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"“The UK will have to make much harder choices between sovereign control and operational effectiveness than it has had to take while still a member state. In security terms, the full benefits of membership—combining both shared decision-making and operational effectiveness—cannot be replicated under the proposed deal”. "
Brexit: Proposed UK–EU Security Treaty (European Union Committee Report)
In The News, 16 January 2019 Tags: Brexit Briefings, UK, Europe
The Role of Verification in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dispute
Commentary, 15 January 2019
Darya Dolzikova
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is about to pass into oblivion. But its verification provisions merit further attention, both as a reflection on lesson learned from the past, but also as indicators for the future.
Tags: United States, Americas, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
"”Individualiseringen skapar slitningar i samhället” "
Elisabeth Braw on SVT
In The News, 15 January 2019 Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, Europe
"”SUURIN haaste Pohjoismaille ovat aggressiot, jotka eivät ole aseellisia ja eivät siten esimerkiksi laukaise Naton turvatakuita. Tarkoitan pahantahtoisia vaikuttamisyrityksiä ja kyberhyökkäyksiä. Niitä on niin helppo tehdä ja vaikea jäljittää. Kyse voi olla esimerkiksi hakkeroinnista tai viruksesta tai valheellisen tiedon levittämisestä. Meidän puolustusvoimiamme ei ole suunniteltu niitä varten, ja se tekee meistä hyvin haavoittuvia. Venäjä on tässä erittäin hyvä. Puolustautumisessa on tärkeää ymmärtää, että hyökkäykset eivät ole vain yksittäisiä epämukavuuksia vaan osa orkestroitua operaatiota.” "
Elisabeth Braw on Northern European security challenges in 2019
In The News, 14 January 2019 Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, 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
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, UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Global Security Issues, National Security, Organised Crime, Resilience, EuropePages
Deradicalisation Programmes in Spanish Prisons: A Flawed Paradigm?
Commentary, 3 September 2018James Khalil
Media reports from Spain appear to indicate that the country’s counter-radicalisation efforts among prison inmates are not producing results. Spain is not unique in grappling with both the management of its counter-radicalisation efforts and measuring their outcomes.
Policing and Security, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism, Europe
Dreaming of Financial Independence
Commentary, 28 August 2018Tom Keatinge
The German foreign minister’s call for EU financial payments autonomy may seem fanciful today, but for how much longer?
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Germany, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
AUKMIN 2018: The Future of Global Britain?
Commentary, 14 August 2018John Hemmings and Milia Hau
Britain and Australia face an uncertain strategic landscape. But there is much they can do together, as they deal with the two big powers which appear determined to change the current status quo: China and Russia.
Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe, Pacific
Lessons from Down Under: The Soft Power Dividend of Financial Crime Technical Assistance
Commentary, 8 August 2018Tom Keatinge
The UK should learn from Australia and become a global leader in the provision and coordination of technical assistance by turning its financial crime-fighting focus abroad.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe, Pacific
EU ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and the Ambition of PESCO
Commentary, 4 July 2018Lauren Twort
The EU is trying to transition from its perceived status as a ‘soft power’ actor in defence, focussing on civilian crisis management and regulation of the European defence market, to a mix of soft and hard power to enable its ‘strategic autonomy’. However, the inability of the EU to clearly define its criteria for strategic autonomy has the potential to affect not only this ambition, but also the...
Defence, Industries and Society, European Union, Global Strategy and Commitments, Security Policy, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, EuropePages
NATO Spending: The Great Convergence
RUSI Newsbrief, 11 July 2018Malcolm Chalmers
NATO’s latest data reveals important new trends in patterns of defence spending across the Alliance that have occurred since Russia’s 2014 intervention in Ukraine.
US Defence Policy, Defence Spending, North America, RUSI Newsbrief, Americas, Defence Policy, UK Defence, Europe
The Other Europe? How Central Europe Views the Continent’s Security Concerns and Aspirations
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 June 2018Jonathan Eyal
The results of public opinion surveys in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary indicate that perceptions among these Central European countries towards European cooperation and collective...
