UK

Contractorisation of UK Defence: Developing a Defence-Wide Contractorisation Strategy and Improving Implementation

Jay Edwards

This paper endeavours to develop a high-level, defence-wide contractorisation strategy and define how implementation could be improved to underpin the Whole Force Approach.

"There are probably 250 different police databases in England and Wales, from lost property to child protection’, says Alexander Babuta, a researcher at RUSI and author of the report Big Data and Policing "

There's a weapon that police could deploy against violent crime - but they're not using it

The Personal Security of Individuals in British Public Life

Alexander Babuta and Alex Krasodomski-Jones

This paper examines the personal security of individuals in British public life, with specific focus on politicians and government employees.

"You can own a property in the UK through an opaque offshore company, nobody knows who owns that that property. So from anywhere around the world, if you have funds that you're trying to keep beyond the reach of your home government, the UK is a great place to invest it. "

U.K. cracks down on Russian oligarchs bringing wealth into country

Marauding Terrorist Firearms’ Attacks: A Practitioner’s View of the UK’s Emergency Service Initial Response Arrangements to Deal with an Active Shooter

Dave Graham

Improvement is needed to the UK’s emergency services’s plans to respond to marauding terrorist firearms’ attacks.

What Will the Defence Space Strategy Tell us About the UK’s Space Ambitions?

Alexandra Stickings

The announcement by the Ministry of Defence of a forthcoming Defence Space Strategy paper shows recognition of the threats posed to the UK’s space-enabled military capabilities. The question is how much the strategy will add to understanding the UK’s role as a space power.