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: North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
Emil Dall and Tom Keatinge
This paper seeks to establish the baseline for a discussion on proliferation finance in the (re)insurance sector. The insurance industry can play a vital role in contributing to the successful implementation of international sanctions and wider counter proliferation efforts against North Korea.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United Nations, Occasional Papers, Counter-Proliferation Finance, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Keatinge
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) avoided a decision to return Iran to its blacklist of countries not doing enough to combat money laundering. Iran’s continued litany of financial crime failings further undermines the future of the country’s nuclear deal with Western governments.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, AML/CTF, Iran, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, International Institutions
Andrea Berger
Obama's declaratory policy on Iran involves a fine balancing act that is designed for multiple audiences: a recalcitrant Iranian regime, a domestic population about to go to the polls, and a jittery Middle Eastern region led by Israel. Though this strategy has thus far been successful, it carries notable risks for the Administration in the midst of a continuing standoff with Iran.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Americas, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Israel, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Andrea Berger
With the ransacking of the British embassy in Tehran, the West has further shrunk its repository of policy options, leaving sanctions as the policy tool of choice. However, while sanctions may slow Iran's forays into the nuclear field, they are unlikely to divert their course entirely.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iran, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Andrea Berger
The Fukushima disaster earlier this year has raised many doubts about the feasibility of future nuclear energy programmes. This debate has been given greater prominence in Southeast Asia as developing states contend with the prospects of future energy shortages.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Technology, Pacific
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
This event will bring together leading Chinese scholars and veteran British practitioners to consider the future of the UK and China's ballistic missile submarine forces and implications for...
Tags: China, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, UK Defence, Europe, Pacific
One of the first acts of the next Government will be publication of a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), outlining the UK’s defence policy in the years ahead. With the life cycle of the UK...
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Defence Policy, Trident, UK, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, UK Defence, Europe
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?
Season Two: Holding Up a Mirror