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Senior Research Fellow, Modern Deterrence Project
Elisabeth Braw directs RUSI's Modern Deterrence project, which focuses on how governments, business and civil society can work together... read more
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Modern Deterrence Autumn Conference
Conference Reports, 9 December 2019Oliver Major
A report of the Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 conference organised by RUSI's Modern Deterrence project in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Conference Reports, Military Sciences, National Security
From Schools to Total Defence Exercises: Best Practices in Greyzone Deterrence
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 November 2019Elisabeth Braw
How NATO member states can develop societal resilience to combat modern threats.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, NATO, RUSI Newsbrief, Resilience
Competitive National Service: How the Scandinavian Model Can Be Adapted by the UK
Occasional Papers, 23 October 2019Elisabeth Braw
This Occasional Paper examines the Scandinavian model of national service and discusses how it can be adapted by the UK to fit its national security needs and acquaint a wider segment of youth with service within national security
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Modern Deterrence, Occasional Papers, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Military Personnel, UK DefencePages
Partnerships are at the Core of Modern Deterrence
Commentary, 15 October 2019Giedrimas Jeglinskas
How does a state achieve effective deterrence? Lithuania provides an example.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, NATO, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Land Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Europe
Acting Together: Making Effective Use of Multilateral Deterrence Measures
Commentary, 23 September 2019Tom Burge
Deterrence has become more complicated; a diplomat reflects on the challenges.
Tags: Modern Deterrence
An Ambassador for Countering Hybrid Threats
Commentary, 6 September 2019Fredrik Löjdquist
A Swedish ambassador assesses his challenges and responsibilities in fulfilling a trailblazing role for his country.
Tags: Modern DeterrencePages
From Schools to Total Defence Exercises: Best Practices in Greyzone Deterrence
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 November 2019Elisabeth Braw
How NATO member states can develop societal resilience to combat modern threats.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, NATO, RUSI Newsbrief, Resilience
Get Yourself Stress Tested
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 August 2019Elisabeth Braw
Ordinary citizens in Western countries are under-prepared to deal with extended disruptions to power or the internet. To strengthen resilience to greyzone attacks, societies should start stress testing themselves.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, RUSI Newsbrief
The Gathering Storm: As the Baltic States Prepare to Disconnect from the Russian Power Grid, the Kremlin is Ready to ‘Help’
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 August 2019Justinas Juozaitis
With the Baltic states on-track to become independent from centralised Russian control over their power networks, the Kremlin has demonstrated an alarming potential to disconnect them from its power grid before they are ready to join the continental European network.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Global Security IssuesPages
Tech innovation: the potential for startup-government collaboration
Events, 10 December 2019General Sir Gordon Messenger and Surevine founder and CEO Stuart Murdoch in conversation with Clifford Chance counsel Josh Fitzhugh.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences
Tech as a Virtue: Ethical Technology as a Source of Societal Strength
Events, 20 November 2019PUBLIC co-founder and CEO Daniel Korski, in conversation with Jonathan Kewley, Senior Partner and Tech Group Co-Head, Clifford Chance.
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Modern Deterrence Conference Autumn 2019
Conference, 13 November 2019Modern Deterrence: Defence and Offence
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