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"Back then “you had short notice systems and distrust on both sides,” said Tom Plant, a former specialist at the U.K.’s nuclear warhead design facility, and now director of proliferation and nuclear policy at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank. A return to a world without arms control would be “hideously dangerous.” "
As Trump Moves to Scrap Nuclear Treaty, Europe Asks: Why So Fast?
In The News, 25 October 2018 Tags: United States, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
Security in Northern Europe: Deterrence, Defence and Dialogue
Whitehall Papers, 25 October 2018
Edited by John Andreas Olsen
There are a number of challenges facing NATO members in coordinatng their response to Russia.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, NATO, North America, Americas, Germany, Russia, France, Defence Policy, UK, International Institutions, Europe
"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
Book Review: Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology
RUSI Journal, 17 October 2018
Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter reviews Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology, edited by Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jeppe Strandsbjerg
Tags: History, Europe
E-Commerce, Delivery Services and the Illicit Tobacco Trade
Occasional Papers, 17 October 2018
Alexander Babuta, Cathy Haenlein and Alexandria Reid
This Occasional Paper explores the exploitation of the internet and delivery services in relation to illicit tobacco and tobacco products.
Tags: National Security Studies, Organised Crime, Illicit Trade, Organised Crime, Europe
In Context podcast - Episode 2: Baroness Ashton
Multimedia, 12 October 2018
This time Karin von Hippel talks to the European Union’s former foreign policy chief, Baroness Cathy Ashton. We’ll be talking about the EU, the Iran Deal and... Daleks.
Tags: EuropePages
The Future of Italy’s International Military Footprint
Commentary, 12 June 2018Elisabeth Braw
Italy’s new government, devoted to nursing the economy back to health and reliant on far-right populist parties, may be tempted to curtail the country’s active foreign military missions. It should resist this temptation, for such missions give Italy an international profile and standing that far outweighs the costs involved.
International Security Studies, International Responses, Global Security Issues, Europe
Collateral Damage: President Trump’s Decision on Iran and Its Impact on Europe
Commentary, 9 May 2018Emil Dall
President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear agreement, and reimpose sanctions against Iran, will matter most in Europe.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
The UK and Russia: What is to be Done?
Commentary, 20 March 2018As Lenin once quipped at a key turning moment in his revolution, chto delat? (What is to be done?). That is precisely the question facing the UK after the attempted assassination in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.
Russia, UK, Europe
The Fight for Women Equality Continues
Commentary, 8 March 2018Caroline Tranter
On International Women’s Day, a member of RUSI’s staff offers some reflections on the constant struggle for a more adequate and equitable female representation in the defence and security sector.
UK, History, Military Personnel, Europe![Upgraded military families' accommodation at Bulford Camp, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire (library image) [Crown copyright]](https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/styles/tab_images/public/bulford220.jpg?itok=cRvCw_Xn "Upgraded military families' accommodation at Bulford Camp, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire (library image) [Crown copyright]")
Carillion’s Collapse: The Impact on UK Defence
Commentary, 22 January 2018John Louth
UK services and construction giant Carillion went into compulsory liquidation last week. But what does this mean for defence?
Armed Forces, Defence Spending, UK, Military Personnel, EuropePages
Before the Brussels Summit: How is the NATO Alliance Doing, Really?
Newsbrief, 11 May 2018Peter Roberts
The revived Russian threat brings NATO back to its roots at this year’s summit in Brussels, which might be the most important in the Alliance’s recent history.
NATO, Newsbrief, Europe
A Bridge to Moscow? Bulgarian Policy in the Standoff Between Russia and the West
Newsbrief, 4 May 2018Dimitar Bechev
Holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU for the first half of 2018, Bulgaria hopes to further its role as a diplomatic conduit between Russia and the West. But is this small country...
Newsbrief, European Union, Russia, Europe
Better Together: Brexit, the E3, and the Future of Europe’s Approach towards Iran
Other Publications, 18 April 2018Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Thierry Coville, David Ramin Jalilvand
The paper provides insights into what London, Paris and Berlin think about the prospects of survival of the E3 format in light of Brexit; it also explored their views as to what the future of Europe’...
Other Publications, International Security Studies, Europe
‘The Third Man’ Revisited: Security Intelligence and the Far-Right in Austria
Newsbrief, 23 March 2018Tessa Szyszkowitz
The far-right Freedom Party controls all security ministries in Austria’s new coalition. Should European partners be worried about security leaks to Russia?
Newsbrief, European Union, Intelligence, Europe
Air Forces as Weapons Systems
Conference Reports, 21 March 2018Justin Bronk
Report on the one-day RUSI conference that focused on exploring whether air forces can, or indeed should, seek to fight like a single weapons system. Delegates heard from the US Air Force and Royal...
Aerospace, China, United States, Equipment and Acquisitions, India, Conference Reports, EuropePages
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, Europe
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"“It could be extremely damaging,” said Jonathan Eyal, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute. “If we don’t succeed in finding a smooth transition to a legal regime that isn’t going to be attacked through the courts then the whole judicial system will collapse. If it collapses it will be a bit difficult to retrieve. "
Post-Brexit security complicated by acrimony of Brussels talks
In The News, 25 May 2018 Tags: RUSI International, UK, Europe
" “Europeans need to be realistic about their own capabilities: playing into the populist anti-American narrative won’t do anything to create a European defense architecture, not will it result in more defense spending by Germany.”"
Lifting Trump’s Playbook Is Risky for Europe
In The News, 21 May 2018 Tags: RUSI International, United States, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Europe
""There are few defense professionals in Europe who dispute that Germany currently contributes far less than its share on defense within NATO," said Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank."
NATO ally Germany urged by U.S. to up its military spending
In The News, 26 April 2018 Tags: NATO, Germany, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues, Europe
"Malcolm Chalmers of the Royal United Services Institute wrote recently that on most of the issues facing European nations, “the UK is now closer to its main European allies than it is to the US”."
After Salisbury, Britain must realise its true friends are in Europe
In The News, 21 March 2018 Tags: Russia, UK, Global Security Issues, Europe
"“If this had happened three years ago, I would have understood,but the timing seems odd — unless something else has come to light, or unless people are fed up with Latvia’s involvement in some of these laundromat scandals and think the Latvians have just not done enough.” "
Banking crises cast shadow over Latvia financial landscape
In The News, 20 February 2018 Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
US and China: Trade, Technology Theft and Arrests
The Role of Verification in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dispute
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work