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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
No Rest for the Wicked: Driving Change in the UK’s Post-FATF Evaluation AML Regime
Whitehall Reports, 19 February 2019Tom Keatinge, Anton Moiseienko, Florence Keen, David Artingstall, and Helena Wood
This report considers how the UK AML regime should develop after the conclusion of the 2018 Financial Action Task Force Mutual Evaluation of the UK, to drive forward an approach that genuinely protects the UK’s financial integrity in practice (rather than in theory).
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
Deradicalisation and Disengagement in Somalia: Evidence from a Rehabilitation Programme for Former Members of Al-Shabaab
Whitehall Reports, 4 January 2019James Khalil, Rory Brown, Chris Chant, Peter Olowo and Nick Wood
This report examines efforts in Somalia to disengage and deradicalise former members of Al-Shabaab through the Serendi rehabilitation centre. This programme is designed to weaken the group's influence by providing an attractive alternative. The report analyses the programme's effectiveness and makes a case for exploring similar initiatives in other comparable environments.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, International Responses, Terrorism
Machine Learning Algorithms and Police Decision-Making: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Challenges
Whitehall Reports, 21 September 2018Alexander Babuta, Marion Oswald and Christine Rinik
This report seeks to critically assess the use of machine learning algorithms for policing, and provide practical recommendations designed to contribute to the fast-moving debate over policy and governance in this area.
Tags: National Security Studies, Domestic Security, Information, Technology
Mind the Gap: Comparing Foreign Policy Attitudes of Security Elites and the General Public
Whitehall Reports, 26 February 2018Catarina P Thomson
This report offers insights into the differences and commonalities that exist between security elites and the general public, identifying what issues each group considers to be critical threats to the UK.
Tags: Global Strategy and Commitments, Security Policy, National Security, UK Defence
Decision Time: The National Security Capability Review 2017–2018 and Defence
Whitehall Reports, 6 February 2018Malcolm Chalmers
This report looks at the implications of the UK government's decision to take the defence elements out of the National Security Capability Review, which has been underway since July 2017. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has made clear that his 'hope' is that the 'Modernising Defence Programme’ (MDP) will be published before the House of Commons rises for the summer recess in July 2018.
Tags: Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions
Preparing for War in Korea
Whitehall Reports, 27 September 2017Malcolm Chalmers
This report looks at how a war in the Korean Peninsula could start and what might happen should it break out.
Tags: US Defence Policy, Defence Policy
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 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
WhatsApp Hack Calls into Question Government Use of Commercial Spyware
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran