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: North Korea, Other Publications, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Global Security Issues, Project Sandstone, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Plant
A yearly gathering of experts and think tanks from the world’s powers reiterates the values, interests and approaches which still bind them together in the nuclear sphere, notwithstanding current political differences.
Tags: United States, Americas, France, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
Catherine Dill, Cameron Trainer, Joseph Byrne, Gary Somerville and James Byrne
This report examines how the Tae Yang has used sophisticated measures to avoid being tracked, possibly to conduct activities that contravene UN sanctions.
Tags: North Korea, Other Publications, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Project Sandstone, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Emil Dall
Can the US offer enough financial incentives to North Korea in exchange for denuclearisation, without discrediting the current sanctions regime? A way around the dilemma may exist. As President Donald Trump meets his North Korean counterpart, the role of sanctions in the negotiations warrant further discussion.
Tags: North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, Pacific
Darya Dolzikova
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is about to pass into oblivion. But its verification provisions merit further attention, both as a reflection on lesson learned from the past, but also as indicators for the future.
Tags: United States, Americas, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
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, United States, North Korea, Global Strategy and Commitments, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Asia, Pacific
Justin Bronk and Timothy Stafford
The Pentagon recently agreed a contract for its next-generation, nuclear-capable Long Range Strike Bomber. But questions remain about reported plans for the bomber to be ‘optionally manned’ in its conventional role, while funding may also prove an issue
Tags: Aerospace, United States, US Defence Policy, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Emil Dall and Simon James Wood
Russia’s dominance in the Southeast Asia nuclear sector makes it a key player in a region where both China and the US have strong interests
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Europe, 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, RUSI Journal, Iran, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Middle East and North Africa
This inaugural networking session will allow our female UK PONI members to engage directly with leaders in the nuclear field from across industry, policy, and academia.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
This panel event will launch the report of a recent private RUSI workshop that discussed leadership in the context of the NPT and how the UK could contribute.
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
This roundtable will discuss the recent U.S. announcement to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and implications this may have for the future of deterrence and arms...
Tags: Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues
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