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""This boasting propaganda, which was of course aimed at the Chinese people although it’s conducted externally, enables them to say to the Chinese people, ‘Look at what we’re doing in the world; China is leading the fight,’” said Mr Parton, now senior associate fellow at RUSI, a think tank.
“This was, frankly, resented,” he said. "
The future of China: How Beijing has shown the rest of the world it will play by its own rules
In The News, 13 August 2020 Tags: China, Pacific
"A once-busy maritime coal smuggling route between North Korea and China has returned to pre-pandemic levels of activity, a joint investigation by NK Pro and the Royal United Services Institute’s (RUSI) Project Sandstone can reveal this week. "
North Korean coal smuggling route to China rebounds to pre-COVID activity levels
In The News, 17 July 2020 Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Pacific
"The reunification remains a priority for Beijing, said Veerle Nouwens, a research fellow in the Asia-Pacific region at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense think tank.
"China has continued to exercise at sea and in the air in the South China Sea and around Taiwan," Nouwens said. "This is not particularly new but takes place in a wider context of increasing Chinese assertiveness on its borders and in the surrounding region." "
Taiwan conducts major annual military exercise amid rising China tensions
In The News, 16 July 2020 Tags: China, International Security Studies, Pacific
"Taking a "harsh retaliatory stance" could close doors to future investments elsewhere in Europe, said Veerle Nouwens, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a British defense and security think tank.
"Irrespective of Chinese grandstanding, we can't forget that China is also still recovering economically from the pandemic. It may therefore feel that the costs of reacting very strongly against the UK may outweigh the benefits of doing so," Nouwens added. "
A trade fight with China is the last thing the UK needs
In The News, 16 July 2020 Tags: China, International Security Studies, Pacific
The Southern Stratagem: North Korean Proliferation Financing in Southern and Eastern Africa
Multimedia, 15 May 2020
North Korea adapts its proliferation financing activities to the particular opportunities available in each of the regions in which it operates. Sub-Saharan Africa has been no different.
Tags: Counter-Proliferation Finance, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Africa, Pacific
"Technology and social media have proven to be very effective in mobilising protests. This was also the case during the recent protests in Hong Kong. However, China was also very successful in influencing social media and technology companies to undermine the use of technology by protesters and to stifle the international effects of negative press coverage. "
Hong Kong: Tech Companies Becoming Mediators in Protests?
In The News, 18 March 2020 Tags: China, Cyber, Technology, PacificPages
Doklam Plateau: A Challenge to China’s Great Power Ambitions?
Commentary, 25 August 2017Amrita Jash
Will China's face off with India over the Doklam Plateau put a dent in Beijing's bid to be seen as a responsible world power?
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
ROKing the Boat: US Nuclear Weapons in South Korea?
Commentary, 22 August 2017Emil Dall and Cristina Varriale
South Korea’s main opposition party has called for the reintroduction of US nuclear weapons on the peninsula. This is just posturing and not a good idea, but could reopen a debate in South Korea about the credibility of Washington’s security guarantees.
Defence, Industries and Society, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Robust International Peacekeeping: Is Asia Up to the Task?
Commentary, 17 August 2017Ewan Lawson and Veerle Nouwens
A political dispute in Japan over an alleged cover-up in a UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan highlights a bigger regional problem with international operations that are no longer about maintaining, but more about imposing, peace.
United Nations, Japan, International Institutions, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Pacific
India and China: Will the Doklam Row Plateau Off?
Commentary, 2 August 2017Shashank Joshi
Since mid-June, India and China have been locked in the most serious crisis between the two countries in 30 years.
China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Britain Needs New Safeguards to Deal with Chinese Investment
Commentary, 1 August 2017John Hemmings
China’s foreign direct investment is both necessary and welcome. However, it comes with risks, which current legal structures in Britain are ill-equipped to assess.
China, National Security, PacificPages
Preparing for War in Korea
Whitehall Reports, 27 September 2017Malcolm Chalmers
This report looks at how a war in the Korean Peninsula could start and what might happen should it break out.
US Defence Policy, Whitehall Reports, North Korea, Defence Policy, Pacific
The Tactics and Strategy of the Australian Light Infantry in Counter-Revolutionary Operations in South Vietnam, 1966–71
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017Andrew T Ross
The tactics used by the 1st Australian Task Force yielded better results than those used by US forces.
RUSI Journal, History, Pacific
Book Review: China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017John Hemmings
John Hemmings review China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia by Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson.
China, RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Pacific
Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017William Clapton
William Clapton reviews Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition, by Shannon Tow.
RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Pacific
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, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United Nations, North Korea, Other Publications, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, PacificPages
""It's not a big deal that they have this ship," Veerle Nouwens, an Asia-Pacific expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider. Japan already has an even more formidable aircraft carrying destroyer active in the region and "they're using it for military exchanges or diplomacy. That's effectively what it's doing by potentially going around to India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.""
Beijing's response to Japan's new destroyer shows its authoritarian endgame in the South China Sea
In The News, 6 August 2018 Tags: China, International Security Studies, Japan, Global Security Issues, Maritime Forces, Pacific
"The dynamics of this kind of summit meeting might also work for President Trump. Yes, it seems that he is vulnerable to flattery and the trappings of a head of state meeting, as others have found. But this is an opportunity to make a deal that, unlike the Iran nuclear deal or the Paris climate agreement, he would personally own."
How the Historic North Korea Summit Gave Trump a Path to Create a Lasting Peace
In The News, 28 April 2018 Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, North Korea, Global Security Issues, Pacific
"The worry here is that expectations raised too high are dashed more completely when they fail – and, after all, it isn't so long since the US was 'locked and loaded' for 'fire and fury' in Korea.' "
The first step towards peace? Korea experts warn of caution
In The News, 28 April 2018 Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, North Korea, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
"A crisis looms, with potentially far more serious economic, social and political consequences than demographics, debt and deleveraging. So why is water scarcity not a central feature of studies of China’s economic outlook? "
China’s acute water shortage imperils economic future
In The News, 27 February 2018 Tags: China, Pacific
"Justin Bronk, a military expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider that North Korea's mystery missiles looked "enormously like Iskander missiles" and were not ones that North Korea had "been seen with before."Bronk pointed out that Russia has a history of helping North Korea with its missile program. Talented engineers left unemployed after the collapse of the Soviet Union and often found good-paying work in North Korea, Bronk said."
A mystery missile at North Korea's military parade should make the US worried
In The News, 8 February 2018 Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences, North Korea, Pacific
Japan’s Engagement with Southeast Asia
Keep the Home Fires Burning: Why the Integrated Review Matters for the UK’s Domestic Response to Economic Crime
Salvaging the Iran Nuclear Deal: Round One in Vienna, and What Comes Next