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Episode 10: State Threats – Same Old Same Old, or Something Different?

Tom Keatinge and Matthew Redhead
17 January 2025clock41 Minute Listen

Talk of state threats, hostile states and hybrid warfare has notably increased. But how do these threats differ from those faced in the past?

CFS Director Tom Keatinge is joined by Matthew Redhead, Senior Associate Fellow at CFS, to discuss his new Serious Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) research programme paper, ‘Old Wine, New Bottles: The Challenge of State Threats’, and to explore this increasingly prevalent phenomenon.

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Old Wine, New Bottles? The Challenge of State Threats

The paper examines the scale, scope and significance of the contemporary state threats landscape and considers future trends, highlighting how states are diversifying, decentralising and experimenting in their secret statecraft.

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Tom Keatinge

Director, CFS

Centre for Finance and Security

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Matthew Redhead

Senior Associate Fellow; Financial crime consultant and researcher

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