Raffaello Pantucci's research focuses on counter-terrorism as well as China's relations with its Western neighbours. Prior to coming to... read more
James Byrne
This report examines the actors trying to reflag North Korean ships in efforts to evade international sanctions.
Tags: China, Project Sandstone, North Korea, Other Publications, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Huong Le Thu
China’s ongoing construction efforts have created a situation where (in the words of the Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Philip Davidson) Beijing is ‘capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios short of war with the United States’. The absence of outright war reflects not only China’s ability to move the threshold for instigating open conflict, but also the fact...
Tags: China, RUSI Newsbrief, Global Security Issues, Pacific
Charles Parton
This Occasional Paper seeks to outline the likely extent of the Chinese Communist Party's interference activities in the UK and to make some recommendations on what needs to be done to counter them
Tags: China, Occasional Papers, International Security Studies, UK, Domestic Security, Securing Britain, Intelligence, National Security, Technology
Brijesh Khemlani
The mighty Mekong river is a vital lifeline for Southeast Asia, a major source of trade, transport and sustenance for millions. However, the world’s twelfth longest river is emerging as an ecological and geopolitical flashpoint.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, Asia, Global Security Issues
Charles Parton
China was absent from the US-North Korea summit, but is a beneficiary of what has emerged from that gathering in Singapore.
Tags: China, United States, North Korea, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Dr Vinjay Kaura
As India’s strategic links with the US expand, New Delhi will find it difficult to shield its fruitful military relations with Russia. In theory, India does not have to face a binary choice between allies, but in practice, may increasingly be faced with precisely this predicament.
Tags: China, United States, India, Russia, Global Security Issues
Alexandra Stickings and Veerle Nouwens
In pursuit of establishing itself as a global space power, China has been busy developing and operationalising non-kinetic space technology. But in space, where ‘anything can be a weapon’, risks of oblique militarisation raise concerns over Beijing’s activity in the final frontier.
Tags: China, RUSI Newsbrief, Technology
Scott N. Romaniuk & Tobias Burgers
China’s rapid progress in developing and exporting armed and unarmed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has significant implications and is undercutting long- running US efforts to control the spread of this technology around the world
Tags: Aerospace, China, RUSI Defence Systems
Justin Bronk
Pictures of what appears to be a test installation of a naval railgun on a PLA Navy landing ship suggest China is moving forward with sea trials of a weapon which can threaten all Western surface assets. At the start of a huge ship-building plan, China is ideally placed to capitalise on this technology.
Tags: China, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme, Maritime Forces, Technology, Pacific
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