Neutrality between China and the US, sidestepping two competing chauvinisms for fear of being crushed in between them, plays into Beijing’s hands. A recurring tragedy of statecraft is our habit of ...

The webinar explores how terrorists could exploit LLMs for fundraising, examining risks, current AI misuse, platform safeguards, and strategies to detect and disrupt illicit activities. This online ...

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz without formally closing it. The question facing Washington is not how to secure the waterway – it is whether any realistic military operation actually can.

As the conflict deepens, the world must urgently address the risk of biological weapons falling through the cracks. The intensifying military campaign by the US and Israel has rightly focused the ...

This paper explores transnational anti-rights mobilisation as a hybrid threat to UK and European democracy, driven by foreign actors, funding and influence. This paper highlights the growing threat of ...

Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth, Chief of the Air Staff, gives the closing keynote address at this year's Combat Air Power Conference Conference delegates and RUSI Members can watch the full ...

With violent extremism pushed to the periphery of mainstream security debates, the concern is not just a lack of resourcing, but a revival of obsolete assumptions and policy approaches. The UN ...

Its ammunition spent on Ukraine, Russia can no longer act on the world stage. The Moscow-Tehran axis is collapsing in real time. As US and Israeli strikes continue across the country, Tehran is ...

The US and Israel have launched major strikes on Iran, triggering retaliation across the region and raising fears of wider war. As tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz and across the region, ...

Aside from policy differences with the US, the UK’s Armed Forces’ size and capacity make difficult any large UK involvement in war with Iran. The outbreak of a new war in the Middle East has led to ...

This paper highlights the critical intersection between hostile state actors and transnational far-right movements, revealing how gender and identity-based narratives are weaponised to polarise ...

As the United States and Israel conduct major strikes against Iran, four RUSI experts provide their thoughts after the first few days of conflict. In this video commentary, Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Dr Neil ...