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In The News, 26 February 2020Art, Culture and Literature, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence
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Senior Research Fellow, Modern Deterrence Project
Elisabeth Braw directs RUSI's Modern Deterrence project, which focuses on how governments, business and civil society can work... read more
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What the UK Reserves can Learn from a German Synagogue Architect
Commentary, 27 April 2020Elisabeth Braw
Public appearances matter, and may promote recruitment. Just ask a German synagogue architect
Tags: Germany, Art, Culture and Literature, Defence Management, UK, Law and Ethics, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Terrorism
On Anzac Day in Australia
Commentary, 25 April 2020Alexander Downer
The current health crisis has compelled the Institute to postpone its annual Gallipoli Lecture to later in the year. Nonetheless, the Institute wishes to mark Anzac Day, as an honour to the sublime sacrifice of our Australian and New Zealand allies more than a century ago, and ever since.
Tags: The Great War, Art, Culture and Literature, History
Time-Sensitive Targets, Space and Missile Defence
Conference Reports, 22 April 2020Sidharth Kaushal and Alexandra Stickings
RUSI held its 20th Missile Defence and Space Conference on 26 and 27 February 2020, at which issues around space as an operational domain were integrated into the programme for the first time. The immediate catalyst for this has been the proliferation of conventional threats to time-sensitive targets, the strains that these threats will place on traditional missile defence architectures, and...
Tags: Conference Reports, Military Sciences, Defence Policy, Global Security IssuesPages
The UK’s Integrated Review: The Need for Clear Guidance
Commentary, 10 March 2020Jack Watling
The UK government must provide unambiguous political guidance as it undertakes the most significant appraisal of the country’s defence posture since the start of this century.
Tags: Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Military Sciences, UK, National Security, UK Defence
Coronavirus Preparedness: Lessons Yet to be Learnt
Commentary, 3 March 2020Elisabeth Braw
Liberal democracies remain vulnerable to mass epidemics, despite the prevalence of time-tested methods to improve national resilience capabilities.
Tags: Coronavirus, United States, Military Sciences, Modern Deterrence, Europe, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Britain’s Integrated Defence and Security Review: Which Shibboleths?
Commentary, 13 February 2020Peter Roberts
Challenging entrenched thinking and slaughtering ‘sacred cows’ in defence and security reviews is easier said than done.
Tags: Military Sciences, Defence Policy, UK, National Security, UK DefencePages
The Gathering Storm: As the Baltic States Prepare to Disconnect from the Russian Power Grid, the Kremlin is Ready to ‘Help’
RUSI Newsbrief, 2 August 2019Justinas Juozaitis
With the Baltic states on-track to become independent from centralised Russian control over their power networks, the Kremlin has demonstrated an alarming potential to disconnect them from its power grid before they are ready to join the continental European network.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Modern Deterrence, Global Security Issues
Dangerous Liaisons: A ‘Big Four’ Framework that Provides a ‘Hint’ to Understanding an Adversary’s Strategy for Influence
RUSI Journal, 25 July 2019Neil Verrall, Mark Dunkley, Toby Gane & Richard Byrne
Cultural heritage has an important, but poorly understood, role in conflict.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Art, Culture and Literature, History
Delegating Deterrence: Can ‘Privateering’ Help Solve the Cyber Warfare Puzzle?
RUSI Newsbrief, 27 June 2019David Rudd
In an era of great power competition, the UK and its allies may find that one answer to the challenge posed by adversary cyber operations lies in the distant past
Tags: Cyber, RUSI Newsbrief, Modern DeterrencePages
Foreign investments in cutting-edge tech: pure business or a national security matter?
Events, 25 September 2019Lord (George) Robertson, former NATO Secretary-General and former UK Defence Secretary, and Jenine Hulsmann, Partner, Clifford Chance, in conversation with Simon Nixon, Chief Leader Writer, The Times
Tags: Modern Deterrence
The Red Queen Problem: Technology Start-ups and National Security
Events, 12 September 2019RUSI's Modern Deterrence project is pleased to host an executive briefing by Alex van Someren, Managing Director of Amadeus Capital Partners.
Tags: Modern Deterrence
Logistics and Total Defence: How Successful was Trident Juncture 2018?
Events, 1 July 2019RUSI's Modern Deterrence project is pleased to host an executive briefing on Trident Juncture 2018’s logistics, total defence and communications components.
Tags: Modern Deterrence
From Japan: A View of ‘Global Britain’ and the UK Integrated Review
The Threat From Far-Right Extremist Violence is Rising – How Can P/CVE Education Activities Be Part of the Strategy to Counter it?
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