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Seven Reasons Why the US Needs to Re-Engage with Turkey
Article, 5 March 2021Taras Kuzio
The election of President Joe Biden presents a strategic opportunity for the US to resume playing a more active role in the South Caucasus, Eurasia and the greater Middle East – if Washington and...
Turkey, United States, RUSI Newsbrief
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
Multimedia, 5 March 2021Following the recent wave of attacks by far-right extremists around the world, the task of throttling the financing of right-wing terrorism and extremism has seldom been more pressing. The CFCS’s...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Commentary, 5 March 2021Daniel Lomas
The UK’s intelligence agencies have been criticised for not reflecting the ‘makeup of modern Britain’. But significant improvements have been made.
UK, Intelligence
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement
Commentary, 4 March 2021Trevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas
The initiative is clearly inspired by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but the devil will be in the detail.
Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, UK, Technology
The Financing of North Korea’s Nuclear Ambition Remains Alive and Well
Commentary, 29 April 2019Tom Keatinge
A lack of awareness-raising by governments and misinterpretation by the private sector mean efforts to restrict North Korea’s finances are failing.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
The West Should Weaponise Embarrassment in the New Information Wars
Commentary, 26 April 2019Joel Rogers de Waal
Western digital society can never be properly fortified against foreign interference. But it could do more in the realm of information warfare deterrence.
Cyber, Information, Technology
Britain’s Declining Tank Numbers Highlights a Wider Problem
Commentary, 24 April 2019Jack Watling
The current debate about Britain’s shrinking numbers of main battle tanks obscures the need for a much deeper discussion about the country’s strategic choices.
Armed Forces, Military Sciences, UK Integrated Review 2021, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK, UK Defence, Europe
Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
Commentary, 18 April 2019Natia Seskuria
Russia’s pressure on Georgia continues, both through the gradual seizure of more territory and through massive propaganda campaigns.
International Security Studies, Russia, Georgia, Global Security Issues, Information
Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?
Commentary, 17 April 2019Maria Smekalova and Kevin Gourlay
There is still a role for global discussion on norms of conduct in cyberspace.
Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, UK-Russia Security Dialogue, United Nations, Russia, Information, International Institutions, Technology
Israel’s Election: It Is Bibi All the Way
Commentary, 11 April 2019Michael Stephens
Binyamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli election, setting the scene for a right-wing administration which may well be tempted to formally annex the occupied territories and set Israel on a dangerous...
RUSI International, Israel, Middle East and North Africa
US Presidential Hopefuls and Their Nuclear Weapons Policies
Commentary, 9 April 2019Jamie Kwong
US Democratic Party candidates for the White House are beginning to tackle nuclear challenges in their election campaigns.
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Defence Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Nearly Forgotten but not Gone: The Legacy of the UK’s Retired Nuclear Submarines
Commentary, 5 April 2019Trevor Taylor
Britain’s difficulty in dismantling its retired nuclear submarines represents a classic lesson in the benefits and risks of deferring ‘non-urgent’ spending in the defence sector.
Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, UK, Defence Management, UK Defence, Europe
The UK's National Cyber Security Strategy Beyond 2021: The International Dimension
Commentary, 2 April 2019Danny Steed
Building the next cyber security strategy must go beyond domestic resilience to address international dynamics. And doing so will require an articulation of a vision about what kind of cyberspace it...
Cyber, UK, Intelligence, Technology, Europe
Supervising the UK AML Supervisors: The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision First Annual Report
Commentary, 29 March 2019Helena Wood
The launch of the first annual report of the UK’s Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision signals a bold step forward for UK anti-money laundering supervision, but many...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, UK, EuropePages

