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Jeremy Black
Responsibility for strategy has long been a source of tension between politicians and the military.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Brexit Briefings, UK
Helena Wood and Isabella Chase
The government’s first-ever comprehensive Economic Crime Plan is a step in the right direction, but requires adequate funding.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Law and Ethics, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime
Jack Watling
Iran is dominating the escalation cycle, but the risk of miscalculation is high.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iran, Military Sciences, Sanctions, Global Security Issues
Conrad Prince
Debate continues as to how governments should manage the presence of Chinese technology in 5G telecommunications networks. But the argument risks obscuring the critical question of how states such as the UK will best achieve the cyber security they need.
Tags: China, Cyber, United States, Cyber Security, UK, Domestic Security, Intelligence, Law and Ethics, Technology
Veerle Nouwens
This year’s Annual Shangri-La Dialogue set the stage for confrontation between China and the US. The now former US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan launched Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, while China upped its participation by being represented at ministerial level for the first time since 2011. The message of both protagonists was clear – neither the US nor China is backing...
Tags: China, European Union, International Security Studies, France, UK, Asia, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces, Europe, Pacific
Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
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
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
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
Elizabeth Quintana, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI, assesses calls made by human rights groups to ban the use of autonomous weapons systems.
Aerospace, Technology
Professor Trevor Taylor, head of RUSI's Defence, Industries and Societies Programme gives an analysts' perspective of the Farnborough International Airshow and the technology show cased there.
Aerospace, Technology
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
This year’s Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture was delivered by Air Marshal Edward Stringer CB CBE MA BEng RAF, Director General Joint Force Development and Defence Academy, UK Ministry of Defence.
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, UK
A briefing ahead of the Modernising Defence Programme's publication, offering a parliamentarian's perspective on what is needed for UK defence and how to go about achieving it.
Tags: Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence
Saudi Arabia Under Attack
Episode 1: The Suspicious Transaction Report
An Ambassador for Countering Hybrid Threats