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🎙️Tune in to the latest Talking Strategy episode where Paul O’Neill CBE and Professor Beatrice Heuser are joined by Secretary General Petteri Korvala to discuss how Finland's comprehensive security system works.

Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/4aGhnAu

Towards a British Approach to Cyber Campaigning The UK needs and enduring and dynamic approach to cybersecurity, one that embraces continuous offensive operations to achieve an advantage over its adversaries.

'Continuous cyber campaigning appears daunting, but it is less daunting than losing national economic power through IP theft, losing military overmatch and losing faith in political institutions' write @monicakello.bsky.social and Richard Harknett in the latest RUSI Commentary.

YouTube video by DW News Takaichi's defense spending plans rattle China | DW News

'I think [Prime Minister Takaichi] she is quite determined about Japan's security and defence, but she has no aggressive intentions regarding China and Taiwan.'

@shelter-jones.bsky.social interviewed on @deutschewelle.dw.com.

Legal and technical gaps.

Chile needs extended confiscation, non-conviction-based recovery, strong crypto controls, and reliable asset data, to capitalise on its ability to disrupt criminal finances.

Networked governance and better cooperation.

Information is siloed, and seized assets need to be managed, building trust between agencies leading national and international investigations.

Unified understandings of risk.

Agencies and financial institutions need tools and training to detect modern money-laundering tactics leading to solid enforcement.

This paper offers a road map: modern laws, a central asset office, better data-sharing, and stronger public–private trust to turn weaknesses into strengths:

Organised crime in Chile now includes groups from Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Profits go beyond drugs to copper, timber, human smuggling, and front businesses that launder money through the formal economy.

Fighting Organised Crime: Recovering Illicit Assets in Chile To prosecute money laundering, the Chilean government must strengthen asset recovery governance and information-sharing, and update its existing framework.

Chile is facing a shift from ‘simple’ crime to complex transnational networks.

Our new research from Dr Pilar Lizana, Dr Carlos Solar, and Dr Maria Nizzero (@marianizzero.bsky.social) shows its system for recovering criminal assets is key to weakening organised crime.

Ukraine: Prospects for Peace, Four Years After Russia’s Invasion Join an expert panel as they reflect on the prospects for peace, four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, what are Ukraine's prospects for peace?

Join Maryna Vorotnyuk, Neil Melvin, @mtsavill.bsky.social and Jonathan Eyal on 24 February for an insightful discussion as we mark the anniversary.

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The UK Whole of Society Defence and the Reality of Modern War The national conversation must address society's preparations to defend itself, reimagining the citizen solider of the 21st century, and every sector's role in this effort.

'The question is not whether the British public will rise to the occasion, it is whether they will be properly equipped to do so effectively, ahead of time.' write Ed Arnold and Major Laurence Thomson in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Digital Targeting Web: Bridging the Gap between Aspiration and Battlefield Reality As Britain's Digital Targeting Web moves from concept to reality, learning lessons from past and current conflicts will be crucial to the success of the Army's digitalised Land Targeting Enterprise.

'Britain’s DTW must evolve to integrate with key partners and allies, especially as in the context of NATO’s attempts to integrate national capabilities.' write Robert Tollast, Major Laurence Thomson and Noah Sylvia in the latest RUSI Defence Systems.

🎙️In the latest STR episode @keatingetom.bsky.social is joined by Eliza Lockhart and James Gillespie to reflect on where the real threats from crypto to electoral integrity lie, and what to do about them.

Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/4kpdmnl

Grok, Nudification and Addressing Online Harms to Women and Girls With the new UK law on banning non-consensual intimate images coming into force today. Giles Herdale offers a timely assessment of the need to ensure that the central role of policing is not marginalised within national efforts to address online violenc...

'Policing alone can never address issues as systemic as the abuse of technology to harm women and girls' writes Giles Herdale for The Informer.

The Informer is managed by the Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC).

Learn more about SHOC: https://www.rusi.org/networks/shoc

The End of New START: What's Next? A conversation with The Hon Rose Gottemoeller, chief US negotiator for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), on the treaty's expiration and the implications for nuclear arms control.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty expired this week.

Hear from the chief US negotiator of the treaty, The Hon Rose Gottemoeller on the implications it has for nuclear arms control at our upcoming members' exclusive event.

