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Financial Crime Insights Podcast Series The episodes in this series are based on past Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) events with top thinkers on topics that remain relevant in the world of financial crime. |
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Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series Hosted by Veele Nouwens, this podcast provides an essential a platform to discuss the key defence and security questions of the world’s most dynamic region: the Indo-Pacific. |

The Latecomer: Germany's Debate on Armed Drones
Commentary, 11 December 2020Lydia Wachs
Only days before an expected decision by the German parliament on arming Germany’s drones, the drone debate is polarising national politics.
Aerospace, Germany, Technology
Countering Chinese Influence in Central and Eastern Europe: An Exclusively Regional Approach Is Not the Answer
Commentary, 10 December 2020Łukasz Janulewicz
Plans by Joe Biden’s incoming US presidential team to use one European regional cooperation structure as a counterpoint to China’s growing influence are unlikely to prove very effective.
China, United States, Europe
The Biden Administration and the Future of US–India Ties
Commentary, 9 December 2020Aaditya Dave
Mutual concerns around China’s assertiveness, as well as economic and diaspora ties, will sustain the positive trajectory of the US–India relationship.
China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, United States, India
US Weapons Sales to Taiwan: Upholding the Porcupine Strategy
Commentary, 8 December 2020Sidharth Kaushal
It is not the size but the composition of the latest package of US arms sales to Taiwan that is noteworthy.
China, Military Sciences, United States, US Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Russia’s Port Sudan Naval Base: A Power Play on the Red Sea
Commentary, 7 December 2020Samuel Ramani
Russia is planning to expand its naval power projection on the Red Sea.
Russia, Sudan
‘Who Let the Dogs Out’: The Czech Intelligence Service Annual Report and the Challenges of Discussing Threats in a Postfactual Age
Commentary, 4 December 2020Ondrej Ditrych
The Czech domestic intelligence service details the threats to which the Central European country is exposed. It shows the broader challenges of talking about threats as mistrust in established...
Information, Intelligence, Resilience, Europe
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Limits of New Standards on Assessing WMD Financing Risk
Commentary, 3 December 2020Darya Dolzikova and Emil Dall
The Financial Action Task Force now requires countries to assess proliferation financing risk, a welcome step in global efforts to counter sanctions evasion by actors such as North Korea. However,...
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Russia’s Clandestine Chemical Weapons Programme: The Bellingcat Exposure
Commentary, 3 December 2020Tom Burge
Findings by the Bellingcat investigative group are a reminder of the power of open source research in enhancing deterrence posture.
Russia, UK, National Security, Resilience
After the Referendum: Reviving Dialogue in Algeria
Commentary, 2 December 2020Riccardo Fabiani and Michael Ayari
A November constitutional referendum has failed to address the Algerian protest movement’s demands for political change. The need to establish a dialogue mechanism to tackle the country’s growing...
Middle East and North Africa
The Financial Crime Case for a Global Anti-Corruption Agency for Professional Sports
Commentary, 1 December 2020Jonathan van der Valk
The corruption and illicit financial flows permeating the sports world undermine its integrity. Could a world anti-corruption body for sports be the answer?
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Law and EthicsPages

Forceful Persuasion: The Psychology of Convincing an Opponent They Are Beaten
Multimedia, 25 November 2020Tags: Adversarial Studies, Military Sciences

Western Way of War: HYPErsonics?
Multimedia, 19 November 2020Great powers are pressing ahead with hypersonic weapons, yet in adoption and adaptation there seems to be a missing foundational understanding of what the arrival of Mach 10 precision munitions means...
Tags: Military Sciences
ASEAN’s Outlook: Maintaining Centrality in the Indo-Pacific
Multimedia, 18 November 2020This week, Veerle is joined by Dr. Evan Laksmana, senior researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Dr. Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at the...
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Western Way of War: When Did Everything Become Securitised?
Multimedia, 12 November 2020Alice Billon-Galland explains to Peter Roberts what a forward-looking reflective exercise is for NATO and what this issues are between the Atlantic Alliance and the EU. They get into why patchwork...
Tags: Military Sciences
Episode four: Corruption and Finance in the UK
Multimedia, 12 November 2020The UK regularly finds itself at the centre of money laundering and corruption scandals. But how dire is the situation, really, and is there any hope for change? Author Oliver Bullough does a reality...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Western Way of War: Utility vs Utilisation
Multimedia, 5 November 2020Given the discussion of 'sunset' capabilities and the growing feeling in Brussels that the UK has a credibility problem inside NATO, Peter talks to Mungo Melvin (military historian and former soldier...
Tags: Military Sciences
India’s Indo-Pacific Vision: Stabilising the Indian Ocean Region
Multimedia, 4 November 2020This week, Veerle is joined by Darshana Baruah, Visiting Fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Tokyo and non-resident scholar with the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for...
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Countering Malign Information Operations: The Lithuanian Experience
Multimedia, 30 October 2020Tags: Adversarial Studies, Military Sciences

Episode One: Kleptocracy and the US Elections
Multimedia, 30 October 2020Much is at stake for the global fight against kleptocracy in 2020 and beyond. Hear why the US election results could be a turning point with former government lawyer Elise Bean, author Ben Judah,...
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Living with Uncertainty: The Assumptions Underpinning Chinese Nuclear Strategy
Multimedia, 30 October 2020Tags: Adversarial Studies, Military Sciences
Iran in the South Caucasus: Adjustment and Evolution
Rose Roth, language and youth
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club