RUSI Newsbrief, European Union, Europe
Why is there no Joint European Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Project under the Common Security and Defence Policy?
RUSI Journal, 18 June 2018Christian Küsters
The European Common Security and Defence Policy cannot function with a strong European defence industrial base.
RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Europe
Nord Stream II: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
RUSI Newsbrief, 1 June 2018Alex Maciag
Increasing tension over Nord Stream II puts the spotlight on a West that still lacks unity or a clear policy towards Russia. The divisions over the project are adding to bitterness within the EU and...
United States, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Global Security Issues, Europe
The Home Front: The Future Accommodation Model for the UK Armed Forces: Obligations and Choices for Service Personnel and Families
Occasional Papers, 31 May 2018John Louth, Trevor Taylor, Lauren Twort and Gabriela Thompson
The accommodation options offerred to defence personnel and their families are central to Britain's defence policy.
Armed Forces, Civil–Military Relations, Defence, Industries and Society, Occasional Papers, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Military Personnel, UK Defence, EuropePages
The Foreign Policy of the Holy See under Pope Francis
Events, 3 March 2016A speech by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States.
Global Security Issues, Europe
The Refugee Crisis and Europe
Events, 10 February 2016A lecture by The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, and Chair of Labour’s Refugee Taskforce
Europe
Security and the High North
Events, 14 December 2015Recognising the importance of security issues as they apply to Scotland, RUSI is initiating a series of events in Scotland. The first of these will take place at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Military Sciences, Scottish Defence and Security Policy, National Security, Europe
The UK and the EU: Redefining the Relationship or Heading for the Exit?
Events, 7 December 2015RUSI is delighted to host the second RUSI-Ditchley Foundation roundtable, this time revisiting the discussions had at the recent Ditchley conference on Britain's current negotiations with the EU and...
RUSI International, EuropePages
"For Anjem Choudhary, it is likely that he will continue to be a magnet for young people or other lost souls seeking easy explanations of the world around them, and it is hard to see him rejecting his ideology any time soon. It will also be difficult for him to return to his old ways given the highly restrictive conditions of his release. Choudhary’s potential for de-radicalization and redemption should not however be entirely discounted (some radical young men who used to be at the forefront of the group seem to have undergone fairly dramatic turnarounds), although one ought to regard such a possibility with a healthy dose of scepticism."
Al Muhajiroun’s Long Shadow
In The News, 19 October 2018 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism, Europe
"“Money laundering is a globalised industry and if you operate on a domestic basis you might as well not bother,” said Tom Keatinge, the director of the centre for financial crime and security studies at the Royal United Services Institute. A former investment banker, Keatinge worked at JP Morgan for 20 years before turning his attention to combating fraud. “The borders are immaterial to you when you are structuring these transactions, whereas the borders are not immaterial for the cops who are trying to chase you."
Is money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank the largest in history?
In The News, 21 September 2018 Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Europe
"Ewan Lawson, a cyber specialist at the Royal United Services Institute, a think-tank, said that while larger businesses and critical national infrastructure organisations would be thinking about the Russian threat, most companies were not likely to differentiate on the source of cyber attacks.“They will just think about the effect on their business,” Mr Lawson said. "
UK business leaders urged to upgrade cyber security
In The News, 12 September 2018 Tags: Russia, Military Sciences, Europe
"Today, money moves across borders at the tap of an app or the click of a mouse on the trading floor. But the global AML regime remains rooted in an age when cheques and money transfers took five days to clear. The criminal finance industry has, like so many others, globalised, but the response has failed to adapt - something the EU is only now proposing to address. "
We cannot fight cross-border money laundering with local tools
In The News, 10 September 2018 Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Europe
""Turkey has clearly decided that it wants to court China,” says Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute in London. “The question is whether China can really make a difference here and invest enough to solve Turkey’s problems.”"
Turkey’s Currency Crisis Tests Erdogan’s Gamesmanship
In The News, 16 August 2018 Tags: Turkey, International Security Studies, Europe
A Confident Pakistan Army Recalibrates the Country’s Regional Policies
Episode 10 – Lord Ricketts
NATO's National Resilience Obligations