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"“You have to ask yourself, why is money being moved in this way, through multiple companies?” said Tom Keatinge, a money laundering expert at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. “It’s a way of obfuscating source and ownership.”
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Banking leak exposes Russian network with link to Prince Charles
In The News, 4 March 2019 Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Europe
No Deal, No Data? The Future of UK–EU Law Enforcement Information Sharing
Briefing Papers, 26 February 2019
Alexander Babuta
The UK has been instrumental in developing many of the systems relied upon by EU law enforcement agencies, but the advent of Brexit means that the UK may lose access to these important tools. This briefing paper examines three options for UK–EU law enforcement information sharing post-Brexit.
Tags: Policing and Security, National Security Studies, European Union, UK, National Security, Europe
Ministers Meet to Discuss Middle East in Warsaw Conference Beset by Divisions in the West
Commentary, 21 February 2019
Wojciech Pawlus
Poland has improved its bilateral strategic links with the US by hosting an American-inspired conference on the future of the Middle East. But the conference did nothing to improve Western coherence.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, Israel, Global Security Issues, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
"“For a European army to happen it would have to have one centralized command,” she explained. “If you think of a national armed forces, they have a government that decides when to deploy armed forces. A European army would require the same thing, it would need a European government that could decide on its own and I just think that this is extremely unlikely.” "
Brexit won’t necessarily lead to an EU army
In The News, 18 February 2019 Tags: Modern Deterrence, Military Sciences, UK, Europe
"Few are convinced that the EU’s security services can be relied upon for them to pick up even the most dangerous individuals. “They have dropped the ball, despite plenty of warning,” said Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute. "
Let Shamima Begum return to UK or risk more terror recruits, says expert
In The News, 16 February 2019 Tags: Europe
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
Commentary, 14 February 2019
Andrei Kortunov and Malcolm Chalmers
No single power can ‘fix’ the current turmoil in the Middle East. Still, there may be scope for Russia–Europe cooperation in managing the region’s ills.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, RUSI International, UK-Russia Security Dialogue, Russia, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, National Security, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Europe, Middle East and North AfricaPages
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, Europe
The New UK Counterterrorism Strategy: Critical Questions for the ‘Prevent’ Strand
Commentary, 29 June 2018Mohammed Elshimi
A new version of the UK’s counterterrorism strategy (also known as CONTEST), was unveiled earlier this month. Of the four strands comprising CONTEST, it is the Prevent strand, preventing individuals from becoming terrorists and supporting terrorism, that elicits the strongest reaction from different sections of British society.
UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, National Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Europe
Tier One or Bust?
Commentary, 26 June 2018Malcolm Chalmers
British Prime Minister Theresa May has allegedly refused to pledge that Britain will be a ‘Tier One’ military power in the future, after media reports hinted at tensions with her defence secretary over the future resources of the armed forces. RUSI’s Deputy Director-General attempts to decipher what this discussion on ‘tiers’ means.
Defence Spending, Global Strategy and Commitments, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, EuropePages
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, Europe
Book Review: The Naval War in the Baltic 1939–1945
RUSI Journal, 19 March 2018Neil Kent
Neil Kent reviews The Naval War in the Baltic 1939–1945, by Poul Grooss.
RUSI Journal, History, Maritime Forces, Europe
Myths and Truths about the Mafia–Terrorism Nexus in Italy
RUSI Newsbrief, 16 March 2018Aurora Ganz
While it is true that Italy has not, as of yet, experienced a large-scale terror attack like those seen in other parts of Europe, this is likely not the consequence of collusion between Italian...
RUSI Newsbrief, Organised Crime, Terrorism, Europe
Book Review: Stalin Ja Suomen Kohtalo [Stalin and the Fate of Finland]
RUSI Journal, 8 March 2018Paul Lever
Paul Lever reviews Stalin Ja Suomen Kohtalo [Stalin and the Fate of Finland], by Kimmo Rentola.
RUSI Journal, Russia, History, Europe
The Spectre of a Westphalian Europe?
Whitehall Papers, 7 March 2018Luis Simón
European geopolitics is undergoing a major structural revision.
Whitehall Papers, NATO, Germany, European Union, Russia, France, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, EuropePages
"Now I think the police have decided that, you know, actually, we will disrupt people much earlier because of the nature of plotting that we're seeing, the ease with which it can happen and the inspirational kind of effect that a successful attack can have, that we have to kind of disrupt earlier."
British Police Investigating Man Who Drove Car Into Parliament's Security Barrier
In The News, 14 August 2018 Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, International Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Europe
"“The world will have to get used to Trump the Wrecker, and the Europeans who have benefited most from established co-operative structures with the US are the first to be confronted with this new fact,” Mr Eyal said."
Ukraine heads European disappointment with Trump
In The News, 17 July 2018 Tags: RUSI International, United States, Global Security Issues, Europe
"Islamic extremists are believed to have wanted to manufacture ricin for some time. “As far as I know, this is the first time we see it made effective, but certainly not the first time we have seen aspiration in this direction,” Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute, said."
Islamist extremist ricin plot foiled by German police
In The News, 14 June 2018 Tags: Germany, International Security Studies, Terrorism, Europe
"Austria is one of the few European states that has a recognised, institutional structure that manages the affairs of its Muslim population. Dating back several decades, it finds its legal origins in a law that is more than a century old. The official Islamic Religious Community of Austria appears to have been sidelined in this move, which was apparently predicated on accusations that imams had foreign funding, which is now against the law in Austria."
A tale of two countries gives opposing views of Islam in Europe
In The News, 13 June 2018 Tags: Europe
"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
In The News, 7 June 2018 Tags: National Security Studies, UK, Terrorism, Europe
Turkey, the US and the S-400: A Counter-Narrative
India Tightens Control Over Jammu and Kashmir
How can Coordinating Public, Private and People Help Reduce the Impact of a Grey-Zone Incident?