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Integrated Review: The UK’s Approach to India
Commentary, 5 May 2020
Aaditya Dave
As the UK charts a new foreign policy following its exit from the EU, strengthening relations with India is likely to be a key objective.
Tags: India, International Security Studies, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, History, Law and Ethics, Central and South Asia
Data-Driven Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Privacy Implications
Commentary, 2 April 2020
Sneha Dawda and Rebecca Lucas
Many states are using data in innovative ways to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. From track and trace capabilities to the use of telecommunications data for quarantine enforcement, we highlight some of these data-driven national responses and discuss potential implications.
Tags: Coronavirus, Cyber, Cyber Security, Information, Law and Ethics, Technology, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Coronavirus Preparedness: Lessons Yet to be Learnt
Commentary, 3 March 2020
Elisabeth Braw
Liberal democracies remain vulnerable to mass epidemics, despite the prevalence of time-tested methods to improve national resilience capabilities.
Tags: Coronavirus, United States, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, Europe, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Gender Stereotyped or Gender Responsive?: Hidden Threats and Missed Opportunities to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism in Indonesia and Bangladesh
RUSI Journal, 25 September 2019
Eleanor Gordon and Jacqui True
Sophisticated gender-sensitive policies, which avoid stereotyping, are needed.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, Central and South Asia
Book Review: Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919–33
RUSI Journal, 25 September 2019
Michele L Louro
Michele L Louro reviews Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919–33, edited by Urs Matthias Zachmann.
Tags: France, Central and South Asia
Transnational Lessons from Terrorist Use of Social Media in South Asia
Other Publications, 13 August 2019
Aaditya Dave
This paper looks at how social media platforms have been instrumentalised for a variety of purposes by terrorist organisations in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and how the governments of those countries have tackled the issue
Tags: Cyber, International Security Studies, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Terrorism, Central and South AsiaPages
Integrated Review: The UK’s Approach to India
Commentary, 5 May 2020Aaditya Dave
As the UK charts a new foreign policy following its exit from the EU, strengthening relations with India is likely to be a key objective.
India, International Security Studies, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, History, Law and Ethics, Central and South Asia
Data-Driven Responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Privacy Implications
Commentary, 2 April 2020Sneha Dawda and Rebecca Lucas
Many states are using data in innovative ways to tackle the spread of the coronavirus. From track and trace capabilities to the use of telecommunications data for quarantine enforcement, we highlight some of these data-driven national responses and discuss potential implications.
Coronavirus, Cyber, Cyber Security, Information, Law and Ethics, Technology, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Coronavirus Preparedness: Lessons Yet to be Learnt
Commentary, 3 March 2020Elisabeth Braw
Liberal democracies remain vulnerable to mass epidemics, despite the prevalence of time-tested methods to improve national resilience capabilities.
Coronavirus, United States, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, Europe, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
India Tightens Control Over Jammu and Kashmir
Commentary, 9 August 2019Aaditya Dave
A move to extinguish the territory’s autonomy may play well with voters in India but is unlikely to improve regional security.
India, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Law and Ethics, Asia, Central and South Asia
India and Russia: Ties that Bind
Commentary, 12 November 2018Aaditya Dave
Ties between India and Russia may not be strengthening quite so fast as both sides diversify their partners, but history and strategic considerations still bind the two powers.
India, International Security Studies, Russia, Defence Policy, Europe, Central and South AsiaPages
Imran Khan's Pakistan
Multimedia, 27 July 2018Raffaello Pantucci and Kamal Alam talk about the recent election victory by Imran Khan in Pakistan.
Tags: Pakistan, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
Terror in Kabul
Multimedia, 30 January 2018Aaditya Dave, Research Analyst at RUSI, talks terror in Afghanistan in the wake of the recent attacks.
Tags: Afghanistan, International Security Studies, Terrorism, Central and South Asia
President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Multimedia, 22 August 2017RUSI Senior Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham examines the new US strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by President Trump on 21 August 2017.
Tags: Pakistan, US Defence Policy, Afghanistan, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Land Operations, Central and South Asia
Gender Stereotyped or Gender Responsive?: Hidden Threats and Missed Opportunities to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism in Indonesia and Bangladesh
RUSI Journal, 25 September 2019Eleanor Gordon and Jacqui True
Sophisticated gender-sensitive policies, which avoid stereotyping, are needed.
