You are here
Mafia State: The Evolving Threat of North Korean Narcotics Trafficking
Peng Wang and Stephan BlanckeRUSI Journal, 4 November 2014
Asia, Organised Crime, North Korea, Global Security Issues, Organised Crime, Pacific
Continue Reading
Become A Member
To access the full text of this article and many other benefits, become a RUSI member.
Support Rusi Research
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Related
An Unlikely Partnership in Trouble: Serbia and Azerbaijan
Commentary, 19 August 2020Vuk Vuksanovic
A murky story linking the Balkans to the Caucasus comes to light. Or does it?
Tags: Global Security Issues
Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity
Commentary, 2 July 2020Andrei Kelin
Over the last few months RUSI has been covering the Open Skies Treaty debate from a variety of angles:'Strengthening Arms Control Through Multilateralism, and Multilateralism Through Arms Control' by Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.'The Open Skies Treaty and Prospects for European Confidence-Building Measures' by Sarah Martin and Nick Reynolds.Today,...
Tags: United States, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
The United Nations Charter: 75 Years On
Commentary, 1 July 2020Peter 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, EuropePages
Challenges to Gender Equality in the Security Sector
Commentary, 9 April 2020Jessica White
Recognition of International Women’s Day has been growing in recent years, with more using the day to highlight obstacles remaining to gender equality. Still, arguments linger over the best ways to increase women’s meaningful participation in the peace and security sectors.
Tags: Terrorism and Conflict, Security Policy, UK, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, National Security, UK Defence
Diversion, Diagnoses and Delays: Why Russia Seeks to Control the Coronavirus Narrative
Commentary, 8 April 2020Emily Ferris
For Russia, control of the coronavirus narrative is designed to ensure President Vladimir Putin continues to be cast as the guarantor of security, as well as to prevent mass panic that could lead to political destabilisation.
Tags: International Security Studies, Coronavirus, Russia, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues
Russia’s Strategy in Libya
Commentary, 7 April 2020Samuel Ramani
The world’s attention may be focused on the coronavirus pandemic. But Russia continues its complicated game in Libya.
Tags: Turkey, Russia, Libya, Global Security Issues, Peacekeeping and PeacebuildingPages
The Gathering Storm: As the Baltic States Prepare to Disconnect from the Russian Power Grid, the Kremlin is Ready to ‘Help’
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 August 2019Justinas Juozaitis
With the Baltic states on-track to become independent from centralised Russian control over their power networks, the Kremlin has demonstrated an alarming potential to disconnect them from its power grid before they are ready to join the continental European network.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Global Security Issues
‘Rasputitsa’: Why Railways and Roads are Russia’s Achilles’ Heel
RUSI Newsbrief, 26 July 2019Emily Ferris
Ageing railways, poor-quality roads and an inadequate response by the authorities to calls for basic services are the weak underbelly of the Russian infrastructure system.
Tags: International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues
Beyond Passportisation in Eastern Ukraine: President Zelenskiy is Put to the Test
RUSI Newsbrief, 11 July 2019Sébastien Gobert
How newly-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy responds to Moscow’s provision of Russian passports to residents in occupied Donbas will not only set the tone for his administration’s foreign policy, but could seriously unsettle Putin’s project of consolidating a sphere of influence in the post-Soviet region.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Ukraine, Russia, Global Security IssuesPages
European Crisis Management in the Asia-Pacific
Conference, 22 March 2017This conference examined European indecision toward Chinese behaviours and identified potential triggers for European defence and security activity in the Asia–Pacific region.
Tags: China, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues, Pacific
Jane Marriott on Global Best Practice in International Counterterrorism
Events, 20 March 2017A lecture by Jane Marriott OBE, Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit, Home Office / FCO.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, UK, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
Professor Liu Ming on Security Challenges of the Korean Peninsula
Events, 20 March 2017Professor Liu Ming will examine what precisely North Korea’s objectives are for its nuclear programme and the options available to the Trump Administration in response.
Tags: International Security Studies, North Korea
International Women’s Day: The Tasks Ahead
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism