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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
"”Individualiseringen skapar slitningar i samhället” "
Elisabeth Braw on SVT
In The News, 15 January 2019 Tags: Military Sciences, 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
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, EuropePages
The Role of Verification in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dispute
Commentary, 15 January 2019Darya 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.
United States, Americas, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
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
Have We Outsourced Our Preparations for a Hostile Attack?
Commentary, 6 December 2018Ruth Smeeth
An MP’s plea for a broader and more inclusive public debate about the security threats facing the UK.
Modern Deterrence, UK, Domestic Security, Resilience, EuropePages
In Context podcast - Episode 2: Baroness Ashton
Multimedia, 12 October 2018This 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: Europe
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
European Security in 2018
Multimedia, 4 January 2018Dr Jonathan Eyal outlines the projected developments in Europe in the year ahead.
Tags: Europe
Brexit in 2018
Multimedia, 4 January 2018RUSI Deputy Director General Professor Malcolm Chalmers discusses the prospects for Brexit in 2018.
Tags: Brexit Briefings, EuropePages
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
Small Parcels, Big Risks: The Forgotten Security Dimensions of the EU’s Digital Single Market Strategy
Newsbrief, 13 December 2018Alexandria Reid
E-commerce and cross-border delivery services within the EU are about to become more competitive, as new regulations introduced by the European Commission will permit a consumer in France to purchase...
Newsbrief, National Security Studies, European Union, Organised Crime, 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
Security in Northern Europe: Deterrence, Defence and Dialogue
Whitehall Papers, 25 October 2018Edited by John Andreas Olsen
There are a number of challenges facing NATO members in coordinatng their response to Russia.
United States, US Defence Policy, Whitehall Papers, NATO, North America, Americas, Germany, Russia, France, Defence Policy, UK, International Institutions, Europe
Book Review: Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology
RUSI Journal, 17 October 2018Jeff Carter
Jeff Carter reviews Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology, edited by Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jeppe Strandsbjerg
RUSI Journal, History, EuropePages
David Davis on Brexit and Security
Events, 6 June 2018David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, discussed security co-operation post-Brexit.
UK, Europe
Prime Minister Erna Solberg on the Security Policy Challenges Facing Norway and Europe today
Events, 6 June 2018An address by Her Excellency Mrs Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway.
NATO, International Institutions, Europe
POSTPONED - Film Showing: Les Chevaliers Du Ciel (Sky Fighters)
Events, 18 April 2018Noted for it's spectacular air combat sequences this film screening will feature a short introduction to modern air combat with Justin Bronk, Research Fellow for Airpower.
Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, Europe
Hybrid Threats in Europe: Lessons and Responses
Events, 22 February 2018Over the past few years, Europe has seen an increase in the use of ‘hybrid tactics’ by regional competitors who undertake military and non-military activities with the aim of destabilising,...
Global Security Issues, Europe, Pacific
Hope Springs Eternal? Prospects for a Durable Settlement in Cyprus
Events, 4 October 2017This panel discussion will examine the latest developments in the Cyprus peace talks.
EuropePages
"“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
"”Individualiseringen skapar slitningar i samhället”"
Elisabeth Braw on SVT
In The News, 15 January 2019 Tags: Military Sciences, Europe
"[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
"We do have capability in this country, there is absolutely no doubt. UK business has been involved in a lot of the most important parts of the Galileo system, this includes the payload, the atomic clocks that give us these precise signals and a lot of the encryption. The difficulty in saying we can build our own is taking on all of the responsibility and all of the costs ourselves. The current estimate is 3-5 billion. But if you look at the history of GPS and Galileo both far gone past initial estimates in cost and time [18:33 - 23:00]."
Today Programme 01/12/18
In The News, 1 December 2018 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, UK, Technology, Europe
"Facebook and other social media sites are the primary medium through which tobacco products are sold online. Those sales result in more face-to-face exchanges of those products for cash, which reduces the direct use of delivery services when selling online. This means that these are not necessarily two sides of the same coin. One person we interviewed described as the digitalisation of street selling."
Interview with Alexandria Reid: Social Media Digitalises Street Selling
In The News, 28 November 2018 Tags: National Security Studies, Organised Crime, 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