UK Foreign and Security Policy
RUSI analyses today’s critical UK foreign policy issues, including the impact of Brexit, the response to Russia and China, and the Asian Pivot.
In a rapidly changing international environment, RUSI examines the important foreign policy choices that will shape the direction of UK foreign, security and defence priorities. Are its traditional alliances with the US and Europe fit for purpose? How does the government balance the (often competing) demands on foreign policy to promote prosperity, protect national security, defend human rights overseas and contribute to international poverty reduction? How far will the UK take the ‘pivot’ to the Indo-Pacific, and is there a risk that this effort could come at the expense of its role in Europe or in Africa?
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Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships
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Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Security
International Security
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Director, International Security
International Security
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The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt
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Sir David Capewell KCB OBE
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Vice Admiral Patrick Chevallereau
Distinguished Fellow
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Andrew Curtis OBE
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Eleanor Fairhurst
Associate Fellow
Lucy Fisher
Associate Fellow; Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times
Sir Simon Gass
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Ashlee Godwin
Associate Fellow
Dr H A Hellyer
Senior Associate Fellow
Henrik Heidenkamp
Associate Fellow; Head, Allied Command Operations Innovation Management, SHAPE
Isabel Hilton OBE
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Andi Hoxhaj OBE
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Vice Admiral Peter Hudson
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Professor Christopher Hughes
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Will Jessett CBE
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
Peter Jones CMG
Distinguished Fellow; Former COO and Director-General, FCDO
Dr Louise Kettle FRHistS
Associate Fellow; Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham
His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir Jerry Kyd KBE
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Peter Layton
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Tom McKane
Distinguished Fellow
Major General Mungo Melvin CB OBE MA
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Ziya Meral
Senior Associate Fellow
General Sir Gordon Messenger KCB DSO* OBE
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Andrew Monaghan
Senior Associate Fellow; Founding Director, Russia Research Network
Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
Mark Phillips
Associate Fellow
Professor Patrick Porter
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of International Security and Strategy at the University of Birmingham
Peter Quentin
Associate Fellow
The Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG KC
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Michael Shurkin
Associate Fellow
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Dr Maryna Vorotnyuk
Associate Fellow
Dr Alex Walmsley FRAeS
Associate Fellow; Managing Director, GEL Laboratories UK Ltd; Non-exec Director, CMS Strategic