Stephen Ashley on Nuclear Fuel
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Dr Stephen Ashley spoke at the RUSI UK PONI conference 2012 on 'Proliferation Resistance of Thorium-Uranium Fuelled Nuclear Reactors'
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Alex Bollfrass on Iran's Virtual Nuclear Arsenal
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Alex Bollfrass, MA Student at Princeton University, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'Crisis Stability of an Iranian Virtual Nuclear Arsenal'
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Paul Burton on a Tale of Two Crises
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Paul Burton of AWE's National Nuclear Security Programme spoke at the UK PONI Conference 2012, examining two archetypal examples of nuclear crises from the past fifty years.
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David Cliff on Multilateral Approaches to Future W
Multimedia, 23 August 2012David Cliff, a Researcher at VERTIC, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI 2012 Conference on 'Multilateral Approaches to Future Warhead Dismantlement Verification'
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Matthew Cottee on the Nuclear Security Regime and
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Matthew Cottee, Research Associate, Centre for Science and Security Studies, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'The Nuclear Security Regime and Its Role in Nuclear Stability'
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Tristan Derry on China's stance on Nuclear Non-Pro
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Tristan Derry of the International Centre for Security Analysis spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on the subject of 'China's New Security Concept and its Changing Position on Non-Proliferation'
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Andrew Futter on Nuanced US Deterrence
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Dr Andrew Futter, Lecturer in International Politics at University of Leicester, speaks at the RUSI UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'Nuanced US Deterrence: Treating the Symptoms or Drivers of Nuclear...
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Matthew Gill on the UK's Plutonium Stockpile
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Matthew Gill, PhD Candidate at University of Manchester spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'Proliferation Resistance of Fast Reactor Fuel Cycles Using the UK's Plutonium Stockpile'
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Eben Harrell on Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Eben Harrell, of the Managing the Atom Project at Harvard Kennedy School, spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'Consolidating Fissile Material: Next Steps to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism'
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Otso Iho on the Nuclear Future of the Korean Penin
Multimedia, 23 August 2012Otso Iho, MA Student, King's College London spoke at RUSI's UK PONI Conference 2012 on 'The Nuclear Future of the Korean Peninsula'
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Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, April/May 2018
RUSI Journal, 18 June 2018Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the April/May 2018 edition of the RUSI Journal.
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A Commentary on H C Colles’s ‘The Red Cross in the War.’
, 18 June 2018Tom Plant
A Commentary on H C Colles’s ‘The Red Cross in the War.’
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A Fourth F-35 Variant?
RUSI Defence Systems, 15 June 2018Andrew Hartland
With an inherently high thrust-to-weight ratio and modified digital flight control system, an F-35 variant could operate off the Queen Elizabeth class carriers with fewer penalties to the baseline F-35A design than the current F-35B and hence fewer performance trade-offs
Tags: Aerospace
The Rise of the Chemical Weapon State: From Salisbury to Syria
RUSI Newsbrief, 8 June 2018Ryan Henrici
The recent execution of chemical attacks by Moscow, Damascus and Pyongyang for diverse purposes may not only suggest that the prohibitive power of international conventions is now fading away, but also signals the emergence of a new class of states who can deploy a credible chemical threat.
Tags: North Korea, Russia, Syria, Global Security Issues, Technology
Counter-UAS – a ‘Wicked’ Problem?
RUSI Defence Systems, 6 June 2018Adam Coffey
Finding, striking, jamming, blocking, sustaining, and generally being disruptive, are all now realistic outputs from UAS. Given these multiple potential and proven uses for UAS even by non-state actors, the military conversation has very much moved on to how to counter them.
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Positional Warfare A Paradigm for Understanding Twenty-First-Century Conflict
RUSI Journal, 4 June 2018Siddarth Kaushal
Contemporary war is not characterised by radical change, but to a return to the eighteenth-century paradigm of positional warfare.
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Global Allies: Comparing US Alliances in the 21st Century
RUSI Journal, 1 June 2018Lavina Lee
Lavina Lee reviews Global Allies: Comparing US Alliances in the 21st Century, by Michael Wesley.
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RUSI Newsbrief Vol. 38, No. 4
RUSI Newsbrief, 1 June 2018This issue of Newsbrief includes articles on the migration of Daesh's leaders to Afghanistan, the 2018 NATO Summit being held in Brussels in July, what to expect in Ukrainian politics over the next twelve months, and Bulgaria's approach to the standoff between Russia and the West.
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Marauding Terrorist Firearms’ Attacks: A Practitioner’s View of the UK’s Emergency Service Initial Response Arrangements to Deal with an Active Shooter
RUSI Journal, 1 June 2018Dave Graham
Improvement is needed to the UK’s emergency services’s plans to respond to marauding terrorist firearms’ attacks.
Tags: UK, Terrorism
Nord Stream II: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
RUSI Newsbrief, 1 June 2018Alex Maciag
Increasing tension over Nord Stream II puts the spotlight on a West that still lacks unity or a clear policy towards Russia. The divisions over the project are adding to bitterness within the EU and the transatlantic relationship, and benefiting Moscow.
Tags: United States, Russia, Global Security Issues, EuropePages

Precision Strike in 21st Century Multidomain Operations
Conference, 13 May 2021The conduct of 21st century campaigns will be shaped in large measure by opponents’ use of reconnaissance strike complexes to achieve effects in depth. This conference will seek to examine both the...

Strategic Command Conference: Sharpening the UK Defence’s Edge in the 2020s
Events, 21 April 2021Held against the backdrop of the substantial financial settlement for Defence but also a deteriorating security situation and the broader impact of the pandemic, the UK Strategic Command Conference...

Future War and the Defence of Europe
Events, 1 April 2021A conversation with General John Allen, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges and Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French, to launch their latest book entitled ‘Future War and the Defence of Europe’.

UK PONI Workshop: Introduction to Nuclear Weapons Policy
Events, 25 March 2021UK Project on Nuclear Issues will host an introductory workshop covering the basics of nuclear weapons policy for early career professionals. The event will take place online over two half-days.

Combat Air Power 2021: Competing Visions for the Future
Conference, 24 March 2021Evolving peer threats, new budgetary pressures and national industrial imperatives are fuelling fierce competition. This online conference will examine the key next-generation combat air approaches...
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement