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"Raffaello Pantucci, director of International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), said Isis was working hard on new ways to lure in new recruits without the promise of a utopian “Islamic State”. “They’ve lost territory and they’ve lost Raqqa, so there’s a less obvious ‘state’ for people who were going to come and join them,” he added. “But they have managed to spin an ideological narrative less bound to these realities, focusing on grievances and a supposed clash of civilisations.” "
UK terror attacks likely to increase despite Isis' defeat in Raqqa
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, Iraq, UK, Terrorism
"Isil's loss of territory has not produced the surge in terrorist plots that was expected. Since the beginning of the year, the UK has faced five successful terrorist attacks – and yet, with the possible exception of the Manchester bombing, none have involved foreign fighters. Rather than the individuals who went off to fight in Syria and Iraq, the threat comes from individuals who are still at home. "
It's not Isil's returning terrorists we should worry about. It's those who are already here
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
MI5 Chief: Daesh Is Dead in Syria and Iraq – But Threat Here is Growing Rapidly
Commentary, 18 October 2017
Margaret Gilmore
Andrew Parker has issued a stark warning about the terror threat facing the UK. And it is only going to get worse with the collapse of Daesh.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, UK, Terrorism, Europe
"“It doesn’t mean NATO is all about Russia, but Russia is the primary state-based threat that NATO countries worry about,” said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director-general at Royal United Services Institute in London. "
US, allies practice shooting down ballistic missiles amid global tensions
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: United States, NATO, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues
"The respected Royal United Services Institute recently warned that there were “substantial financial implications for defence” as a result of a weakening pound. In August it calculated that the MoD faces extra costs of up to £700m a year in the wake of the Brexit vote and the pound’s fall against the dollar. "
PM’s former security adviser warns of Brexit defence cuts
In The News, 16 October 2017 Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Brexit Briefings, UK, Global Security Issues
"That is not to say that constructive dialogue is not a genuine shared interest, but it will be in small measure at first rather than any post-Brexit grand agreement. Although the very public failure of Boris Johnson to visit Moscow has damaged diplomatic progress, the UK is trying in more subtle ways to restore military-to-military meetings and dialogue on risk reduction and transparency, having cut such engagement in light of Ukraine. "
Russia-UK Relations Post-Brexit: Opportunity or Dead End?
In The News, 13 October 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Russia, UK, Global Security IssuesPages
MI5 Chief: Daesh Is Dead in Syria and Iraq – But Threat Here is Growing Rapidly
Commentary, 18 October 2017Margaret Gilmore
Andrew Parker has issued a stark warning about the terror threat facing the UK. And it is only going to get worse with the collapse of Daesh.
UK Counter-terrorism, UK, Terrorism, Europe
What Rivals Will Britain’s New T31e Corvette be Facing?
Commentary, 8 September 2017Peter Roberts
The launch this week of Britain’s national shipbuilding strategy, with an order of five vessels to be designed and built in English shipyards, sees the UK’s aspiration to compete in the global warship export market.
Defence Spending, UK, Maritime Forces, UK Defence, Europe
Brexit and Sanctions: Can the UK Lead From Behind?
Commentary, 14 August 2017Tom Keatinge
Whitehall is consulting on new sanctions legislation fit for the country’s diminished global position.
UK, Europe
How Will Britain’s Potential Withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty Affect the Supply of Radiopharmaceuticals?
Commentary, 21 July 2017Jennifer Cole and Sobhan Vinjamuri
Britain will have to strike new international agreements with other countries to maintain access to nuclear power technology after indicating that it is minded to leave Euratom, which has controlled the peaceful use of nuclear energy on the continent since 1957.
National Security and Resilience Studies, UK, Resilience, Technology, Europe
Talk is Cheap: Action Needed on Tackling Organised Crime’s Finances
Commentary, 5 July 2017Helena Wood
The British government’s strategy for tackling the finances of organised crime merits a rethink.
AML/CTF, UK, Organised Crime, EuropePages
The UK General Election: What Next?
Multimedia, 9 June 2017Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director General of RUSI and Dr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director, discuss the outcome of the June 2017 General Election and what a hung parliament will mean for...
Tags: UK
London Bridge Attack: Understanding the Threat
Multimedia, 5 June 20175 June 2017 Dr Karin von Hippel, Director General of RUSI, was on CNN to discuss the response and challenge emanating from the 3 June London Bridge attack. The attacks in the UK are part of a wider...
Tags: UK, Terrorism
Manchester Attacks: The Transnational Connections
Multimedia, 25 May 2017RUSI Director General Dr Karin von Hippel discusses the transnational connections of the 23 May Manchester attacks with CNN.
Tags: UK, Terrorism
Manchester Attack - Initial Reaction
Multimedia, 25 May 2017RUSI experts Raffaello Pantucci and Emily Winterbotham took part in a live conversation discussing the Manchester attacks that took place in Manchester on Monday 23 May.
Tags: National Security and Resilience Studies, International Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Terrorism
The UK General Election 2017 - Initial Reaction
Multimedia, 18 April 2017RUSI Deputy Director General Professor Malcolm Chalmers and Associate Director Dr Jonathan Eyal discuss the news that there will be a general election in June 2017.
Tags: UKPages
Unexplained Wealth Orders: Lessons for the UK
Occasional Papers, 25 September 2017Florence Keen
This paper provides a background to the introduction of Unexplained Wealth Orders, explaining the current civil recovery regime contained within the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and why the...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers, UK, Organised Crime, Europe
Book Review: Britain's Europe: A Thousand Years of Conflict and Cooperation
RUSI Journal, 25 September 2017Beatrice Heuser
Beatrice Heuser reviews Britain's Europe: A Thousand Years of Conflict and Cooperation, by Brendan Simms.
RUSI Journal, UK, History, Europe
Every Transaction Leaves a Trace: The Role of Financial Investigation in Serious and Organised Crime Policing
Occasional Papers, 12 September 2017Helena Wood
This paper makes the case for the wider use of financial investigation techniques in the fight against serious and organised crime.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers, UK, Information, Organised Crime
Big Data and Policing: An Assessment of Law Enforcement Requirements, Expectations and Priorities
Occasional Papers, 6 September 2017Alexander Babuta
This paper explores the potential applications of big data technology to UK policing.
Occasional Papers, National Security and Resilience Studies, UK, Information, Organised Crime, Technology
Why the UK Needs to be Thinking Now about a Possible Korean War
Newsbrief, 15 August 2017Malcolm Chalmers
North Korea has not been at the top of the agenda of Whitehall’s key policymakers, focused as so many of them are on the immediate challenges of Brexit. This now needs to change.
Newsbrief, North Korea, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyPages
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2017
Events, 4 October 2017This year’s Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Air Marshal Stuart Atha CB DSO MA BSs RAF, Deputy Commander Operations, Royal Air Force.
Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, UK, UK Defence
Preparing for a Second Korean War: RUSI Whitehall Report Launch
Events, 28 September 2017RUSI launched a new report that examines the potential for a second Korean War and the options for the UK to respond to what would be one of the most momentous strategic shocks of the post-Cold War...
North Korea, UK
M: Maxwell Knight, MI5’s Greatest Spymaster
Events, 27 September 2017A gripping 40-minute talk about two remarkable female spies and the man who ran them: an animal-loving drop-out who went on to become MI5’s greatest spymaster.
UK, History, Information, Intelligence
UK Security Policy: National Institutions and the Gap between Expert and Public Opinion
Events, 19 September 2017The conference will discuss the findings from a three-year study of elite foreign policy attitudes and security policy preferences, comparing the views of the UK elite with their American...
RUSI International, United States, UK, Global Security IssuesPages
"Isil's loss of territory has not produced the surge in terrorist plots that was expected. Since the beginning of the year, the UK has faced five successful terrorist attacks – and yet, with the possible exception of the Manchester bombing, none have involved foreign fighters. Rather than the individuals who went off to fight in Syria and Iraq, the threat comes from individuals who are still at home."
It's not Isil's returning terrorists we should worry about. It's those who are already here
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
"“It doesn’t mean NATO is all about Russia, but Russia is the primary state-based threat that NATO countries worry about,” said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director-general at Royal United Services Institute in London."
US, allies practice shooting down ballistic missiles amid global tensions
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: United States, NATO, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues
"Raffaello Pantucci, director of International Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), said Isis was working hard on new ways to lure in new recruits without the promise of a utopian “Islamic State”. “They’ve lost territory and they’ve lost Raqqa, so there’s a less obvious ‘state’ for people who were going to come and join them,” he added. “But they have managed to spin an ideological narrative less bound to these realities, focusing on grievances and a supposed clash of civilisations.”"
UK terror attacks likely to increase despite Isis' defeat in Raqqa
In The News, 18 October 2017 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, Iraq, UK, Terrorism
"That is not to say that constructive dialogue is not a genuine shared interest, but it will be in small measure at first rather than any post-Brexit grand agreement. Although the very public failure of Boris Johnson to visit Moscow has damaged diplomatic progress, the UK is trying in more subtle ways to restore military-to-military meetings and dialogue on risk reduction and transparency, having cut such engagement in light of Ukraine."
Russia-UK Relations Post-Brexit: Opportunity or Dead End?
In The News, 13 October 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues
""The Kashmiri Cause is a very big one and is one which has got different elements to it and some of those elements have been very closely linked to al-Qaeda historically, now it certainly not all of the Kashmir militant community, some of them are more focused on fighting in Kashmir and the liberation struggle there but there's a very easy bleed over into some of the more extremist narratives and some narratives that are frankly closer to al-Qaeda.""
Extremism: Hidden in Plain Sight
In The News, 8 October 2017 Tags: Pakistan, UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, Counterinsurgency, UK, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Central and South Asia
MI5 Chief: Daesh Is Dead in Syria and Iraq – But Threat Here is Growing Rapidly
An Angry Tehran Cautious after Trump’s Iran Nuclear Speech
Iran and Paraskevidekatriaphobia