RUSI researcher Maria Nizzero talks about the growing problem of illicit finance and its shift from a domestic policy issue to a security threat. She explains the process of the securitisation of ...

Why did North Korea decide to deploy its troops to Ukraine? Pyongyang appears to be concerned that Trump’s electoral victory could restrict its opportunity to become a critical part of Russia’s ...

A Russian-speaking money laundering network uncovered by the UK’s National Crime Agency shows the clear links between organised crime, sanctions evasion and hostile state activity. You would be ...

Japan's commitment to spending 2% of GDP on defence by 2027 marks a strategic shift, reflecting Tokyo's proactive stance on regional security challenges and global alliance commitments. Japan’s ...

Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 April 2022. Analysing adversary drones can help the development of appropriate defensive tactics, concepts and ...

Dr Andrew Curtis OBE, RUSI Associate Fellow, discusses reforming the UK’s defence management, tackling critical issues highlighted in the Strategic Defence Review. His radical proposal for ...

This year’s Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture is given by Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC.

This policy brief, written for authorities responsible for the risk-assessment process, aims to offer insight on five key challenges that jurisdictions face with a sectoral virtual asset risk ...

The 3rd Marquess of Santa Cruz de Marcenado (1684–1732), soldier, diplomat and scholar, pioneered humanist ways to prevent or suppress insurgencies in his Military Reflections. Read the transcript In ...

Suggestions of a possible ‘turning point’ in Sudan’s 18 month-long civil war are a drastic overstatement, albeit one exposing the limited agency and capability of key parties – both foreign and ...

Roundtable participants discussed the current nature of the identity fraud threat and identifyed a range of policy, legislative, operational and technical interventions to inform the next UK fraud ...