Tom Keatinge, Director of RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime, and David Carlisle, Associate Fellow, spoke at the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism. They presented the findings of their paper (authored with RUSI Research Analyst Florence Keen), commissioned by the Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs.
Isabelle van der Vegt, Paul Gill, Stuart Macdonald and Bennett Kleinberg
This paper offers a unique view on current practices and challenges regarding terrorist and extremist content removal from social media platforms, focusing particularly on human-based and automated approaches and the integration of the two.
Tags: Cyber, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Other Publications, Terrorism
Gayatri Sahgal, Timothy Kimaiyo, Abdulrahman Hamo Mohamed, Stephen Rotich, David Karienye and Ahmed Osman Warfa
The Conference on Clan Conflict and Violent Extremism in the North-Eastern Counties of Kenya, held by RUSI in January 2019, shared research on the connections between clan conflicts and violent extremism and produced recommendations for policy and programming.
Tags: RUSI International, Horn of Africa, Tackling Extremism, Conference Reports, European Union, Counterinsurgency, STRIVE - Horn of Africa, International Responses, Global Security Issues, Resilience, Terrorism, Africa
Stuart Macdonald, Daniel Grinnell, Anina Kinzel and Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
This paper focuses on the attempts by Daesh to use Twitter to disseminate its online magazine, 'Rumiyah'. It examines a dataset of 11,520 tweets mentioning 'Rumiyah' that contained an outlink, to evaluate the success of Daesh’s attempts to use Twitter as a gateway to issues of its magazine.
Tags: Cyber, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, Other Publications, Terrorism
Charlie Parton
A clear differentiation is required between trade and technology wars, Huawei and politicised arrests of foreign nationals. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is deliberately confusing them, and President Trump is not helping.
Tags: China, Cyber, Law and Ethics, Technology, Pacific
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
Kayla Izenman
The US government’s move against two alleged cyber-criminals serves as a warning sign to the cryptocurrency community. The community may choose to respond by cloaking itself in an even heavier mantle of anonymity, or it may just understand that it stands to gain from policing its activities.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, United States, US Defence Policy, AML/CTF, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Sanctions, Illicit Trade, Law and Ethics, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, Technology
Tom Keatinge
As a member of the EU, the UK has been a strong leader in the design and implementation of sanctions. Brexit will create complexity for policymakers and the private sector and result in a loss of UK influence and effectiveness.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Brexit Briefings, Sanctions, UK
Alexander Babuta
In the digital age, it is often necessary to make compromises between cost and security. For the US Army, miscalculating the balance of this compromise could have serious implications for national security.
Tags: Cyber, United States, North America, RUSI Defence Systems, Technology
Jennifer Cole and Alexandra Stickings
The practices used by Crimestoppers UK highlight how the identity of individuals might be protected.
Tags: Cyber, Policing and Security, RUSI Journal, UK, Technology, Europe
A lecture by Dr David Kilcullen, Chairman, Caerus Associates
Tags: United States, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Ahead of the international Anti-Corruption Summit in London this May, the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI and KPMG will hold four Anti-Corruption workshops.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK
Ahead of the international Anti-Corruption Summit in London this May, the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI and KPMG will hold four Anti-Corruption workshops.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Organised Crime
Britain’s Nuclear Projects: Less Bang and More Whimper
Soleimani’s Killing: The Regional Ripple Effects are Yet to Come
Taiwan Elections: Reactions to the DPP’s Win