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Next Generation Combat Aircraft: Threat Outlook and Potential Solutions
Occasional Papers, 2 November 2018Justin Bronk
This Occasional Paper examines the efforts underway in the UK, France, Germany and the US to produce new combat aircraft and systems over the next fifteen to twenty years; sheds light on some of the challenges and drivers; and suggests some potential options for force optimisation
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences
E-Commerce, Delivery Services and the Illicit Tobacco Trade
Occasional Papers, 17 October 2018Alexander Babuta, Cathy Haenlein and Alexandria Reid
This Occasional Paper explores the exploitation of the internet and delivery services in relation to illicit tobacco and tobacco products.
Tags: National Security and Resilience Studies, Organised Crime
Underwriting Proliferation: Sanctions Evasion, Proliferation Finance and the Insurance Industry
Occasional Papers, 9 July 2018Emil Dall and Tom Keatinge
This paper seeks to establish the baseline for a discussion on proliferation finance in the (re)insurance sector. The insurance industry can play a vital role in contributing to the successful implementation of international sanctions and wider counter proliferation efforts against North Korea.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United Nations, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Contractorisation of UK Defence: Developing a Defence-Wide Contractorisation Strategy and Improving Implementation
Occasional Papers, 21 June 2018Jay Edwards
This paper endeavours to develop a high-level, defence-wide contractorisation strategy and define how implementation could be improved to underpin the Whole Force Approach.
Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Management
The Personal Security of Individuals in British Public Life
Occasional Papers, 7 June 2018Alexander Babuta and Alex Krasodomski-Jones
This paper examines the personal security of individuals in British public life, with specific focus on politicians and government employees.
Tags: National Security and Resilience Studies, Information
The Home Front: The Future Accommodation Model for the UK Armed Forces: Obligations and Choices for Service Personnel and Families
Occasional Papers, 31 May 2018John Louth, Trevor Taylor, Lauren Twort and Gabriela Thompson
The accommodation options offerred to defence personnel and their families are central to Britain's defence policy.
Tags: Armed Forces, Civil–Military Relations, Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Military Personnel, UK Defence
Understanding the Factors Contributing to Radicalisation Among Central Asian Labour Migrants in Russia
Occasional Papers, 26 April 2018Mohammed S Elshimi with Raffaello Pantucci, Sarah Lain and Nadine L Salman
An in-depth study involving over 200 interviews sheds light on why some labour migrants in Russia become radicalised.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, National Security and Resilience Studies, International Security Studies, Terrorism
Known Unknowns: Plugging the UK’s Intelligence Gaps on Money Laundering Involving Professional Services Providers
Occasional Papers, 9 April 2018Helena Wood, David Artingstall, Haylea Campbell and Anton Moiseienko
This paper examinines the structural, systemic and cultural issues in the UK’s anti-money-laundering regime as it relates to information and intelligence flows to and from the non-financial sectors of legal services, accountancy service providers, property and estate agencies, and trust and company service providers.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Organised Crime
A Defence Industrial Strategy for the UK
Occasional Papers, 6 April 2018John Louth and Trevor Taylor
This paper seeks to build on the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) ‘Refreshing Defence Industrial Policy’ of December 2017 by generating eight points that would be key elements of a strategy to implement its intent.
Tags: Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management
Money Service Businesses in the UK: Improving the Conditions for Effective Financial Crime Supervision and Investigations
Occasional Papers, 11 January 2018Olivier Kraft
This paper focuses on the measures that can be taken at the UK level to strengthen the money service business (MSB) sector’s anti-money laundering oversight, and specifically to address the risk of criminally owned or complicit MSBs or agents operating unhindered in the UK.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Organised Crime
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Reflections on the First World War Centenary