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The Origins of Today’s Chemical Weapons Controversy in China–Japan Relations
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017
Jeanne Guillemin
Japan's activities in China form an important, but often underappreciated, part of the history of chemical weapons.
Tags: China, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
China’s Battle with Abandoned Chemical Weapons
RUSI Journal, 4 October 2017
Wanglai Gao
Beijing and Tokyo have developed a robust relationship to address the ongoing damage caused by Japan's abandoned chemical weapons.
Tags: China, Japan, Global Security Issues, History, Pacific
"Professor Malcolm Chalmers, a defence expert from the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), told Daily Star Online China wants a North Korean regime change. Prof Chalmers said: “China has been trying to find another member of the Kim family to replace him – which has of course enraged him. China are interested more in personnel change rather than regime change.” "
Kim Jong-un 'to be KILLED' by SAS and US commando units amid fears of EMP attack on Seoul
In The News, 1 October 2017 Tags: China, North Korea, Global Security Issues, Pacific
Does North Korea Matter to Russia?
Commentary, 28 September 2017
Sarah Lain
Chinese, Russian and US cooperation at the UN over North Korea’s nuclear developments does not mean that these countries see the threat in the same way. However, Russia has the potential to play a constructive role in de-escalating tensions.
Tags: North Korea, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe, Pacific
RUSI Wins Grant to Research Advanced Conventional Weapons and Strategic Stability
News, 27 September 2017
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded a grant to RUSI to study how advances in the conventional military capabilities of non-nuclear states could affect nuclear crisis stability and alliance dynamics.
Tags: North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Pacific
Preparing for War in Korea
Whitehall Reports, 27 September 2017
Malcolm Chalmers
This report looks at how a war in the Korean Peninsula could start and what might happen should it break out.
Tags: US Defence Policy, North Korea, Defence Policy, PacificPages
Afghanistan Regional Stability: The Role of Chinese and Indian Cooperation
Commentary, 24 June 2015Over the past three years, RUSI has conducted a research project bringing together influential thinkers from China, India, the UK and Afghanistan in a number of workshops in Beijing, New Delhi and Qatar. The aim was to outline areas of common interest between China and India in Afghanistan. As part of this project, we asked Indian and Chinese researchers to offer their perspectives on where Delhi...
China, Afghanistan, India, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Asia, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Sino-Indian Cooperation for a Stable and Prosperous Afghanistan
Commentary, 24 June 2015Vinod Anand
As US and ISAF troops are drawn down in Afghanistan, it is becoming increasingly clear that the void left by the withdrawing nations might have to be filled by Afghanistan’s neighbours.
China, Afghanistan, India, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Afghanistan: Can it be a Template for India, China Cooperation?
Commentary, 24 June 2015Ravi Sawhney and Sushant Sareen
One of the most troubling, but fundamental, questions confronting India is its relationship with China. While India wants a mutually beneficial and cooperative relationship that is conflict-free and cordial, does China want a similar relationship with India?
China, Afghanistan, India, Asia, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Japan’s PR Strategy: Narratives in the Information Age
Commentary, 20 April 2015Edward Schwarck
Japan’s more activist security policy is arguably successful in design and implementation. It is, however, failing in how it is being presented to the public.
Japan, International Security Studies, Information, Asia, Pacific
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: a Test of Leadership for the US and China
Commentary, 17 April 2015Qingzhen Chen
China has established a global financial institution that focuses on building roads, railways and other key infrastructure projects crucial to development in Asia. Though there are concerns raised by the United States, the formulation of the AIIB ties China further into a multilateral system.
China, United States, Americas, International Security Studies, International Institutions, Asia, PacificPages
Will China Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
RUSI Newsbrief, 27 February 2015Raffaello Pantucci
China is showing itself to be increasingly open about a possible role in brokering peace in Afghanistan. But the extent to which its actions will coincide with Western priorities should not be...
China, Afghanistan, RUSI Newsbrief, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, New Silk Road, Pacific, Central and South Asia
China's Relations with India: What Prospects in 2015?
RUSI Newsbrief, 26 January 2015Edward Schwarck
Entering 2015, China must learn that strong economic ties are an insufficient basis for a good bilateral relationship with India
China, RUSI Newsbrief, India, International Security Studies, Asia, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Mafia State: The Evolving Threat of North Korean Narcotics Trafficking
RUSI Journal, 4 November 2014Peng Wang and Stephan Blancke
The burgeoning illicit-drugs trade emanating from North Korea poses a severe threat to the region and beyond
RUSI Journal, North Korea, Global Security Issues, Organised Crime, Asia, Organised Crime, Pacific
Why China is Not a Global Power
RUSI Journal, 4 November 2014Andrew T H Tan
China has neither the soft-power attributes nor the clearly articulated foreign policy necessary to become a genuinely global power
China, RUSI Journal, International Institutions, Asia, Pacific
Foundations of Defence Industrial Co-operation between Western States and Emerging Powers
Occasional Papers, 29 May 2014Henrik Heidenkamp, Gabriela Thompson, Pierre Bontems, Bouchra Carlier and Axel Pilottin
A joint paper with Accenture explores some of the obstacles to defence industrial projects between Western states and emerging powers
Defence, Industries and Society, Occasional Papers, Defence Management, Europe, Pacific
Western Way of War: The Death of Military Superiority
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals, Part II: Risks and Hopes for the New System
The Information Domain Threat Environment