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Season Two: The Unwitting Accomplice?

Multimedia, 13 July 2020

In this episode, host Anton Moiseienko is joined by journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs to dive into the workings of money mule networks. Are they innocent enablers or knowing accomplices...

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

Coronavirus: Financial Inclusion Considerations for Risk-Based Supervision and Its Impacts on the Risk-Based Approach

RUSI Publications, 13 July 2020

Isabella Chase and Tom Keatinge

This Briefing Paper explores how the financial services opportunities created by the coronavirus pandemic can be used to propel the global adoption of a genuinely risk-based approach to supervision...

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Coronavirus, AML/CTF, Briefing Papers

Illicit endangered wildlife trade in Myanmar. Image courtesy of Dan Bennett / Wikimedia Commons.

Chinese Government Policy on Wildlife Trade: What Has Changed, What Has Not, and Why It Matters

Commentary, 13 July 2020

Aron White

Legislation governing the wildlife trade in China has changed as a result of the current pandemic. Still, a great deal remains to be done.

China, Coronavirus

The plaque outside the South Door of the Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall, London. Courtesy of Ministry of Defence.

The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals

Commentary, 10 July 2020

Trevor Taylor

In the first in a series of articles, we explore the UK’s current attempt to operate a government-wide direction in its approval of major procurement projects.

Defence Spending, Defence, Industries and Society, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management, UK, UK Defence, Europe

China Pulls Back

Article, 10 July 2020

Sarosh Bana

An uneasy truce has developed between India and China. Beijing stunned New Delhi by commencing withdrawal on 6 July from areas it had seized two months earlier.

China, RUSI Newsbrief, India

NATO 2030: Difficult Times Ahead

Commentary, 15 June 2020

Peter Roberts

NATO’s Secretary General recently outlined an inspiring vision of a revamped Alliance by the end of the decade – it will not be easy to achieve.

NATO, Military Sciences

India and the ‘Quad Plus’ Dialogue

Commentary, 12 June 2020

Jagannath Panda

The ‘Quad Plus’ dialogue serves India’s broader strategic interests.

China, United States, India

Financial Crime and Brexit: Can We Agree on Nothing?

Commentary, 11 June 2020

Tom Keatinge

In Brexit negotiations, even the response to financial crime is an area of dispute.

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Brexit, European Union, UK

Russia’s New Rhetorical Deterrence

Commentary, 10 June 2020

Marek Menkiszak

Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed a new nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the country's critical state and...

NATO, Russia

Tsai Ing-wen, president-elect of Taiwan.

Between the Head and the Heart: Taiwan’s Careful Balancing Act

Commentary, 9 June 2020

Veerle Nouwens

Taiwan’s leader has proven to be a deft political player and a great political survivor. But she will need all her skills to navigate the island through the stormy seas which lie ahead.

China, United States, International Security Studies

What Happens When Soft Power Has to Stay at Home?

Commentary, 8 June 2020

Edward Elliott

The coronavirus pandemic has put many of the central sources of the UK’s soft power on pause. These must be protected, and new opportunities should be seized, for the UK to remain a global leader in...

Coronavirus, Art, Culture and Literature, UK

The UN and Peacekeeping in the UK’s Integrated Review

Commentary, 5 June 2020

Ewan Lawson

The UK is a leading contributor to UN peacekeeping operations. It should continue to be so, while promoting a wider reform agenda of the organisation.

United Nations, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Ceremonial proceedings including honour guard.

Trianon: The Long Shadow on Hungary and Central Europe

Commentary, 4 June 2020

György Schöpflin

A century ago today, the Treaty of Trianon carved up the territory of Hungary, consigning the rump country to the status of the single biggest loser of the First World War. Trianon’s consequences,...

German police have recently been involved in raids on sites linked to Hizbullah. Pictured is a German police task force.

A Tightrope Act: Germany’s Ban on Hizbullah Activities

Commentary, 3 June 2020

Juliana Suess

Germany’s decision to ban Hizbullah does not signify the start of a regional shift, but generates wider foreign policy repercussions.

Germany, Terrorism

High Mountains near the India-China Border landscape.

A Military Analysis of the Sino–Indian Border Clashes

Commentary, 2 June 2020

Nick Reynolds and Sidharth Kaushal

Chinese military incursions at the border with India may signify Beijing’s desire for a permanent shift in the military status quo between the two powers.

Japan, India, Military Sciences

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Western Way of War: Professor Nina Kollars

Multimedia, 11 June 2020

Professor Peter Roberts, Director Military Sciences, RUSI

Peter Roberts and Nina Kollars talk futurology, exceptionalism, decisive engagements, pathology, winnable fights, and vapourware, all in the pursuit of a more pragmatic view on the Western Way of...

