK, National Security, Europe
H I Sutton
China’s apparent efforts to survey within other country’s territorial waters may go unchallenged.
Tags: China, Intelligence
H I Sutton
China’s apparent efforts to survey within other country’s territorial waters may go unchallenged.
Tags: China, Intelligence
David Hutt
Having failed to beat the EU to the Indo-Pacific, and with US–EU relations less than ideal ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration this month, the UK could carve out a niche in Asia by aligning with US policy.
Tags: United States, UK
Joyce Anelay
The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, which I chair, has just published its report, ‘The UK and Afghanistan’. Here are its main findings.
Tags: Afghanistan, UK
Jack Watling
Three decades of low-intensity warfare has led to the development of numerous exquisite platforms, bristling with capability, but their cost makes them scarce, and consequently vulnerable. Generating mass and resilience requires federating capabilities.
Tags: Land Operations, Martial Power Programme, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems
Jill S Russell and Pablo de Orellana
Greater Manchester Police's communications strategy is an example of how to respond in the aftermath of an attack.
Tags: RUSI Journal, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, UK, Emergency Response, Terrorism
Justin Bronk
Justin Bronk reviews Fighters in the Blood: The Story of a Spitfire Pilot and the Son Who Followed in His Footsteps, by Air Marshal ‘Black’ Robertson.
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, RUSI Journal, UK, History
At this event chaired by Sir Michael Fallon, NATO Assistant Secretary-General Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Isar Aerospace Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Metzler and Dr Staffan Truvé, Co-Founder and CTO, Recorded...
Tags: Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence
As part of RUSI’s Building Stronger Societies webinar series, Craig Fugate, former Administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Elisabeth Braw, Senior Research Fellow in...
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Online payments are accelerating, not least as a result of coronavirus-related lifestyle changes.
Tags: Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence
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