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Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
Commentary, 18 April 2019
Natia Seskuria
Russia’s pressure on Georgia continues, both through the gradual seizure of more territory and through massive propaganda campaigns.
Tags: International Security Studies, Russia, Georgia, Global Security Issues, Information
Israel’s World is Shrinking: How the Iran–Russia Axis is Gaining Ground
RUSI Newsbrief, 18 April 2019
Kyle Orton
Israeli opinion generally regards the country’s efforts to contain Iran, especially in Syria, as having been successful. In fact, the trendline runs the other way: Iran is constraining Israel, entrenching all around the Jewish state.
Tags: Iran, Russia, Syria, Israel, Global Security Issues
Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?
Commentary, 17 April 2019
Maria Smekalova and Kevin Gourlay
There is still a role for global discussion on norms of conduct in cyberspace.
Tags: Cyber, United Nations, Cyber Security, Russia, Information, International Institutions, Technology
"“Russia is a powerful country and Putin is testing UK defences. A lot of that is for show but it is reflective of the fact that Russia sees the West broadly speaking as an enemy."
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Putin means business: Why UK needs to worry about Russia's belligerence
In The News, 14 April 2019 Tags: Russia, UK, Europe
The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus
RUSI Newsbrief, 4 April 2019
Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in the North Caucasus have substantially diminished the capacities of North Caucasian jihadi groups. Nevertheless, militancy in the region has potential.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, Russia, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
"“In the current mode in which geopolitical competition has been shifted away from the battlefield and on to every other realm, from economics to culture to sport, then wherever there’s a competition going, particularly one in which Russia feels it might have a chance, it wants to be there and it wants to be winning,” says Mark Galeotti, a leading expert on Russian power-politics and senior associate fellow at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security think-tank.
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Chess: a pawn in Russia’s power game
In The News, 4 April 2019 Tags: RussiaPages
Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
Commentary, 18 April 2019Natia Seskuria
Russia’s pressure on Georgia continues, both through the gradual seizure of more territory and through massive propaganda campaigns.
International Security Studies, Russia, Georgia, Global Security Issues, Information
Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?
Commentary, 17 April 2019Maria Smekalova and Kevin Gourlay
There is still a role for global discussion on norms of conduct in cyberspace.
Cyber, United Nations, Cyber Security, Russia, Information, International Institutions, Technology
Avoiding a Costly Deal with Moscow in Pyongyang
Commentary, 26 March 2019Darya Dolzikova
Russia is strengthening its links with North Korea in order to position itself as an indispensable interlocutor between Washington and Pyongyang. But the cost Russia could demand for regional cooperation may prove prohibitive for the US.
United States, North Korea, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
Commentary, 14 February 2019Andrei Kortunov and Malcolm Chalmers
No single power can ‘fix’ the current turmoil in the Middle East. Still, there may be scope for Russia–Europe cooperation in managing the region’s ills.
Civil–Military Relations, RUSI International, Russia, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, National Security, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
To Understand the INF Treaty’s Demise, Look to the US Republican Party
Commentary, 8 February 2019Lincoln Pigman
The INF Treaty’s demise owes to not only Russian violations but also a fundamental shift in the way the current US administration and much of the Republican Party view arms control.
United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Russia, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, EuropePages
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 Trump Presidency
Multimedia, 19 January 2017RUSI Director General Dr Karin von Hippel discusses the foreign and security policy challenges of the Trump presidency ahead of his inauguration for Sky News.
Tags: China, United States, US Defence Policy, Iran, NATO, Russia, Global Security Issues
Russian Intelligence and the #Kompromat allegations
Multimedia, 11 January 2017Dr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director at RUSI examines the allegations behind Russian intelligence and President-elect Donald Trump
Tags: RUSI International, United States, Russia, Intelligence
Russia's Foreign Policy in 2017
Multimedia, 21 December 2016RUSI Research Fellow Sarah Lain predicts that Russia's foreign policy will continue to be a major story in 2017, especially their relationship with the US in the aftermath of the election of Donald...
Tags: International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security IssuesPages
Israel’s World is Shrinking: How the Iran–Russia Axis is Gaining Ground
RUSI Newsbrief, 18 April 2019Kyle Orton
Israeli opinion generally regards the country’s efforts to contain Iran, especially in Syria, as having been successful. In fact, the trendline runs the other way: Iran is constraining Israel,...
