Tag: RUSI

Europe’s Selfish Reaction to Australia’s Submarine Purchase (Heribert Dieter, RUSI)

Some EU member-states are furious at Australia’s decision to abandon a submarine contract with France. But Europe’s persistent inability to grasp the reality of...

Forget James Bond? Public Perceptions of UK Intelligence (Dan Lomas, RUSI)

Despite efforts by the UK intelligence agencies to lift their long-held culture of secrecy through greater public engagement, popular perceptions of their work are...

The First UK National Space Strategy (Juliana Suess, RUSI)

At the end of last month, the first-ever UK National Space Strategy (NSS) was published. The 42-page document sets out the government’s vision for its engagement...

Russia: Another Set of Predictable Elections (Natia Seskuria, RUSI)

Despite declining approval ratings for the ruling United Russia party, an economic downturn, the coronavirus pandemic and regime fatigue, the pro-Kremlin party still managed...

Illegal Wildlife Trade in Uganda: Tracking Progress on ‘Following the Money’ (Cathy Haenlein and Vincent Opyene, RUSI)

Uganda occupies a critical position as a logistics hub for transnational flows of illegally sourced wildlife. As a source, consolidation and transit country, it...

Counterproliferation Financing for Virtual Asset Service Providers (Kayla Izenman, RUSI)

Since at least 2014, North Korea has shown increasing cybercrime expertise and interest, more recently expanding into VAs. Throughout 2020 and 2021, the US...

Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia? (Neil Melvin, RUSI)

A decade after Moscow launched a strategic initiative to reorientate its economy toward Asian markets, Dr Richard Connolly, Director of the Eastern Advisory Group...

Russia/Taliban. Russia and the Taliban: Prospective Partners? (Samuel Ramani, RUSI)

Since Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on 15 August, Russia has cautiously accommodated the Taliban’s seizure of power. Diplomats, such as Russian Ambassador...

UK. Transformation and Adaptation (Andrew Young, RUSI)

But how do you manage this in an era of persistent engagement? Andy Young talks to Major General Jez Bennett, Director Futures for Land,...

Defense/UK. The Army’s Officer Career Structure is Not Fit for Purpose (Jack Watling, RUSI)

The typical British Army posting lasts two years. The reason for this is straightforward. There are nine substantive ranks (if 2nd and 1st lieutenants...

Sir Mark Rowley: Tackling Hateful Extremism Requires a Broad Approach (RUSI)

As part of our series of videos reflecting on 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, Sir Mark Rowley, a retired senior police officer, shares...

Tom Keatinge: Financially Disrupting Terrorist Activity Post-9/11 (RUSI)

As part of our series of videos reflecting on 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, Tom Keatinge, Director of Centre for Financial Crime and...

Terrorism/Counterterrorism. Two Decades After 9/11, Let Us Not Forget This is About People (Suzanne Raine, RUSI)

Policies, military strategies and capabilities, and partnerships have all been constant themes in the debate on the 20 years of counterterrorism since 9/11. But...

FATF. Organised Environmental Crime: Dissecting the FATF Approach (RUSI)

In June 2020, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urged countries to increase the use of financial investigations into illegal wildlife trade cases. A year...

UK. Securing Support Advantage: The Transformation of Defence Support (Air Commodore (Ret’d) Andrew Curtis OBE, RUSI)

Main Image Credit Courtesy of estar2020/Adobe Stock Defence Support is facing significant challenges. These include making good some considerable legacy support issues, implementing lessons identified from...

Russia/Red Sea. Russia’s Red Sea Strategy (Neil Melvin, RUSI)

This episode examines Russia’s emerging strategy for the Red Sea, looking not only at Moscow’s efforts to establish a military base in Sudan, but...