Cristina Varriale
If long-term peace is to be achieved and denuclearisation completed, addressing North Korea’s human rights situation must become part of the process. Without this, it will be impossible to remove all sources of perceived hostility and North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Cristina Varriale
The resumption of the US–North Korea denuclearisation talks at a ‘working level’ is to be welcomed. But a broader security engagement is urgently needed.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, US Defence Policy, North Korea, Defence Management, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
James Byrne, Joe Byrne, Hamish Macdonald and Gary Somerville
This report examines the role that UK companies have in North Korean efforts to evade international sanctions.
Tags: Project Sandstone, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Other Publications, UK, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Cristina Varriale
The suspension of US–South Korean military exercises is a vital step in the broader effort to build confidence on the Korean peninsula.
Tags: Armed Forces, Asia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, United States, North Korea, Global Strategy and Commitments, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
James Cameron
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will withdraw from a landmark nuclear treaty comes at a bad time for the UK. Still, if damage to British security is to be limited, deft diplomatic handling from London will be required.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, United States, US Defence Policy, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Plant
The two halves of the Korean peninsula have engaged in sports diplomacy before. But latest agreements between the leaders of the two countries have taken this diplomacy much further, with broader implications for the security of the region.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Ali M Ansari
The July 2015 Vienna deal revealed the domestic political dynamics that framed Iran’s room for manoeuvre in the negotiations
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, RUSI Journal, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Iran, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North Africa
Timothy Stafford
As part of its comprehensive nuclear forces modernisation programme, Moscow is reviving a powerful and evasive nuclear system which proved a targeting nightmare for NATO during the Cold War
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Russia, RUSI Defence Systems, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Technology, Europe
Timothy Stafford
The White House may have staved off Congressional efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran for now, but at what cost?
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, United States, Iran, RUSI Newsbrief, Americas, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Middle East and North Africa
UK PONI is pleased to host its second ‘Have I Got Nukes for You’ annual Christmas quiz.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
This UK PONI panel event discussed the political and technical developments of North Korea's nuclear programme to help understand the current crisis and how the international community can respond to...
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
RUSI, in collaboration with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law, will convene experts to examine and discuss the sanctions landscape...
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Terrorism and Conflict, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, National Security
The Politics of UK Accession to Pacific Free Trade Club
Rose Roth, language and youth
Failure to Lift Off: The UK’s Space Launch Ambitions