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The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals
Commentary, 10 July 2020Trevor 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 2020Sarosh 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
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border
Commentary, 9 July 2020Don McLain Gill
While the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh appears limited to the border between the two states, the confrontation extends to the sea as well...
China, India
Western Way of War: Air Marshal Philip Osborn
Multimedia, 9 July 2020Military relationships (industrial and international), partnerships, martial habits, and why interoperability with the US alone won't solve the problem with the lack of a Western War of Warfare....
Military Sciences
Ethnic Hungarian Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe: Normalisation in Sight?
Commentary, 8 July 2020Károly Gergely
Ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring states are still struggling with exercising their group rights, a century after Hungary was shorn of much of its territory.
Europe
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.
Coronavirus, 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
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.
Coronavirus, Global Security Issues, Information, Intelligence
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
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...
North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Project Sandstone
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...
Coronavirus, Global Security Issues
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?
Coronavirus, Organised Crime and Policing, Americas, UK, Europe
The Coronavirus Epidemic and Panic Buying: Follow the East German Example
Commentary, 23 March 2020Elisabeth Braw
Of society and resilience: the scarcities of the past, and the panic buying of today.
Coronavirus, Germany, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, UK, EuropePages
Imran Khan's Pakistan
Multimedia, 27 July 2018Raffaello Pantucci and Kamal Alam talk about the recent election victory by Imran Khan in Pakistan.
Tags: Pakistan, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
NATO Round-table
Multimedia, 11 July 2018A round table discussion on the up coming NATO summit between Jonathan Eyal, Malcolm Chalmers and Emily Winterbotham.
Tags: NATO
North Korea Summit
Multimedia, 12 June 2018RUSI experts, Tom Plant and Cristina Varriale, get in depth and talk about the recent Trump - Kim summit.
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Session 1: The Future Combat Environment- RUSI–The First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference 2018
Multimedia, 1 June 2018Tags:
Tom Tugendhat on 'Defending the Rules'
Multimedia, 29 May 2018An address by Tom Tugendhat MBE MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons. In his address, Mr Tugendhat will discuss Britain’s place in the world and his vision for the UK’s foreign...
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Closing Session: Admiral Sir Philip Jones - RUSI–The First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2018
Multimedia, 25 May 2018Tags:
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson at RUSI
Multimedia, 24 May 2018The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson speaks at the RUSI-First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference
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Book Review: Getting Nuclear Weapons Right: Managing Danger and Avoiding Disaster
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen reviews Getting Nuclear Weapons Right: Managing Danger and Avoiding Disaster, by Stephen J Cimbala.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Resolving the Battle over Artificial Intelligence in War
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Larry Lewis
The military application of AI presents multiple challenges for the relationship between defence, industry and technology companies.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Defence Policy, Law and Ethics, Technology
Book Review: ‘These Meritorious Objects of the Royal Bounty’: The Chelsea Out-Pensioners in the Early Eighteenth Century
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Alan Guy
Alan J Guy reviews ‘These Meritorious Objects of the Royal Bounty’: The Chelsea Out-Pensioners in the Early Eighteenth Century, by Andrew Edward Cormack.
Tags: UK, History, Military Personnel
How Would Future Autonomous Weapon Systems Challenge Current Governance Norms?
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Ben Koppelman
The development of autonomous weapon systems needs to take into account compliance with international humanitarian law.
Tags: Law and Ethics, Technology
Artificial Intelligence and Decision-Making
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Keith Dear
AI will change decision-making in defence in multiple ways.
Tags: Defence Policy, Technology
Book Review: Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019William Clapton
William Clapton reviews Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy, by Clinton Fernandes.
Tags: Defence Policy, Pacific
Artificial Intelligence in Defence: When AI Meets Defence Acquisition Processes and Behaviours
RUSI Journal, 29 November 2019Trevor Taylor
Government procurement programmes need to adapt if they are to successfully acquire AI-enabled systems.
Tags: Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Technology
Macron is Mistaken – NATO Remains the Continent’s Best Defence
RUSI Newsbrief, 28 November 2019Jonathan Eyal
Emmanuel Macron’s criticism of the transatlantic Alliance is both counterproductive and flawed in its analysis – and his proposals for European security independence are equally misguided.
Tags: NATO, Europe
#WeAreNATO: Strategic Communications, Engagement and Lessons Learnt
RUSI Newsbrief, 22 November 2019Igor Merheim-Eyre and John G L J Jacobs
The #WeAreNATO campaign is an important tool to communicate the purpose and benefits of the Alliance. But to make it more durable, greater effort needs to be put into complementing top-down institutional efforts with bottom-up civic initiatives.
Tags: NATO, Europe
From Schools to Total Defence Exercises: Best Practices in Greyzone Deterrence
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 November 2019Elisabeth Braw
How NATO member states can develop societal resilience to combat modern threats.
Tags: NATO, ResiliencePages
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2020 Conference
Conference, 21 October 2020Emerging Power: Involving Youth in National Security
Modern Deterrence
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
Conference, 23 September 2020This Virtual Conference will see speakers from academia, the military, security organisations, and allies discuss the interaction and cross-dependencies between military and civillian agencies in...
Extreme Threats to the UK
Events, 17 September 2020The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 stated that “it would be irresponsible to assume that the UK will not in the foreseeable future be confronted with the...
Whitehall Briefing - The Future of UK–EU Intelligence Sharing in a Post-Brexit World
Events, 9 September 2020An exclusive Whitehall briefing with Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE, Vice Chairman of RUSI and former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6).
VJ Day 75 Years On: Reflections on the UK-Japan Relationship
Events, 13 August 2020A webinar reflecting on the 75th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day and the UK-Japan relationship.
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals
Western Way of War: Air Marshal Philip Osborn
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border