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'A workable response cannot rest on national autarky. No European state can reconstruct alone, at sustainable cost, the full spectrum of critical supply chains, satellite infrastructure and undersea resilience capability', writes Jonathan Thébaud in the latest member exclusive RUSI Newsbrief.
Without it (the UK’s Defence Investment Plan), the Strategic Defence Review is a list of ambitions and a rational for change, but expressed as a shopping list, and not a sequenced plan.' writes @mtsavill.bsky.social in the latest RUSI Commentary.
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Beyond holding assets, France's resilience depends on establishing credible access, prioritisation, and substitution mechanisms for critical materials.
Delays to the UK's Defence Investment Plan do not bode well for the UK's Armed Forces transformation, or confidence the government is prioritising defence spending.
'The American policies that we had grown accustomed to were an artefact of a particular set of historical circumstances that are now past, will never return, and cannot be recreated', writes Bilahari Kausikan in the latest RUSI Commentary.
'Reforms implemented without sustained political and institutional backing have been shown historically to be only selectively adopted, unevenly adhered to and gradually abandoned', writes Major Laurence Thomson in the latest RUSI Commentary.
'The Nathan Gill case exposes the blurred line between corruption and foreign malign interference. Strategic resilience requires seeing the adversary’s wider campaign', writes Dr Michael John-Hopkins in the latest RUSI Commentary.
'Russia may no longer be viewed in Yerevan as a dependable security guarantor, but it retains significant economic and political leverage', writes Zoe Neiman in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Revisit one of our best attended webinars of the year so far on the role and impact of mis- and disinformation in extremism and radicalisation trends.
Our expert panel addressed the mechanisms by which disinformation spreads and gains traction and the specific challenges faced by the public sector.
'The digital sovereignty package is the clearest signal to date that Europe views cloud and AI as strategically necessary and worth incurring costs', writes Joseph Jarnecki (@jjarnecki.bsky.social) in the latest RUSI Commentary.
'The potential for further disruption to trans-Atlantic relations and the creation of golden opportunities for Putin are hovering like dark drones above the energy Cliff', writes David Roche in the latest RUSI Commentary.
🎙️In the latest #GlobalSecurityBriefing, Prof Ali Ansari joins host Dr @burcuozcelik.bsky.social to discuss the latest round of talks between Iran and the US: are we seeing the beginning of a diplomatic off-ramp, or just another pause in a much longer confrontation?
Listen: https://bit.ly/3RM8ezo
For Europe, technology dependence is a strategic liability. The European Commission's Tech Sovereignty Package offers solutions, but can it hold its resolve?
A veteran Singaporean diplomat and scholar reflects on today's strategic uncertainties and enduring myths, appealing for calmer and more sober perspectives on the challenges.
The Nathan Gill case exposes the blurred line between corruption and foreign malign interference. Strategic resilience requires seeing the adversary's wider campaign.
Post-Cold War defence reviews have all promised institutional transformation; most underdelivered. Understanding why requires an honest appraisal of past lessons.
The webinar explores the role and impact of mis- and disinformation in extremism and radicalisation trends. It is aimed at public sector professionals in today's increasingly digitalised world.
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, national oil reserves have been steadily depleting, and will empty by the end of the summer, halting most economic activity, globally.
Testing Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, future integration with Europe is a live issue in the country’s first election since military defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh.