Tags: Military Sciences

On the Cusp: Deputy Prime Minister Artis Pabriks

Multimedia, 9 June 2020

Latvia faces unenviable national security challenges, including a mighty neighbour to the East. But the country has an answer: in a new programme called Comprehensive Defence, the government is...

Tags: Modern Deterrence

What is the Western Way of Warfare?

Multimedia, 4 June 2020

Professor Peter Roberts, Director Military Sciences, RUSI

What is the Western Way of War? Is there one? How did it come about? Is it war or warfare (and what is the difference)? In this trailer to the new podcast from RUSI, we tackle these issues and...

Tags: Military Sciences

The Origins of Economic Sanctions

Multimedia, 28 May 2020

Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships

Dr Nicholas Mulder talks to RUSI's Dr Jonathan Eyal about the origins of economic sanctions and their relevance today. Nicholas Mulder is an associate professor at Cornell University and is author of...

Tags: Global Security Issues

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Karin von Hippel on China's Hostile Policies Towards Hong Kong

Multimedia, 26 May 2020

Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General

RUSI Director General Dr Karin von Hippel on China's policy towards Hong Kong. As China becomes more aggressive towards the province, how will the international community reach?

Tags: China

On the Cusp: Jonathan Kewley

Multimedia, 26 May 2020

Despite massive efforts to improve cyber defence, cyber attacks are growing. Even hospitals are attacked. A central but little-discussed aspect are the legal implications for cyber victims. Listen to...

Tags: Modern Deterrence

The Southern Stratagem: North Korean Proliferation Financing in Southern and Eastern Africa

Multimedia, 15 May 2020

Darya Dolzikova , Research Analyst

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, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Africa, Pacific

Introducing the Prevention Project

Multimedia, 15 May 2020

Emily Winterbotham, Director, Terrorism and Conflict

Tags: Terrorism and Conflict, The Prevention Project

On the Cusp: Giedrimas Jeglinskas

Multimedia, 12 May 2020

Elisabeth Braw speaks with Giedrimas Jeglinskas, NATO’s Assistant Secretary-General for Executive Management, about what his job running NATO’s headquarters entails, about NATO’s efforts to help...

Tags: Modern Deterrence

Integrated Coercion: The Case of China

Multimedia, 7 May 2020

Dr Sidarth Kaushal, Research Fellow at RUSI outlines how China asserts coercion in the world today.

Tags: Adversarial Studies, China, Military Sciences, Profession of Arms

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Addressing Cyber-Enabled Information Operations

RUSI Newsbrief, 1 May 2020

Gary Brown

Perhaps the greatest current cyberspace threat is cyber-enabled information operations, which strike at the narratives that underlie social cohesion. The long-term solution is education in critical thinking, but some legal changes could help blunt the effects in the short term.

Tags: Cyber, Information, Technology

The silver packaging containing Lariam. Courtesy of David Davies/Flickr

Military Safety: A Systems Perspective on Lariam

RUSI Journal, 29 April 2020

Peta Bathie

The antimalarial poses dangers for the military performance of the UK armed forces.

Tags: UK, Law and Ethics, Military Personnel, Europe

Defence Data Realities

RUSI Defence Systems, 29 April 2020

Roland McTeague

There is more to successful data exploitation than buying tools and expertise. It requires hard thinking and basic management. An analytics specialist offers some guidelines for data analytics success in Defence

Tags: Information

Management of Cyber Security in Defence Supply Chains

RUSI Newsbrief, 24 April 2020

Trevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas

Cyber concerns and foreign direct investments have dragged reluctant UK and US defence authorities further into supply chain management.

Tags: Cyber, United States, Defence Management, UK, Technology

Illustration of different types of media devices on a table. Courtesy of mast3r/Adobe Stock

War Writing as Ego-Media

RUSI Journal, 17 April 2020

Alisa Miller

Blogs were once a place for war writers to communicate calmly with their readers.

Tags: Information, Technology

Assessing the US–India Strategic Partnership in the Wake of the Trump Visit

RUSI Newsbrief, 17 April 2020

Walter Ladwig

Bilateral cooperation between the US and India has expanded in key areas, but the relationship increasingly rests on unstable foundations.

Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, India, Global Security Issues

The Far-Right Radicalisation Pipeline and State War-Fighting Capacity

RUSI Defence Systems, 16 April 2020

Jackson Oliver Webster

Online radicalisation is a key feature of contemporary far-right movements, and is not only a worrying domestic security concern for increasing numbers of Western countries, but points to deeper Defence vulnerabilities in future state-on-state crises.

Tags: Tackling Extremism, Information