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All to Play For: Sports Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula
Commentary, 25 September 2018
Tom Plant
The two halves of the Korean peninsula have engaged in sports diplomacy before. But latest agreements between the leaders of the two countries have taken this diplomacy much further, with broader implications for the security of the region.
Tags: North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Strategic Hedging in the Arabian Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement
Whitehall Papers, 20 September 2018
Jean-Loup Samaan
Offering a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.
Tags: Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
The Reality of China’s Maritime Capability
RUSI Journal, 30 August 2018
Martin N Murply and Peter Roberts
Beijing has rapidly modernised and expanded its capabilities as it challenges the West in China’s neighbourhood.
Tags: China, US Defence Policy, Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Pacific
AUKMIN 2018: The Future of Global Britain?
Commentary, 14 August 2018
John 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.
Tags: Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe, Pacific
Australia’s Aegis Destroyer Will Improve its Defensive Capabilities
RUSI Defence Systems, 13 August 2018
Debalina Ghoshal
The Royal Australian Navy is leveraging the latest Aegis combat system, SM-6 interceptor missiles and its new Hobart-class destroyers to limit its vulnerability to proliferating ballistic and cruise missile threats in the Indo-Pacific region. This has implications for interoperability with allies and deterrence.
Tags: Maritime Forces, Pacific
Lessons from Down Under: The Soft Power Dividend of Financial Crime Technical Assistance
Commentary, 8 August 2018
Tom 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.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe, PacificPages
Is China’s Xi Jinping Removing Possible Successors?
Commentary, 26 July 2017Charles Parton
President Xi Jinping has moved decisively and unexpectedly against one of the top 25 Communist Party officials in the Politburo, Sun Zhengcai, once seen as a possible successor.
China, Pacific
The US and South Korea: A Fracturing Alliance?
Commentary, 27 June 2017Cristina Varriale
While there is a strong relationship between the US and South Korea, the new administrations in both capitals face challenges in adopting a common approach to Pyongyang.
North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
A Proactive Diplomat: Vietnam’s Wooing of Trump’s America
Commentary, 14 June 2017Huong Le Thu
The Vietnamese prime minister travelled to Washington, DC last month in an attempt to get the Trump administration onside on trade, defence and regional issues.
United States, Americas, Pacific
The Case for Reinforcing the UK–Japan Security Partnership
Commentary, 13 June 2017Peter Ricketts
An invitation from RUSI Japan to participate in a roundtable in Tokyo in late May gave the author a great opportunity both to present a view of European security to Japanese experts, and to re-immerse briefly in local perspectives on the risks facing their region.
Japan, Pacific
Defining Militarisation: China Grapples with Explaining its Great Power Status
Commentary, 25 May 2017Veerle Nouwens and Peter Roberts
In his statement at the White House in 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a commitment not to militarise the artificial islands China built in the South China Sea. Observers wondered how China defined the term ‘militarisation’. And it is this lack of clarity helping to fuel speculation over Beijing’s strategic ambitions.
China, PacificPages
Countering Proliferation Finance: Implementation Guide and Model Law for Governments
Other Publications, 21 July 2017Andrea Berger and Anagha Joshi
This is the second of two guidance papers produced by RUSI on countering proliferation finance. It aims to assist governments seeking to strengthen their legal and institutional frameworks to counter...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, United Nations, North Korea, Other Publications, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Book Review: Australia's Defence Strategy: Evaluating Alternatives for a Contested Asia
RUSI Journal, 16 June 2017Peter Layton
Peter Layton reviews Australia's Defence Strategy: Evaluating Alternatives for a Contested Asia by Adam Lockyer
RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Pacific
A House Without Foundations: The North Korea Sanctions Regime and its Implementation
Whitehall Reports, 9 June 2017Andrea Berger
This report identifies the challenges of implementing sanctions on North Korea.
United Nations, Whitehall Reports, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, International Institutions, Pacific
China's Eurasian Pivot: The Silk Road Economic Belt
Whitehall Papers, 31 May 2017Raffaello Pantucci and Sarah Lain
The modern Silk Road is a key component of China's political and economic strategy in Eurasia.
China, Whitehall Papers, International Security Studies, New Silk Road, Pacific
The EU in the Asia-Pacific: Crisis Management Roles?
Conference Reports, 12 May 2017Peter Roberts
RUSI convened a conference on 22 March 2017 to consider what part Europe might play in Crisis Management in the Asia-Pacific region.
China, Conference Reports, European Union, Military Sciences, Europe, PacificPages
"China is asserting itself in its border regions and changing facts on the ground to solidify claims. Indian push-back is based on strategic relations with Bhutan that go back a long way and a concern about how this changes Indian capabilities on the ground."
China must get along with regional powers to make its New Silk Road plan work
In The News, 19 August 2017 Tags: China, India, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Pacific, Central and South Asia
"“The big slip-up was with the stuff getting on the plane to Australia,” said Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. “Cargo planes have been a problem for a long time.”"
Foiled Sydney plot raises questions about how easily bomb was transported to Australia
In The News, 9 August 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Terrorism, Pacific, Middle East and North Africa
""China's naval presence in the Indian Ocean is showing signs of a qualitative shift," Joshi said, noting the mainland's growing patrols and the July 12 dispatch of Chinese troops to a military base in Djibouti — Beijing's first long-term foreign military deployment in almost 60 years. "This Chinese facility is not just a platform from which China can project initially modest power into the western Indian Ocean, but will also justify and support a greater volume and pace of other patrols through the eastern and central Indian Ocean," Joshi added."
As India and China face off in the mountains, a new confrontation is growing in the ocean
In The News, 25 July 2017 Tags: China, India, Global Security Issues, Pacific
""Given the number of women who have traveled from other countries to Syria/Iraq, including from the West, it is unsurprising that Singapore has experienced a case of female radicalization," Winterbotham told CNN in an email. "Families have been central to the creation of the Islamic State (ISIS) with a focus on creating infrastructure and society through citizens living under strict sharia law. Women have therefore been sought as citizens, to marry fighters, mother children, and propagandize.""
Preschool assistant is the 1st woman ever detained for radicalization in Singapore
In The News, 12 June 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Pacific
"“China needs to not only worry about walking into political traps leading to investment loss, but also worry about security of staff and assets,” said Raffaello Pantucci, director of international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute. “You are looking at parts of the world where you have politically risky and unstable governments, a variety of security threats, and a government in Beijing which has little clear skill or experience in managing these problems.”"
Chinese firms wary of political risks on Xi’s ‘Belt and Road’ plan
In The News, 25 May 2017 Tags: China, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Pacific
No Prime Minister: The Deteriorating Security Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saudi Arabia Under Attack
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