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Peter Marshall
The UN Charter is no run-of-the-mill affair. It is a universal covenant, born of untold suffering and sorrow. As the only veteran of the Second World War still in active diplomatic circulation, Sir Peter Marshall reflects on the UN’s founding document, and its enduring relevance.
Tags: United Nations, UK, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe
Peter Ricketts
As a new national security adviser is appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the UK’s first NSA reflects on the duties and burdens of the job.
Tags: UK, National Security
Ben Wan Beng Ho
A new long-range land-attack capability could be valuable for the Royal Navy.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Policy, UK, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, Europe
Ewan Lawson
The UK is a leading contributor to UN peacekeeping operations. It should continue to be so, while promoting a wider reform agenda of the organisation.
Tags: United Nations, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Nick Reynolds and Sidharth Kaushal
Chinese military incursions at the border with India may signify Beijing’s desire for a permanent shift in the military status quo between the two powers.
Tags: Japan, India, Military Sciences
Sir Bernard Jenkin
If the UK ever did enjoy a ‘golden age’ with China, it is emphatically over now. The escalating anxiety about Western dependency on Huawei was in some ways but a harbinger of the present crisis.
Tags: China, UK
Shashi Jayakumar and Raffaello Pantucci
The UK is currently going through a process of re-evaluating and rethinking some of its key approaches to managing terrorism offenders. Looking at Singapore’s model would be a good start for policymakers.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism and Conflict, UK, Terrorism
Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling
Massed Turkish drone and artillery strikes against Syrian tanks and armoured vehicles have major implications for the viability of traditional armoured manoeuvre warfare on the modern battlefield
Tags: Turkey, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Syria, Martial Power Programme
William F Owen
The British Army must re-examine its use of heavy armour.
Tags: Armed Forces, RUSI Newsbrief, Equipment and Acquisitions, UK, UK Defence
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
The Threat From Far-Right Extremist Violence is Rising – How Can P/CVE Education Activities Be Part of the Strategy to Counter it?
China in Africa’s Looking Glass: Perceptions and Realities
Australia’s Defence Strategic Update: It’s All About China