Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi is Senior Research Fellow at the International Security Studies department at RUSI. Her research is... read more
Aaditya Dave and Veerle Nouwens
The UN Security Council is meeting today to discuss the military coup in Myanmar. There is plenty of condemnation from Western countries, but more nuanced reactions from Myanmar’s immediate neighbours.
Tags: International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Pacific
Tobias Borck
As US President Joe Biden assumes office, many governments in the Middle East are looking to Washington to see what the change in the White House will mean for them.
Tags: United States, Americas, Middle East and North Africa
Sidharth Kaushal
The US Navy needs to demonstrate that its mammoth investment in large surface combatants has a manifest purpose.
Tags: Military Sciences, United States, US Defence Policy, Maritime Forces
Aaditya Dave
Mutual concerns around China’s assertiveness, as well as economic and diaspora ties, will sustain the positive trajectory of the US–India relationship.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, United States, India
Sidharth Kaushal
It is not the size but the composition of the latest package of US arms sales to Taiwan that is noteworthy.
Tags: China, Military Sciences, United States, US Defence Policy, Maritime Forces, Pacific
Riccardo Fabiani and Michael Ayari
A November constitutional referendum has failed to address the Algerian protest movement’s demands for political change. The need to establish a dialogue mechanism to tackle the country’s growing economic problems remains as urgent as ever.
Tags: Middle East and North Africa
Emily Ferris
Russia’s September regional elections were a litmus test of United Russia’s support. While most seats were secure, it seems likely the party is headed for a ‘rebrand’, ahead of the State Duma elections in 2021.
Tags: International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia
Jagannath Panda
The emergence of alternative global supply chains could hurt China’s economic influence. Beijing must dial down its ‘charm offensive’ economic policies to remain an attractive trade partner.
Tags: China, Japan, RUSI Newsbrief, India, Global Security Issues, Pacific
Andrew Cainey and Veerle Nouwens
As the UK formulates its post-Brexit relationship with China, one key policy question is how to develop the bilateral commercial relationship most effectively. This requires not just an understanding of the business opportunities, but also of the political and foreign policy backdrop to UK–China relations.
Tags: China, International Security Studies, RUSI Newsbrief, UK
General Frank Gorenc, Commander Allied Air Command discusses the air power challenges for the Atlantic alliance on the eve of the NATO Summit.
Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Military Sciences, United States, NATO, Global Security Issues, Europe
In this video RUSI's Defence, Industries and Society programme explores the increasingly significant role of the commercial sector in modern British defence capabilities. RUSI talks to a number of...
Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK Defence
A lecture on recent advances in our understanding of how the brain has evolved, and a demonstration of how this offers a new way to look at conflict.
Tags: Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Land Forces
This panel event, in partnership with the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) assessed the Iraqi election result, the early indications of any political realignment and possible impacts on the...
Tags: RUSI International, Iraq, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Diana Darke will give an illustrated talk on The Merchant of Syria, her newest book, the result of four years’ research into the socio-economic history of Syria through the life of one man, a textile...
Tags: RUSI International, Syria, Middle East and North Africa
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