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The US-Russia Nuclear Treaty Under Threat
Multimedia, 21 October 2018
After reports that the USA may with from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director General of the Royal United Services Institute speaks to BBC news offering his assessment.
Tags: United States, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
The 2018 UK PONI Papers
Conference Reports, 18 October 2018
Edited by Cristina Varriale
The 2018 UK PONI Papers examine contemporary civil and military nuclear issues and are written by emerging experts from academia, government and industry who presented at the 2018 UK Project on Nuclear Issues (UK PONI) Annual Conference.
Tags: China, United States, Defence, Industries and Society, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Trident, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
America First, Third Offset Second?
Article, 17 October 2018
Daniel Fiott
The new president prefers funding current capabilities over technological innovation.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Defence Management
Security on the Korean Peninsula: The Latest from RUSI
Newsbrief, 4 October 2018
Tom Plant and Cristina Varriale
A flurry of recent activity on the North Korean diplomatic front has kept researchers in the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme at RUSI extremely busy over the past few months. Their latest research findings indicate that policymakers should focus on pursuing small gains over a grand bargain, as well as balancing Tokyo’s long-term view and scepticism of China with Seoul’s focus on short-...
Tags: China, United States, Japan, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Asia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Collision Course in the South China Sea?
Commentary, 3 October 2018
Veerle Nouwens
The United States and Chinese navies have just narrowly avoided a dangerous collision. This was not an accident but an escalation, a show of force on the part of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to drive out the US Navy from what China considers its territorial waters in the South China Sea.
Tags: China, United States, Defence Policy, Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces
Give Up the Dream of a Grand Bargain: Why a Trump Can’t Strike a Deal with Iran
Commentary, 27 September 2018
Albert Wolf
The US administration pretends that its decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran is a radically new approach which may change the entire regional strategic equation, similar to the huge policy reversal towards China executed by President Nixon in the early 1970s. But the Trump White House will be disappointed; the comparisons with Nixon are misconceived.
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyPages
Collision Course in the South China Sea?
Commentary, 3 October 2018Veerle Nouwens
The United States and Chinese navies have just narrowly avoided a dangerous collision. This was not an accident but an escalation, a show of force on the part of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) to drive out the US Navy from what China considers its territorial waters in the South China Sea.
China, United States, Defence Policy, Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces
Give Up the Dream of a Grand Bargain: Why a Trump Can’t Strike a Deal with Iran
Commentary, 27 September 2018Albert Wolf
The US administration pretends that its decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran is a radically new approach which may change the entire regional strategic equation, similar to the huge policy reversal towards China executed by President Nixon in the early 1970s. But the Trump White House will be disappointed; the comparisons with Nixon are misconceived.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Iran, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
President Trump’s Indo–Pacific Economic Investment Initiative: Good, But Not Enough
Commentary, 6 August 2018Veerle Nouwens
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has laid out a new vision for American economic engagement in the Indo–Pacific, announcing the rollout of a new US regional infrastructure initiative, which, while not explicitly targeting China’s growing economic power in the region, attempts to provide Indo–Pacific countries with US financial and technical alternatives to China. The funds may be modest, yet...
United States, International Security Studies, Asia, New Silk Road, Pacific, Central and South Asia
A Final Nail in the Coffin of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Commentary, 2 July 2018Tom 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.
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
China’s Xi Jinping Will Sleep More Soundly After the Singapore Summit
Commentary, 13 June 2018Charles Parton
China was absent from the US-North Korea summit, but is a beneficiary of what has emerged from that gathering in Singapore.
China, United States, North Korea, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyPages
The US-Russia Nuclear Treaty Under Threat
Multimedia, 21 October 2018After reports that the USA may with from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director General of the Royal United Services Institute speaks to BBC news...
Tags: United States, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
US Sanctions on Russia
Multimedia, 10 August 2018Emily Ferris, RUSI Research Fellow, on the new US sanctions on Russia and what the Russian response might look like.
Tags: United States, International Security Studies, Russia
The North Korean Nuclear Summit
Multimedia, 9 March 2018Tom Plant, Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme at RUSI on the proposed nuclear summit between North Korea and the US
Tags: United States, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Pacific
That's No Moon... That's A Tesla
Multimedia, 9 February 2018The successful and spectacular inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy this week not only captured public imaginations with its ground-breaking double booster recovery and quirky payload, but also...
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, United States, National Security and Resilience Studies
Trump: Year One
Multimedia, 24 January 2018Director-General Dr Karin von Hippel discusses the first year of the Trump Presidency.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Global Security IssuesPages
The 2018 UK PONI Papers
Conference Reports, 18 October 2018Edited by Cristina Varriale
The 2018 UK PONI Papers examine contemporary civil and military nuclear issues and are written by emerging experts from academia, government and industry who presented at the 2018 UK Project on...
