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Swiss–UK Dialogue: Promoting a Coordinated Response to De-Risking
Conference Reports, 11 January 2019
Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
On 29 October 2018, RUSI and the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK jointly hosted a conference on de-risking, the phenomenon of financial institutions ending or restricting relationships with clients (such as non-profit organisations) that are deemed financially risky. Given that de-risking efforts often lead to the displacement of financial risk and the interruption of counterterrorism efforts...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, National Security, Organised Crime, Resilience, Europe
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work
Commentary, 11 January 2019
Tom Keatinge
The government should use unexplained wealth orders to reduce harm, not reap headlines.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK, Organised Crime, Europe
Modern Deterrence and Societal Resilience
Commentary, 10 January 2019
Toby Harris
Security and resilience have to be designed into society’s fabric.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, Defence Policy, UK, Resilience, UK Defence, Europe
"“In terms of the pace of things on the ground, it won’t make any difference at all,” said Justin Bronk, an air-combat specialist with the UK-defence think-tank the Royal United Services Institute. “But deploying F-35 to Iraq or Syria would potentially increase the pace at which we get a fuller understanding of what it is and isn’t capable of.”
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Britain’s first F-35 fighters declared ready for combat
In The News, 10 January 2019 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, UK, UK Defence
"[46:00] What we’ve seen in the last year or so is a shift to using predictive analytics systems to make predictions about individuals using past crime data to predict who might be at risk of committing crime again in the future. "
Up All Night 08/01/2019
In The News, 8 January 2019 Tags: Cyber, National Security Studies, UK, Technology, Europe
The Significant Parts of the Modernising Defence Programme
Commentary, 7 January 2019
Trevor Taylor
Britain’s newly released policy document on modernising its defence programmes repeats some information already in the public domain, hints at new requirements and vulnerabilities, but ultimately leaves unanswered the bigger questions about the potential effects of leaving the EU.
Tags: Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, EuropePages
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work
Commentary, 11 January 2019Tom Keatinge
The government should use unexplained wealth orders to reduce harm, not reap headlines.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK, Organised Crime, Europe
Modern Deterrence and Societal Resilience
Commentary, 10 January 2019Toby Harris
Security and resilience have to be designed into society’s fabric.
Modern Deterrence, Defence Policy, UK, Resilience, UK Defence, Europe
The Significant Parts of the Modernising Defence Programme
Commentary, 7 January 2019Trevor Taylor
Britain’s newly released policy document on modernising its defence programmes repeats some information already in the public domain, hints at new requirements and vulnerabilities, but ultimately leaves unanswered the bigger questions about the potential effects of leaving the EU.
Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
The Army’s ‘Recruitment Crisis’ is Not Just an IT Failure
Commentary, 14 December 2018Jack Watling
The British Army’s experience with outsourcing its recruitment to a commercial firm is not going well.
Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Military Sciences, Defence Management, UK, Securing Britain, Land Forces, Land Operations, Military Personnel, UK Defence
To Ban or to Banbury?
Commentary, 7 December 2018John Hemmings
The detention of a chief Huawei executive has spotlighted yet again a controversial Chinese technology giant, and may be a harbinger of stronger international pressure on the company.
China, Cyber, National Security Studies, Cyber Security, UK, Asia, Global Security Issues, Information, Intelligence, Law and Ethics, National Security, TechnologyPages
Brexit and European Security
Multimedia, 28 February 2018RUSI Deputy Director-General Malcolm Chalmers looks at the security implications for the UK and Europe post-Brexit.
Tags: UK, Europe
The UK's Fight Against a ‘McMafia’ World
Multimedia, 23 February 2018Tom Keatinge, Director of Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI, on financial crime in Latvia and UK efforts to counter money laundering.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
British Army Recruitment
Multimedia, 11 January 2018 Tags: Armed Forces, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, UK, Land Forces, Military Personnel, UK Defence
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, TerrorismPages
Swiss–UK Dialogue: Promoting a Coordinated Response to De-Risking
Conference Reports, 11 January 2019Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
On 29 October 2018, RUSI and the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK jointly hosted a conference on de-risking, the phenomenon of financial institutions ending or restricting relationships with clients...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, National Security, Organised Crime, Resilience, Europe
Peacekeeping After Brexit
Conference Reports, 12 December 2018David Curran, Georgina Holmes and Philip Cunliffe
On 7 September 2018, the British International Studies Association (BISA) Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group, in partnership with RUSI, held a roundtable on the future of the UK's relations...
