A conversation with Dr Jack Watling to launch his new book, ‘Statecraft: The New Rules of Power in a Divided World’.

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 ...

Strengthening Europe’s defence requires public spending and public backing. How can political leaders explain and gain support for policies to fund defence investment? ‘We are making difficult choices ...

The Gulf States will be re-evaluating their future following the US’ betrayal of its security guarantees. The new Gulf War launched by Israel and the United States against Iran represents the most ...

Geopolitical shocks continue to impact the oil market as prices spike in response to the Israel-Iran conflict. With the US mulling an attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordow, the ...

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, ...

Russia's Zapad 2025 in Belarus focused on high-leverage capabilities, contrasting with the high tempo and mass in previous iterations of the exercises. Zapad 2025 is the 2025 iteration of Russia's ...

2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it. Russia must demonstrate to its domestic audience and to the West that it retains the initiative and remains a ...

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional ...

On 27 November, RUSI Europe, with the support of the UK Joint Delegation to NATO, hosted a closed-door roundtable discussion entitled 'Translating 3.5% into Capabilities' at the UK Ambassador's ...

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 ...

The SDR has re-emphasised the centrality of space to the country and UK Armed Forces. But the UK’s nascent military space programme will be under increased pressure to play its role in the military’s ...