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The Coronavirus Pandemic Demands Digital Vigilance, Amid Intensifying Social Isolation
Commentary, 1 April 2020Ardi Janjeva
As the UK remains in its lockdown phase, the demand for electronic devices to work and engage in social contact is booming. This widens the target population for fraudsters in a substantial way,...
Organised Crime and Policing, Organised Crime, Organised Crime, Technology
Catch Me If You Can: The Challenges of Orbital Rendezvous and Proximity Operations
Article, 31 March 2020Alexandra Stickings
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations in space add a layer of complexity to an already confused conversation concerning weapons in orbit. Consensus regarding their use and potential threat is needed to...
Aerospace, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme
The Challenge of Change: Acquiring Technologies for Defence in the UK
RUSI Publications, 31 March 2020Trevor Taylor and John Louth
The UK needs a speedier defence procurement process that recognises the long-term value of failure.
Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Occasional Papers, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
Doing What is Right: Financial Inclusion Needs Better Incentives
Commentary, 31 March 2020Isabella Chase
Tools to enable financial inclusion exist, but without positive incentives to put these into practice barriers will remain.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Law and Ethics, Organised Crime, Terrorism
National Intelligence and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Commentary, 31 March 2020Michael Chertoff, Patrick Bury and Kjetil Hatlebrekke
Given its profound impact, it is worth asking whether the coronavirus pandemic represents a collective failure of national intelligence agencies.
Intelligence, International Institutions, National Security
The Coronavirus Pandemic Demands Digital Vigilance, Amid Intensifying Social Isolation
Commentary, 1 April 2020Ardi Janjeva
As the UK remains in its lockdown phase, the demand for electronic devices to work and engage in social contact is booming. This widens the target population for fraudsters in a substantial way,...
Organised Crime and Policing, Organised Crime, Organised Crime, Technology
National Intelligence and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Commentary, 31 March 2020Michael Chertoff, Patrick Bury and Kjetil Hatlebrekke
Given its profound impact, it is worth asking whether the coronavirus pandemic represents a collective failure of national intelligence agencies.
Intelligence, International Institutions, National Security
Doing What is Right: Financial Inclusion Needs Better Incentives
Commentary, 31 March 2020Isabella Chase
Tools to enable financial inclusion exist, but without positive incentives to put these into practice barriers will remain.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Law and Ethics, Organised Crime, Terrorism
Use Defence Carefully in a Civil Crisis
Commentary, 30 March 2020Jack Watling
Turning to the military for assistance has become commonplace in the coronavirus pandemic. Governments should be careful how they do this.
Civil–Military Relations, Military Sciences, UK, UK Defence
Don’t Lose Sight of the Enduring Global Terrorist Threat
Commentary, 30 March 2020Raffaello Pantucci
As the world’s attention remains understandably concentrated on the Coronavirus pandemic, it is important to remember that other threats have not gone away.
UK Counter-terrorism, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Pandemics Present and Future: Coronavirus in Context
Commentary, 30 March 2020Randolph Kent
The coronavirus pandemic should be a telling reminder that the global community has, in all too many ways, not benefited from the lessons that it should have learned from the past.
Global Security Issues, Information, Intelligence
Deferring Judgement – Whither the UK’s Integrated Review and Defence?
Commentary, 27 March 2020Malcolm Chalmers and Will Jessett
The coronavirus pandemic could lead to new judgements on the UK’s spending priorities on defence and security.
Defence Policy, UK, National Security, UK Defence
Rickety Anchor: North Korea Calls its Illicit Shipping Fleet Home amid Coronavirus Fears
Commentary, 26 March 2020Project Sandstone
North Korea appears to have ordered a significant portion of its shipping fleet to return home in what is likely a reaction to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, new analysis by Project...
Project Sandstone, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
In a World of Pandemics and ‘Black Sky Hazards’, Can the UN Be Rendered Fit for the 21st Century?
Commentary, 25 March 2020Karin von Hippel and Randolph Kent
The coronavirus crisis has exposed deep flaws within the UN. At a time when the world is desperate for the international leadership that only an organisation like the UN can provide, the organisation...
United Nations, Global Security Issues, Resilience
How Covid-19 is Changing the Organised Crime Threat
Commentary, 24 March 2020Keith Ditcham
Organised crime might seek to exploit the coronavirus pandemic in several ways. What are the likely implications for the law enforcement agencies?
Organised Crime and Policing, Americas, UK, Organised Crime, Technology, EuropePages
Preparing the Public for Future Crises
Multimedia, 26 March 2020All governments dealing with Covid-19 are working out ways to involve the public and enlist volunteer support. Elisabeth Braw proposes ways to involve teenagers in resilience training.
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Resilience and the Coronavirus
Multimedia, 20 March 2020RUSI's Elisabeth Braw previews the forthcoming RUSI analysis with those dealing with the implications of the Coronavirus
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Financial Crime 2.0: E Gaming
Multimedia, 25 February 2020Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Financial Crime 2.0
Financial Crime 2.0: The Decentralisation of Cryptocurrency and Financial Crime
Multimedia, 18 February 2020Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Financial Crime 2.0
Financial Crime 2.0: Privacy Coins
Multimedia, 11 February 2020Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Financial Crime 2.0
Financial Crime Online: Beyond Our Reach?
