Emily Ferris is a Research Fellow in the International Security Studies department at RUSI, specialising in Russia and Eurasia’s foreign... read more
Stephen Lewis
Can the alleged poisoning be considered an armed attack?
Tags: RUSI Journal, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues, UK Defence
Ryan Henrici
Ryan Henrici reviews Biosecurity in Putin’s Russia, by Raymond A Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger
Tags: RUSI Journal, Russia, Technology
Conrad Prince CB
The coordinated international action targeting hostile Russian cyber operations represents a real determination by Western governments not to leave cyber an uncontested space for Russia. But the question remains as to what steps governments can take that will actually deter Russia from continuing their hostile cyber operations.
Tags: Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Russia, Technology
Shashank Joshi
While official footage of air strikes against ISIS targets provide good optics, they are not a reliable in measuring the success of the broader military strategy against the group.
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, International Security Studies, United States, Americas, Global Strategy and Commitments, Iraq, Syria, UK, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Justin Bronk
In initiating action against ISIS in Syria, the US operation sees combat use of the F-22 stealth fighter for the first time and Gulf states deploying their air assets for power projection in the region.
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, Syria, Middle East and North Africa
The people of Scotland have opted to stay in the United Kingdom. But does it settle the question for a generation? The next few years will be spent working out a new constitutional equilibrium.
Tags: UK Defence, Europe
Margaret Gilmore
While the recent terrorist attack in Algeria shone the spotlight on threats from North Africa, this is not a new phenomenon. Terrorist threats to UK citizens at home and abroad will continue to arise from multiple sources of insecurity.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Terrorism, UK, Terrorism, Europe, Africa
David Benest
France's action in Mali has demonstrated its rapid reaction capability, and raised questions about Britain's ability to do the same.
Tags: Terrorism, RUSI Newsbrief, France, Counterinsurgency, UK, Terrorism, Europe, Africa
Hussein Solomon
Recent events in Mali and France's subsequent intervention raise questions about the roots of the conflict in a state that used to be considered an example of good governance in West Africa.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Terrorism, France, International Responses, Terrorism, Europe, Africa
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