China, United States, Defence, Industries and Society, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Conference Reports, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Trident, UK, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
America First, Third Offset Second?
Article, 17 October 2018Daniel Fiott
The new president prefers funding current capabilities over technological innovation.
United States, US Defence Policy, Defence Management
Security on the Korean Peninsula: The Latest from RUSI
Newsbrief, 4 October 2018Tom Plant and Cristina Varriale
A flurry of recent activity on the North Korean diplomatic front has kept researchers in the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy programme at RUSI extremely busy over the past few months. Their latest...
China, United States, Japan, Newsbrief, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Asia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Book Review: The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century
RUSI Journal, 8 August 2018Peter Layton
Peter Layton reviews The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century, by Peter Dombrowski and Simon Reich
RUSI Journal, United States
Nord Stream II: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
Newsbrief, 1 June 2018Alex Maciag
Increasing tension over Nord Stream II puts the spotlight on a West that still lacks unity or a clear policy towards Russia. The divisions over the project are adding to bitterness within the EU and...
United States, Newsbrief, Russia, Global Security Issues, EuropePages
General Stephen Townsend to Deliver the Annual Kermit Roosevelt Lecture 2018
Events, 15 June 2018General Stephen J. Townsend, commander of the US Army Training and Doctrinal Command will deliver the 72nd Annual Kermit Roosevelt Lecture.
United States, Military Sciences, UK
Transatlantic Traumas: A discussion with Professor Stanley R. Sloan on the future of the West
Events, 16 April 2018Professor Stanley R. Sloan will discuss his latest book, Transatlantic traumas: Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse?, which examines the external threats and internal...
RUSI International, United States, Americas, Russia, UK, Global Security Issues
UK Security Policy: National Institutions and the Gap between Expert and Public Opinion
Events, 19 September 2017The conference will discuss the findings from a three-year study of elite foreign policy attitudes and security policy preferences, comparing the views of the UK elite with their American...
RUSI International, United States, UK, Global Security Issues
Assessing the Foreign Policy Implications after the American Election: A Conversation with Jane Harman
Events, 17 November 2016RUSI hosted a conversation with Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson Center and former US representative for California's 36th congressional district.
United States, North America, Americas
Security Challenges Facing the Next US President: A Conversation with General (Ret) David H Petraeus
Events, 5 October 2016In this wide ranging discussion, General Petraeus considered the security challenges facing the next US President.
United States, Global Security IssuesPages
"“Kim referred only to Yongbyon, when we know that North Korea has other nuclear related facilities, which most analysts – and the US and ROK [South Korean] governments – believe includes at least one undeclared uranium enrichment plant,” he said. “The promised missile site dismantlement is neither nothing, nor tremendously meaningful. It is a positive step, but should be seen more as a confidence building measure than a serious concession,” he added."
Grand Olympic gestures are no substitute for progress on North Korean nukes
In The News, 19 September 2018 Tags: United States, North Korea, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
"“As well as demonstrating to the West that it has this alliance with China, it’s also an opportunity for Russia to show what it’s learned from its military interventions, for example in Syria, for example in eastern Ukraine,” Ferris told VOA in an interview."
Russian War Games Seek to Cement Ties With China, Send Message to West
In The News, 13 September 2018 Tags: United States, International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security Issues
"Karin von Hippel on Trump's decision to cut US assistance to Pakistan."
Dr Karin von Hippel on US-Pakistani relations
In The News, 2 September 2018 Tags: Pakistan, United States
"Kamal Alam, a Pakistan and Middle East expert at Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank, said the Trump administration’s approach was viewed as a source of frustration in Islamabad. Alam added that Pakistan's powerful military appeared to have "had enough of America’s blackmailing, threats and blockage of sales.""
Pakistan pivots toward Putin's Russia after Trump gets tough
In The News, 19 August 2018 Tags: Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan, Global Security Issues
"Despite calls for action from across the UK political spectrum and the expulsion of Russian diplomats, the Government has taken no sanctions action against Russia.The Government has had to rely on the US Congress and the Trump administration to do its dirty work."
The Reader: The UK is powerless to impose sanctions for Novichok killing
In The News, 15 August 2018 Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, Russia, UK
The US-Russia Nuclear Treaty Under Threat
India’s Balancing Act Between the US and Russia
Denmark’s Poor Performance in the Fight Against Financial Crime Shows Why European Regulation is Needed