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Whitehall Reports
Policy-focused assessments of various issues and challenges faced by security professionals in conflict and post-conflict environments, the defence industry and policy-making bodies
A House Without Foundations: The North Korea Sanctions Regime and its Implementation
Whitehall Reports, 9 June 2017Andrea Berger
This report identifies the challenges of implementing sanctions on North Korea.
Tags: United Nations, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, International Institutions
On Tap Europe: Organised Crime and Illicit Trade in Tobacco, Alcohol and Pharmaceuticals
Whitehall Reports, 23 March 2017Clare Ellis
This is the final report in a series of papers on the role of organised crime groups in the illicit trade of tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals across Europe.
Tags: National Security and Resilience Studies, European Union, Organised Crime
Disrupting Human Trafficking: The Role of Financial Institutions
Whitehall Reports, 14 March 2017Tom Keatinge and Anne-Marie Barry
This report looks at the growing menace that human trafficking poses worldwide and the crucial role that global financial institutions have in tackling it.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Organised Crime
If War Comes Tomorrow: How Russia Prepares for Possible Armed Aggression
Whitehall Reports, 5 August 2016Julian Cooper
This report analyses the economic dimension of Russia's system of mobilisation, detailing the extensive preparations that Moscow has made for war
Tags: Defence Spending, Defence Management, Defence Policy
Out of Sight, Out of Mind? A Review of Efforts to Counter Proliferation Finance
Whitehall Reports, 20 June 2016Emil Dall, Andrea Berger and Tom Keatinge
Greater collaboration between the public and private sectors is needed to tackle the problem of proliferation finance. Enhanced information sharing and the development of specific expertise will greatly improve the effectiveness of programmes aimed at tackling this key global issue.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Countering Violent Extremism and Risk Reduction: A Guide to Programme Design and Evaluation
Whitehall Reports, 8 June 2016James Khalil and Martine Zeuthen
This report provides guidance to policy-makers and implementers of countering violent extremism and risk reduction programmes.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, National Security and Resilience Studies
Maximum Value from the F-35: Harnessing Transformational Fifth-Generation Capabilities for the UK Military
Whitehall Reports, 23 February 2016Justin Bronk
Investment in cross-platform capabilities would allow the British military to enjoy the full gamut of the radical new capabilities offered by the F-35
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces
Destination 2018: Towards the FATF Evaluation of the UK
Whitehall Reports, 1 December 2015Helena Wood
The UK could face some major obstacles proving its compliance with the global regime on anti money laundering and countering terrorist finance in the next round of international evaluation
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Global Security Issues
Partners for Global Security: New Directions for the UK-Japan Defence and Security Relationship
Whitehall Reports, 11 August 2015Edited by Jonathan Eyal, Michito Tsuruoka, Edward Schwarck
There are opportunities for policy-makers in both London and Tokyo to strengthen the Japan–UK relationship
Tags: International Security Studies, Defence Policy
A Democratic Licence to Operate: Report of the Independent Surveillance Review
Whitehall Reports, 13 July 2015Panel of the Independent Surveillance Review
As national security and public safety compete with the realities of digital society, the Independent Surveillance Review suggests a new licence to operate for the security and law-enforcement services
Tags: National Security and Resilience Studies, Intelligence, Law and Ethics
Online Radicalisation: The need for an Offline Response
Iraqi Kurds: A Referendum Which May Make History
Sweden’s Choice: NATO or the Nuclear Ban?