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Frank Hoffman
Viewed from the other side of the Atlantic, the coronavirus crisis will have significant geopolitical implications in the near term, becoming possibly even more significant over the next few years.
Tags: China, Coronavirus, United States, US Defence Policy, Defence Spending, Russia, UK, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
Conrad Prince
The coronavirus pandemic has increased our reliance on the digital world and has highlighted five fundamental security challenges.
Tags: China, Cyber, Cyber Security, Defence Spending, UK, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Information, International Institutions, Law and Ethics, Technology
Zachary Paikin
The latest Munich Security Conference hosted a great deal of talk about Europe as a greater strategic player. But for now, as it embarks on a new decade, most of this remains just talk.
Tags: China, NATO, European Union, Russia, Global Security Issues, Europe
James Sullivan
The British government is expected to approve a restricted role for Huawei in Britain’s 5G network. We look at the arguments for that decision.
Tags: China, Cyber Security, UK, Domestic Security, Information, Intelligence, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Technology
Charles Parton
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s decisive electoral victory is a serious rebuff to communist China and President Xi Jinping.
Tags: China, Defence Policy, Domestic Security, National Security
Justin Bronk
Investing in people is a worthy cause in itself. But it plays a diminished role in deterrence.
Tags: China, United States, NATO, Military Sciences, Military Personnel, Europe
Tom Plant and Cristina Varriale
A flurry of recent activity on the North Korean diplomatic front has kept researchers in the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme at RUSI extremely busy over the past few months. Their latest research findings indicate that policymakers should focus on pursuing small gains over a grand bargain, as well as balancing Tokyo’s long-term view and scepticism of China with Seoul’s focus on short-...
Tags: China, United States, Japan, RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Asia
Emily Ferris and Veerle Nouwens
The joint Russia–China Vostok exercises demonstrated some military cooperation between the two. However, the more significant event was the concomitant Eastern Economic Forum, an investment forum hosted in Russia’s Far East. Amid a depressed economy, Russia is attempting to encourage Chinese investment in the Far East, but many deals with China have fallen through and large-scale investment is...
Tags: China, RUSI Newsbrief, International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, New Silk Road, Land Operations
Martin N Murply and Peter Roberts
Beijing has rapidly modernised and expanded its capabilities as it challenges the West in China’s neighbourhood.
Tags: China, RUSI Journal, US Defence Policy, Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Pacific
The UK’s Integrated Review Has Restarted: Are Key Questions and Assumptions Still Valid?
Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity
Western Way of War: Professor Frank Hoffman