Multimedia, 4 February 2020Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Financial Crime 2.0
Episode 10: Leaks, Links and Brexit
Multimedia, 29 January 2020In this episode, host Isabella Chase is joined by guests to discuss the most recent money laundering leaks, UK-linked financial crime cases, and the impact that Brexit will have on the financial...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Episode 09: New Year, New Challenges
Multimedia, 15 January 2020In this episode, host Isabella Chase is joined by guests to discuss the challenges that will face financial institutions in 2020. To discuss the recent financial crime news, Isabella is joined by...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, Europe
Iran Crisis: Implications for the UK
Multimedia, 8 January 2020Dr Jack Watling outlines how the UK will be affected in Iraq following the targetted killing of Qassem Soleimani.
Tags: Iran, UK
Episode 08: What defined financial crime in 2019?
Multimedia, 18 December 2019In the final episode of the Suspicion Transaction Report for 2019 the CFCS team come together to discuss the biggest financial crime news stories of the year. Host Isabella Chase is joined by Tom...
Tags:Pages
Catch Me If You Can: The Challenges of Orbital Rendezvous and Proximity Operations
RUSI Defence Systems, 31 March 2020Alexandra Stickings
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations in space add a layer of complexity to an already confused conversation concerning weapons in orbit. Consensus regarding their use and potential threat is needed to prevent miscalculations and unwanted escalation of tensions
Tags: Aerospace
Case Closed? Why We Should Review Historic Wildlife Trafficking Cases from a Financial Perspective
RUSI Newsbrief, 27 March 2020Alexandria Reid and Tom Keatinge
Based on a recent exercise in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, this Newsbrief explores the value of revisiting historic wildlife cases from a financial perspective.
Tags: Organised Crime
The British Army Must Extend the Range of its Precision Strike Capability
RUSI Defence Systems, 27 March 2020Jack Senogles
Whilst an effective capability in Afghanistan, the EXACTOR missile is not able to meet the British Army’s emerging precision guided munitions requirements in an Eastern European context
Tags: UK, Land Forces
German Decision to Split Tornado Replacement is a Poor One
RUSI Defence Systems, 26 March 2020Justin Bronk
If the reported intention to replace Germany’s ageing Tornado fleet with a mix of up to 90 Eurofighters, 30 Super Hornets and 15 Growlers is correct, the Luftwaffe will be getting the worst of all previously mooted outcomes
Tags: Germany
Modelling the Vulnerability of Aircraft Carriers in the European Theatre
RUSI Defence Systems, 20 March 2020Sidharth Kaushal
This article uses a variety of salvo combat models to generate a crude outline of the vulnerability of an aircraft carrier manoeuvring in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea or the Barents Sea in a conflict involving NATO and Russia
Tags: Maritime Forces
‘Information War’ as the Russian Conceptualisation of Strategic Communications
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2020Ofer Fridman
Military and non-military tools form part of Russian information warfare.
Tags: Russia, Defence Policy, Information, Europe
God’s Spies: The Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church
RUSI Journal, 17 March 2020Gill Bennett
Gill Bennett reviews God’s Spies: The Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church, by Elisabeth Braw.
Tags: History, Intelligence, Europe
Redefining ‘Propaganda’: The Media Strategy of the Islamic State
RUSI Journal, 17 March 2020Charlie Winter
The Islamic State was very selective when choosing to employ deception.
Tags: Information, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Book Review: Brexit in History: Sovereignty or European Union?
RUSI Journal, 16 March 2020Stefan Auer
Stefan Auer reviews Brexit in History: Sovereignty or a European Union?, by Beatrice Heuser.
Tags: European Union, UK, International Institutions, Europe
Book Review: Bytes, Bombs and Spies: The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations
RUSI Journal, 16 March 2020Lev Topor
Lev Topor reviews Bytes, Bombs and Spies: The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations, edited by Herbert Lin and Amy Zegart.
Tags: Cyber, TechnologyPages
Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
Conference, 23 September 2020This conference will see speakers from academia, the military, security organisations, and allies discuss the interaction and cross-dependencies between the CBRN threat both above and below the...
Breakfast Briefing: The New British Army Operating Concept
Events, 17 June 2020An exclusive breakfast briefing with Dr Jack Watling, Research Fellow in Land Warfare, RUSI.
RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2020: Imposing Thresholds in a Global Digitized Contest
Conference, 11 June 2020Held annually in partnership with the Chief of the General Staff, the RUSI Land Warfare Conference is the UK’s pre-eminent gathering of the land forces community.
CANCELLED: RUSI Land Warfare Conference
Postponed: Modern Deterrence Spring 2020 Conference
Conference, 13 May 2020Emerging Power: Involving Youth in National Security
Modern Deterrence
Breakfast Briefing - The Future of UK–EU Intelligence Sharing in a Post-Brexit World
Events, 11 May 2020An exclusive breakfast briefing with Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, Vice Chairman of RUSI and former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6).
The Coronavirus Pandemic Demands Digital Vigilance, Amid Intensifying Social Isolation
National Intelligence and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Doing What is Right: Financial Inclusion Needs Better Incentives