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Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History: 2019 Winners Announced
News, 13 June 2019The panel of judges for RUSI's Duke of Wellington Medal for Military Literature have exceptionally this year awarded two medals.
The US–Turkey Strategic Stalemate
Article, 13 June 2019Michael Stephens
Despite Daesh’s military defeat there remains a significant clash between the US and Turkey about Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria. Should Washington continue to support the Kurds?
Turkey, United States, RUSI Newsbrief, Iraq, Counterinsurgency, Syria, Global Security Issues
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Commentary, 12 June 2019Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
UK Needs to Be Clearer on Sanctions: RUSI Reacts to Foreign Affairs Committee Report on UK Sanctions Policy
News, 12 June 2019RUSI today reacts to the latest Foreign Affairs Committee report on UK sanctions policy.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Sanctions
Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran
Commentary, 10 June 2019Wojciech Pawlus
Europe needs to do more to save the Iranian nuclear deal.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Americas, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Commentary, 12 June 2019Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran
Commentary, 10 June 2019Wojciech Pawlus
Europe needs to do more to save the Iranian nuclear deal.
Iran's Nuclear Programme, United States, Americas, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Europe
‘County Lines’: The Modern Cyber Slaves of Britain’s Drug-Trafficking Networks
Commentary, 5 June 2019Evangelina Moisi
Vulnerable children are being used to peddle drugs in the UK’s rural communities. Efforts to stamp out this form of modern slavery are recording only feeble successes.
Cyber, National Security Studies, Domestic Security, Organised Crime, Law and Ethics, National Security, Organised Crime, Technology
Libra Rising: Exploring Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project
Commentary, 4 June 2019Kayla Izenman
Facebook's cryptocurrency ambitions could transform the global financial system.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Technology
The Heat is on Cyber-Criminals. But Are Governments Doing Enough to Tackle Rogue Cryptocurrency Exchanges?
Commentary, 31 May 2019Anton Moiseienko
Cyber-criminal groups are being dismantled. But more needs to be done about the enforcement of rules that bind cryptocurrency exchanges.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Counter-Proliferation Finance, Cyber, AML/CTF, European Union, Financial Crime 2.0, Organised Crime, Technology
Britain and the US: The Relationship Runs Deep, Which is Why it is Often Difficult to See
Commentary, 29 May 2019'Sir Humphrey'
President Trump will be greeted with a torrent of doom-laden criticism when he arrives in the UK on 3 June. Some of this criticism is just wrong, while some simply misses the critical point of this...
United States, UK
Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use Still Lower Than During Cold War
Commentary, 28 May 2019Sam Dudin
UN disarmament research chief incorrectly assesses the risk of nuclear war.
United Nations, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Information, International Institutions
The 2019 Swiss Security Network Exercise: More Than an Exercise
Commentary, 24 May 2019Hans-Jürg Käser and Bernhard Wigger
The Swiss are testing their preparedness for meeting a major terrorist attack.
Modern Deterrence, International Security Studies, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Defence Management, Security Policy, International Responses, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Europe
Morocco’s Strategy in Africa: Rooting Back
Commentary, 23 May 2019Youssef Tobi
Morocco is redeveloping its African roots. To the benefit of all concerned.
RUSI International, African Union, Africa, Middle East and North Africa
The Russian Ambassador who Overreached: Why Russia’s Approach to Belarus Could Change
Commentary, 22 May 2019Emily Ferris
By replacing its controversial ambassador in Belarus, Russia is signalling its readiness to accommodate Belarus’ sensitivities.
China, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Security Studies, Russia, Law and Ethics, National Security, EuropePages
Dr Karin von Hippel on the State Visit of President Trump
Multimedia, 7 June 2019Dr Karin von Hippel on CNN discussing UK-US relations and the outcomes of the State Visit to the UK by President Donald Trump.
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Someone Had To Do It - Reflections from D-Day
Multimedia, 31 May 2019Tags: Germany, France, UK, History, Military Personnel, Europe
What is the Agenda for the New Defence Secretary?
Multimedia, 2 May 2019Dr Jack Watling, Research Fellow at RUSI, discusses what the new agenda might be for the new Defence Secretary, Penny Mordaunt.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK, UK Defence
How North Korea Exploits Cryptocurrency
Multimedia, 24 April 2019Kayla Izenman gives an overview of how her paper reveals how North Korea can exploit cryptocurrency, particularly in Southeast Asia, to circumvent international sanctions. She sets out practical...
