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Articles, analysis and events on the United States from the Royal United Services Institute.
What Are the Challenges to Global Security?
In The News, 6 August 2017
Tags: United States, UK, Global Security Issues
US, Europe and Sanctions Against Russia: A Parting of the Ways?
Commentary, 3 August 2017
Tom Keatinge
Criticism in Brussels of new US sanctions, which come into effect today, shines a light on the weakness of the EU’s response to Russia.
Tags: United States, Americas, Russia, Sanctions, Europe
" Joshi believes that the former would not work — "why would more troops make a difference now when over 100,000 did not during the Obama surge?" — and that the latter may be closer to the president's heart. Withdrawal is "clearly the president's instinct," he said. "He clearly wants to wash his hands" of the war. The most [American generals] will be able to offer is to stop the bleeding, and that might not be enough for Trump," Joshi added. "He likes winning." "
Trump Is Probably Right — The U.S. Is Losing in Afghanistan War
In The News, 3 August 2017 Tags: United States, Afghanistan, Global Security Issues
"“The political environment is very tough,” said Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. Rouhani will likely continue to lead “Iran toward remaining compliant to its commitments and doing everything in his power to avoid provocations and an escalation of tensions with the U.S,” she said. "
Rouhani Starts Second Term With Trump's Shadow Hanging Over Tehran
In The News, 2 August 2017 Tags: United States, Iran, International Security Studies
"This is a significant moment, in as much as it is an acknowledgement that President Trump cannot be the pro-Russian dealmaker many expected – in the short-term at least. The “deal making” on offer from Mr Trump had raised bipartisan fears that he would soften or lift sanctions in a bid to restore relations with Russia – at the expense of undermining policy on Ukraine. "
America's push for tougher sanctions could crack Western unity on Russia
In The News, 31 July 2017 Tags: United States, AML/CTF, International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security Issues, Law and Ethics
"Trump is of course highly useful for Russia. But the idea that the Kremlin had a concrete plan and knew it could manipulate Trump the minute he was in power has been exaggerated and credits Putin with more power and influence than maybe even he believes in. "
Putin is not the master of control many think he is
In The News, 21 July 2017 Tags: United States, International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security IssuesPages
""This was not intended to be a strategic message against the Assad regime. This would have been a very specific intelligence on targets they were trying to hit - the individuals in the vehicles.""
ANALYSIS: US strike on pro-Assad forces a red line, or a red herring?
In The News, 19 May 2017 Tags: Aerospace, United States, Military Sciences, Syria, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
"“It’s still unclear what the fallout will be, but the whole situation is deeply worrying,” said Karin von Hippel, director-general of the UK’s Royal United Services Institute and former chief of staff to the US counter-Isis mission. [US intelligence] relationships are vital. Our allies often have better information than we do. Managing and preserving these tangled and quite complicated channels is critical to understanding the threats facing the US.” "
Trump’s disclosures to Russians spook US allies
In The News, 16 May 2017 Tags: United States, Intelligence
"On the one hand, allies will be hugely nervous, certainly on a political level, that information they pass to the Trump administration might be subject to compromise outside the original agreements that previously existed,” said Peter Roberts, director of Military Sciences at Britain’s Royal United Services Institute, who has extensive intelligence experience from his career as a warfare officer in the Royal Navy. But Roberts said he believed that the U.S.’ intelligence partners would continue to share information, and that Trump’s disclosure was unlikely to have jeopardized the safety of a human source who may have divulged the existence of the laptop plot. "
Trump's Russia leak is “a complete nightmare,” intel experts say
In The News, 16 May 2017 Tags: United States, Military Sciences, Intelligence, Terrorism
""Politicians have a reputation of indiscretion and the most sensitive elements of intelligence, the source and the original message, are usually masked well before they get to that level.""
Like the political leaders before him, Donald Trump has the right to share intelligence
In The News, 16 May 2017 Tags: United States, Military Sciences, Intelligence
"“They would have probably gone on a molehunt already,” says Pantucci. “What you’ll do is you might shift your attention. So you might say ‘okay, it’s going to be impossible to get on a flight the U.S. or the U.K., let’s try and get a device through an airport somewhere else’ and try to see if that can get into the airspace that they want to try to target.” The revelations, therefore, have a potentially dangerous consequence: increasing the threat to the lives of civilians traveling by air from the Middle East."
What We Know About The ISIS Plot At the Center of Trump’s Russia Gaffe
In The News, 16 May 2017 Tags: United States, International Security Studies, Technology, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
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