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Justin Bronk
Justin Bronk reviews Modern Chinese Warplanes: Chinese Air Force – Combat Aircraft and Units, by Andreas Rupprecht.
Tags: Aerospace, China, RUSI Journal, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, Pacific
Tom Keatinge, Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
Efforts to prevent fundraising for extremist organisations tend to overlook the characteristics of right-wing movements.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI Journal, UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Tackling Extremism, UK, Domestic Security, Terrorism, Europe
Joel Faulkner Rogers
A new survey of the British public shows both profound reverence and some striking ignorance towards Britain’s involvement in the Second World War.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, UK, History
Helena Wood
The launch of the first annual report of the UK’s Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision signals a bold step forward for UK anti-money laundering supervision, but many questions about the wider government supervision strategy remain unanswered.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Madeleine Moon
NATO’s mutual defence guarantees are well-known. But less known is the duty which the Alliance’s member-states have to improve their national resilience.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
William McKeran
The Fusion Doctrine is steadily reshaping the UK's approach to strategy.
Tags: Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
Jack Watling and Adam Maisel
Adversaries currently outmatch the British Army in information warfare. While it is encouraging that officers with a background in combat arms are calling for the development of this capability however, it is important not to expect too much.
Tags: Military Sciences, Information, Martial Power Programme
Elisabeth Braw
To counter disinformation campaigns, liberal democracies should focus on second-strike capabilities.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, RUSI Newsbrief, Military Sciences, Domestic Security, National Security, Technology
Alexandra Stickings
50 years on from the first lunar landing, the Moon is once again taking centre stage in international space ambitions. Yet, within a more democratised and complex space environment, and with Mars and other celestial bodies seen as additional exploratory targets, talk of a new ‘space race’ may be misplaced.
Tags: Aerospace, RUSI Newsbrief, Military Sciences
RUSI's Senior Research Fellow on Air Power and Technology, Elizabeth Quintana, examines the UK's latest decision to extend Tornado strikes in Iraq. The jets - due to be disbanded last March - are to...
Aerospace
With Saudi Arabia launching air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, RUSI Research Fellow Michael Stephens assesses the implications for the region.
Aerospace, Global Security Issues
RUSI analysts look ahead at the issues affecting defence and security in 2015.
Aerospace, Global Security Issues, Intelligence, Organised Crime, Terrorism, UK Defence
This roundtable will discuss the recent U.S. announcement to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and implications this may have for the future of deterrence and arms...
Tags: UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
The conference, the first of its kind, featured senior executives and government officials in charge of total defence and civil protection. It aimed to identify practical steps that can be taken to...
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, Defence Policy
RUSI and The Atlantic Council together with the British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce are holding a one-day conference in London to look at current developments in Ukraine, and their implications for...
Tags: RUSI International, Ukraine, UK, Global Security Issues
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran
Dr Karin von Hippel on the State Visit of President Trump