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In Context podcast - Episode 11: Jane Marriott OBE
Multimedia, 18 April 2019Recently appointed as the new UK High Commissioner to Nairobi, Jane Marriott joins Karin for the In Context podcast to discuss her varied career, including working in hot spots such as Iraq,...
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The US–Turkey Strategic Stalemate
RUSI Newsbrief, 13 June 2019Michael Stephens
Despite Daesh’s military defeat there remains a significant clash between the US and Turkey about Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria. Should Washington continue to support the Kurds?
Tags: Turkey, United States, Iraq, Counterinsurgency, Syria, Global Security Issues
Remembering D-Day
RUSI Newsbrief, 6 June 2019Hew Strachan
On the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, RUSI and YouGov have conducted a special opinion poll to assess current public attitudes to the event. The poll indicates that only half of Britain knows the significance of D-Day, a source of irony amid today’s polarised politics, says Sir Hew Strachan.
Tags: UK, History
Book Review: Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Bethan Greener
Bethan Greener reviews Hybridity on the Ground in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations, by Joanne Wallis et al. (eds).
Tags: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
What are Governments in Central and Eastern Europe not Buying with their Defence Budgets? The Readiness Clue
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Thomas-Durell Young
To bolster the readiness of their forces, Central and Eastern European countries will need to modernise budgetary and organisational practices.
Tags: Defence Management, Defence Policy, Europe
Book Review: Military Historian: My Part in the Birth and Development of War Studies, 1966–2016
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Brian Holden Reid
Brian Holden Reid reviews Military Historian: My Part in the Birth and Development of War Studies, 1966–2016, by Brian Bond.
Tags: UK, History, Europe
Editor's Note: RUSI Journal, March 2019
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Emma De Angelis
Editor Dr Emma De Angelis introduces the March 2019 edition of the RUSI Journal.
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Book Review: Against Elections: The Case for Democracy
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Edward Mortimer
Edward Mortimer reviews Against Elections: The Case for Democracy, by David Van Reybrouck.
Tags: Global Security Issues
When is a Defence Review Not a Defence Review? The Impact of the National Security Capability Review and Modernising Defence Programme
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Andrew Curtis
The UK is drifting away from the established pattern of periodic defence reviews.
Tags: Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, UK Defence, Europe
Book Review: Modern Political Warfare: Current Practices and Possible Responses
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Murat Caliskan
Murat Caliskan reviews Modern Political Warfare: Current Practices and Possible Responses, by Linda Robinson et al.
Tags: United States, US Defence Policy, Americas, Information
Fundraising for Right-Wing Extremist Movements: How They Raise Funds and How to Counter It
RUSI Journal, 31 May 2019Tom Keatinge, Florence Keen and Kayla Izenman
Efforts to prevent fundraising for extremist organisations tend to overlook the characteristics of right-wing movements.
Tags: UK Counter-terrorism, AML/CTF, Tackling Extremism, UK, Domestic Security, Terrorism, EuropePages
Breakfast Briefing: Intelligence Assessment and Policy Making - Lord Butler’s Lessons, Fifteen Years On
Events, 4 December 2019An exclusive breakfast briefing with Tim Dowse CMG, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI and former Intelligence Adviser to the UK Foreign Secretary.
Breakfast Briefing - Operating in Russia: High Risks with Little Return?
Events, 19 November 2019An exclusive breakfast briefing with Emily Ferris, Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia, RUSI.
Breakfast Briefing: Policing the UK in an Evolving Threat Landscape
Events, 9 October 2019An exclusive breakfast briefing with Lord Hogan-Howe QPM, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI and former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.
Breakfast Briefing - Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70
Events, 18 September 2019An exclusive breakfast briefing with Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB CMG, Distinguished Fellow, RUSI and former Permanent Secretary, UK Ministry of Defence.
The Red Queen Problem: Technology Start-ups and National Security
Events, 12 September 2019RUSI's Modern Deterrence project is pleased to host an executive briefing by Alex van Someren, Managing Director of Amadeus Capital Partners.
Modern Deterrence
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Hard Days for Europe’s Interests in Iran
Dr Karin von Hippel on the State Visit of President Trump