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New START Expiry: Implications for Europe The expiry of New START could further undermine the credibility of US extended deterrence and complicate European and US efforts to strengthen conventional deterrence.

'All institutions and procedures – including arms control agreements – rest on political and material foundations that lie well beyond their formal remit' write Darya Dolzikova​ and Dr Sidharth Kaushal in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Uganda: Idi Amin 2.0 Loading Uganda's leadership is drifting into another authoritarian spiral.

Uganda’s leadership is drifting into another authoritarian spiral. Read the latest #RUSICommentary from Dr Greg Mills and Ray Hartley.
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/uganda-idi-amin-20-loading

Air manoeuvre forces are not obsolete, but they must modernise. By integrating drones for both strike and logistics, medium-range precision fires, resilient C2, and using these to increase dispersion, they can retain speed and flexibility.

These concepts require new capabilities: resilient satellite comms, launched effects elements, EW-resistant precision fires, utility UAVs for logistics, and improved protection against aerial threats backed by highly trained, dispersed infantry.

To remain viable, air manoeuvre must evolve: dispersed assembly, composite air–ground insertions using drones and decoys, “stand-off denial” without having to physically hold objectives, and UAV-enabled sustainment to extend endurance.

The paper highlights risks across every phase of operations: vulnerable assembly areas, “pop-up” air defences, persistent ISR after landing, risky resupply routes, and disrupted communications. Survival now depends on planning for constant exposure.

The Future of Air Manoeuvre in European Large-Scale Combat Operations argues that modern threats restrict both air and ground movement. In this environment, the ability to bypass terrain and rapidly reshape the battlefield is more valuable than ever.

Air Manoeuvre Forces in European Large-Scale Combat Operations Exploring the evolving role of air manoeuvre forces in European combat, this paper examines their utility, challenges and adaptation to modern threats.

New RUSI research by Jack Watling, Bob Tollast and Nick Reynolds examines the future of air manoeuvre in Europe’s most demanding combat environments. With dense air defences and constant surveillance, can air assault still work? This paper argues: yes, if it adapts.

RUSI Integrated Air and Missile Defence Conference 2026 The air and missile threat facing European states is acute. In Ukraine, Russia has combined mass and precision in a manner that reflects a significant evolution from pre-war concepts of missile warfare. Beyond Europe, in theatres such as the Red Sea, th...

Join leading defence experts in London for the RUSI Integrated Air and Missile Defence Conference 2026.

Explore Europe’s evolving missile threat, NATO IAMD priorities, and strategic defence challenges.

On 21 April 2026 at 61 Whitehall.

We Need to Talk About Ecosystem Collapse Climate and nature can no longer be pigeonholed as an environmental problem.

'It seems climate and nature narratives finally have a seat at the big table, and not before time.' writes Anne-Marie Weeden in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Selective Diplomacy: Israel's Somaliland Move and its Regional implications On 26 December, Israel became the first country to recognise Somaliland. However, the controversial move arguably undermines the very legitimacy of the state in the eyes of many Somalis.

On 26 December, Israel became the first country to recognise Somaliland. However, the controversial move arguably undermines the very legitimacy of the state in the eyes of many Somalis. Read the latest RUSI Commentary from Hani Ibrahim.

The Next Phase Of UK Cyber Strategy A panel event to celebrate the launch of a forthcoming RUSI paper on the next iteration of the UK National Cyber Strategy.

Join the conversation on 10 February at RUSI, London.

Experts from government, industry and academia will discuss the paper’s findings and the next phase of UK cyber strategy.
10:00–11:00 GMT | In person

Register your interest👇

Without decisive action to rebalance responsibility and fix market incentives, the UK’s economic growth and national security will remain on unstable foundations.
This research offers practical, credible ideas to inform policy and action.

The paper sets out six priorities to strengthen UK cyber resilience:

Re-framing cyber as an economic security issue
Stronger accountability for government, boards & vendors
Reforming cybercrime policing
Enforcing regulation, not just writing it

These ideas could shape the UK’s next cyber strategy.

Rebooting the UK’s Cyber Strategy argues for a shift from voluntary standards to a more interventionist ‘carrots and sticks’ approach, addressing persistent market failures that leave organisations, and the public, exposed.