RUSI Journal, Tackling Extremism, Central and South Asia
Book Review: Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919–33
RUSI Journal, 25 September 2019Michele L Louro
Michele L Louro reviews Asia after Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919–33, edited by Urs Matthias Zachmann.
RUSI Journal, France, Central and South Asia
Transnational Lessons from Terrorist Use of Social Media in South Asia
Other Publications, 13 August 2019Aaditya Dave
This paper looks at how social media platforms have been instrumentalised for a variety of purposes by terrorist organisations in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and how the governments of those...
Cyber, Other Publications, International Security Studies, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Terrorism, Central and South Asia
Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement
Whitehall Papers, 20 September 2018Jean-Loup Samaan
Offering a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.
Whitehall Papers, Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Central Asian Gas Exports Dependency: Swapping Russian Patronage for Chinese
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2018Farkhod Aminjonov
Central Asian gas exporters may have swapped dependency on one client for another with trade arrangements with Russia and China.
RUSI Journal, Russia, Central and South AsiaPages
The Great Game Replayed
Events, 12 September 2016A lecture by Ambassador K.C. Singh on the political history and current global impact of the North West frontier.
Defence, Industries and Society, Central and South Asia
China and the United States in 21st Century Asia
Events, 6 June 2016At this event Capt. Bernard D. Cole, USN (Ret.) and Dr. Cynthia Watson from the U.S. National War College will address U.S. policy in the Asia-Pacific as China grows in economic, military, and...
International Security Studies, Central and South Asia
Expectations for the NATO Warsaw Summit: A Presentation by the State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Events, 14 April 2016In addressing Georgia’s stance on NATO and the EU, David Bakradze will discuss the role of strategic communications in the build up to the 2016 NATO Summit.
United Nations, European Union, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Georgia, Global Security Issues, Europe, Central and South Asia
'One Belt One Road' and Security in Xinjiang
Events, 17 March 2016In this event, Dr Michael Clarke, internationally recognised expert on the politics of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Chinese foreign policy, will discuss China's ‘One Belt, One Road’...
China, Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Military Personnel, Terrorism, Asia, Central and South Asia
Gender, Conflict and Peace: How Should Women Lead in Peacekeeping and Post-Conflict Operations?
Events, 8 March 2016In celebration of International Women’s Day, RUSI’s Under 35s Forum a panel discussion on the role of women in peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction
Central and South America, Global Security Issues, Africa, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North AfricaPages
"“For now, I think the Pakistani side would be happy with what they got,” said Umer Karim, a visiting fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "
Pakistan PM Khan returns home exulting after Washington visit
In The News, 25 July 2019 Tags: Pakistan, Central and South Asia
"The Middle East traditionally has been seen as the cradle of terrorist threats that resonate globally; this year, however, has illustrated how a set of potential dangers exists in South Asia with the potential to ultimately wreak havoc around the world – crying out for closer monitoring."
Time for South Asia to more closely monitor regional terrorism with global reach
In The News, 19 May 2019 Tags: International Security Studies, Pacific, Central and South Asia
"“It really depends on how much can you trust the Taliban when they make these commitments,” said Aaditya Dave, a research analyst at Britain’s Royal United Services Institute. "
Trump says taliban peace talks are “proceeding well.” Experts say latest deal is a surrender.
In The News, 30 January 2019 Tags: Afghanistan, Central and South Asia
""It is a blow to Kandahar because their whole security establishment, the top leadership, has been wiped out," Dave said."
Afghans head to the polls facing renewed security threat 17 years after U.S. invasion
In The News, 20 October 2018 Tags: Afghanistan, Central and South Asia
"The “coded criticism and the olive branch” approach was “in keeping with [Mr Modi’s] cautious style,” he said. There were “obvious rebukes” to China, but overall the speech sought to “wind down the tension” between the two countries."
India's Prime Minister rebukes China whilst holding out 'olive branch'
In The News, 1 June 2018 Tags: China, India, Central and South Asia
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals
Western Way of War: Air Marshal Philip Osborn
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border