RUSI International, United Nations, Brexit Briefings, National Security Studies, Conference Reports, European Union, UK, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Europe
Book Review: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
RUSI Journal, 6 December 2018Gill Bennett
Gill Bennett reviews The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben Macintyre
RUSI Journal, Russia, UK
From Money Mules to Chain-Hopping: Targeting the Finances of Cybercrime
Occasional Papers, 29 November 2018Anton Moiseienko and Olivier Kraft
This Occasional Paper discusses the ways that cyber-criminals manage the proceeds of their crimes, from employing money mules to using services such as mixers to obfuscate the proceeds' origins. It...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, Cyber, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers, UK, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, Technology
Show us the Money: What to Expect from the UK’s First Unexplained Wealth Order
Newsbrief, 23 November 2018Florence Keen
The spendthrift wife of a jailed Azerbaijani banker has emerged as the subject of the UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Order, but will the tool mature into an effective method of combatting ‘dirty money...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Newsbrief, UKPages
Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath, 1919
Events, 1 February 2019A lecture by Professor John Bourne, Honorary Professor of First World War Studies, University of Wolverhampton.
UK, History
Breaking the Ice – Russia and the West in 2019
Events, 9 January 2019Our next Under 35's Forum event will be a round table briefing followed by discussion led by RUSI's Russia and Eurasia Research Fellow, Emily Ferris
United States, Russia, UK
UK PONI Roundtable: The INF Treaty
Events, 12 November 2018This roundtable will discuss the recent U.S. announcement to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and implications this may have for the future of deterrence and arms...
UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Ukraine’s Security and Its Importance for the UK
Conference, 8 October 2018RUSI and The Atlantic Council together with the British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce are holding a one-day conference in London to look at current developments in Ukraine, and their implications for...
RUSI International, Ukraine, UK, Global Security Issues
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2018
Events, 4 September 2018This year’s Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture was delivered by Air Marshal Edward Stringer CB CBE MA BEng RAF, Director General Joint Force Development and Defence Academy, UK Ministry of Defence.
Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, UKPages
"“In terms of the pace of things on the ground, it won’t make any difference at all,” said Justin Bronk, an air-combat specialist with the UK-defence think-tank the Royal United Services Institute. “But deploying F-35 to Iraq or Syria would potentially increase the pace at which we get a fuller understanding of what it is and isn’t capable of.” "
Britain’s first F-35 fighters declared ready for combat
In The News, 10 January 2019 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, UK, UK Defence
"[46:00] What we’ve seen in the last year or so is a shift to using predictive analytics systems to make predictions about individuals using past crime data to predict who might be at risk of committing crime again in the future. "
Up All Night 08/01/2019
In The News, 8 January 2019 Tags: Cyber, National Security Studies, UK, Technology, Europe
"“At what point does an independent British deterrent become unaffordable? For me, there is such a commitment to this that they would spend whatever was needed.”"
Nuclear submarines threaten to sink UK defence budget
In The News, 2 January 2019 Tags: Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Trident, UK, Maritime Forces
"'What the U.K. is going to do on security is to minimize the damage.'"
Why Brexit may be good for terrorists and the Kremlin and bad for European security
In The News, 25 December 2018 Tags: European Union, UK, UK Defence
"'The British armed forces are not geared-up to look out for these kinds of drones, and that is the challenge of our changing security environment.'"
The Gatwick Disruption
In The News, 23 December 2018 Tags: Military Sciences, UK
The Role of Verification in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dispute
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work
Modern Deterrence and Societal Resilience