

Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi is Senior Research Fellow at the International Security Studies department at RUSI. Her research is... read more
Elizabeth Buchanan
The blockage of the Suez Canal has underscored once more the urgency of diversifying global maritime trade routes. While the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route is often held up as an alternative, it is more likely that the two routes will end up coexisting without undercutting each other.
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Global Security IssuesJames Byrne, Joseph Byrne, Lucas Kuo and Lauren Sung
A joint report between Project Sandstone and C4ADS exposes the networks facilitating North Korea's oil-smuggling activities.
Tags: Project Sandstone, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, North Korea, Other Publications, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyVinay Kaura
India's National Security Council has become an increasingly important body in the country's defence and security policies.
Tags: RUSI Journal, India, Defence PolicyAdnan Tabatabai
As US officials engineer the reinstatement of the 2015 nuclear deal, they should pay particular attention to Iran’s expectations of this process.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iranian Nuclear Pathways, Unpacking the MENA, Iran, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyAzadeh Zamirirad
Diplomacy has only a narrow window of opportunity, as the nuclear debate inside Iran remains volatile.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iranian Nuclear Pathways, United States, Unpacking the MENA, IranJack Watling
If the Biden Administration wishes to broker peace in Yemen it needs to reconcile its contradictory policies towards the country and recognise that offensive military action is a necessary component to meaningful negotiation.
Tags: Military Sciences, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Middle East and North AfricaPeter Layton
Peter Layton reviews The Grand Strategies of Great Powers, by Tudor A Onea.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Global Security IssuesFrank Hoffman
Restoring US leadership in global affairs will require a number of strategic shifts to change the trajectory set by the Trump administration. These substantial choices have to be made quickly by the new Biden team, which faces daunting domestic and political obstacles to its more internationalist approach.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, RUSI NewsbriefDavid Crouch
David Crouch reviews Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin’s Russia, by Dan Kaszeta.
Tags: RUSI Journal, Global Security Issues, TechnologyArmed Forces, Military Sciences, UK, Defence Policy, Land Forces, Military Personnel, UK Defence
International Security Studies, Iran, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
RUSI Senior Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham examines the new US strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by President Trump on 21 August 2017.
International Security Studies, Land Operations, Pakistan, Terrorism, US Defence Policy, Afghanistan, Global Security Issues, Central and South AsiaAn online briefing from experts of the Royal United Services Institute on the impact of Covid-19 on the UK/China relationship.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, Coronavirus, UKRUSI experts offer their assessments on the impact of Covid-19 in Africa
Tags: International Security Studies, Horn of Africa, Coronavirus, AfricaRUSI experts offered their assessments on the impact of Covid-19 in the Middle East.
Tags: Coronavirus, Middle East and North Africa
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