Iran, RUSI Newsbrief, Russia, Syria, Israel, Global Security Issues
The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus
RUSI Newsbrief, 4 April 2019Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in...
RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, Russia, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
UK–Russia Security Relations: Talking To, Not Past Each Other
Conference Reports, 3 April 2019Emily Ferris and Andrey Kortunov
A report based on findings from the third round of the UK–Russia Track 1.5 (non-governmental) bilateral security dialogue, which RUSI held in collaboration with the Russian International Affairs...
UK-Russia Security Dialogue, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Russia, UK
Feet of Clay: Can Megaprojects Distract the Russian People from Sanctions?
RUSI Newsbrief, 1 March 2019Emily Ferris
Five years on from their initial introduction, international sanctions on Russia have done little to alter the country’s behaviour on the international scene or domestically. As the sanctions...
RUSI Newsbrief, International Security Studies, Russia, Sanctions
Roundtable to Discuss Russian Involvement in Ukraine's Elections
Conference Reports, 7 February 2019Ewan Lawson
A RUSI roundtable in January 2019 discussed Russia's involvement in elections in Ukraine, in light of the country's upcoming election. Tools for involvement have included political destabilisation,...
Leadership Centre, Ukraine, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, Russia, Military Sciences, International Responses, Law and Ethics, ResiliencePages
Breaking the Ice – Russia and the West in 2019
Events, 9 January 2019Our next Under 35's Forum event will be a round table briefing followed by discussion led by RUSI's Russia and Eurasia Research Fellow, Emily Ferris
United States, Russia, 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
Understanding the Cyber Threat Landscape
Events, 9 February 2017This RUSI Under 35 Forum event explored the geopolitics of cyber attacks, with speakers including Taavi Rõivas, former Prime Minister of Estonia
Cyber, Russia, Technology
Security Risks and Challenges: A View from Bulgaria
Events, 24 October 2016The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, H.E. Mr Daniel Mitov, will give a speech on the challenges facing the south-eastern flank of NATO and the EU.
Turkey, Russia, Europe
How Not to Become a Spy: In Conversation with Justin Lifflander
Events, 13 May 2016Justin Lifflander, former weapons inspector during the Cold War, will share his experience working in the former Soviet Union and provide his perspective on current Russia-U.S. relations.
International Security Studies, Russia, Proliferation and Nuclear PolicyPages
"“Russia is a powerful country and Putin is testing UK defences. A lot of that is for show but it is reflective of the fact that Russia sees the West broadly speaking as an enemy." "
Putin means business: Why UK needs to worry about Russia's belligerence
In The News, 14 April 2019 Tags: Russia, UK, Europe
"“In the current mode in which geopolitical competition has been shifted away from the battlefield and on to every other realm, from economics to culture to sport, then wherever there’s a competition going, particularly one in which Russia feels it might have a chance, it wants to be there and it wants to be winning,” says Mark Galeotti, a leading expert on Russian power-politics and senior associate fellow at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute, a defence and security think-tank. "
Chess: a pawn in Russia’s power game
In The News, 4 April 2019 Tags: Russia
"When Putin in September 2018 offered to immediately sign a treaty without any preconditions attached, Japan rejected it on the grounds that signing it would implicitly force it to give up its claims to the islands."
Could Japan and Russia be close to ending the Kuril Islands dispute?
In The News, 26 February 2019 Tags: Japan, International Security Studies, Russia
"When Putin in September 2018 offered to immediately sign a treaty without any preconditions attached, Japan rejected it on the grounds that signing it would implicitly force it to give up its claims to the islands."
Could Japan and Russia be close to ending the Kuril Islands dispute?
In The News, 26 February 2019 Tags: Japan, International Security Studies, Russia
""The effectiveness of Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal against the United States and Nato, in the event of nuclear war, is assured and has never been in doubt," he said."Internationally, of course, the new weapons serve as a reminder of Russia's status as a massive nuclear power.""
Putin threatens to target US if it deploys missiles to Europe: ‘Let them count the range and speed of our weapons’
In The News, 21 February 2019 Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, United States, Russia, Military Sciences
Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
In Context podcast - Episode 11: Jane Marriott OBE
Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?