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У цій аналітичній записці розглядається можливість використання віртуальних активів для спрощення надходження допомоги на нагальні потреби відбудови України.

Цей звіт підсумовує висновки дискусії навколо фінансової системи України, яка відбулася під час конференції в червні 2023 року.

This article launches a series examining the top 10 serious and organised crime threats to the UK and their evolution over the past decade. It traces the journey of the overarching threat posed, with a focus on the blurring of the lines with state threats.

The growth of an overly burdensome safety regime is restricting opportunities for the British Army to train at scale. This poses risks of higher casualties and reduced capability if it is called on to fight a war, and of reducing safety through undermining confidence.

Organised criminals are smart. Their primary motivation is profit and they will adapt pretty much anything, including their modus operandi and the commodity they trade in, to ensure a constant cash flow and expansion of their activities.

Can Nigeria’s incoming administration grapple with the urgent problems facing the country and foster a process of national reconciliation?

China officially pursues a ‘non-alliance’ policy, but Western aid and support to Taiwan, economic competition – particularly the US restrictions on semiconductors – and the formation of ‘blocs’ perceived as hostile to Beijing in the Asia-Pacific will test this to the limit.

The emergence of modern Brazilian criminal organisations can be traced back to the boom in incarceration and prison overcrowding in the 1990s. During this period, important changes were forged within prison spaces including the emergence of prison groups that, years later, would become criminal organisations. This development reconfigured local criminal dynamics by connecting organised criminality to incarceration. Among the groups that emerged within local prisons, the Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC [The First Capital Command] – is undoubtedly the most relevant in terms of its scope, size, economic resources, and stability.

Since its signing in 2014, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement has faced some delays in its implementation. However, with Beijing showing no signs of curtailing its aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea, recent years have seen an uptick in security cooperation between Manila and Washington.

Although the initial furore around Georgia’s recently introduced ‘foreign agents’ law has died down, the upcoming elections will be crucial in determining whether the country continues to drift away from a pro-Western course or moves closer to EU integration.

With Afghanistan largely turning its back on the outside world, the country’s religious scholars might be in a key position to influence the direction taken by the Taliban government. But what sort of an influence will they be?

As the new UK government grapples with the current state of the Armed Forces, hard thinking and prioritisation are needed to ensure they can provide capable and coherent forces to NATO and deal with modern threats.

In a previous article, the authors argued that the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) should be stretched to best meet its growing potential. One proposal was to create a ‘JEF Bank’ to fund capability development, provide sustainable growth in defence spending and incentivise closer cooperation. The JEF provides an ideal framework to develop the concept among a smaller group of countries before potentially scaling up.

Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has continued to access critical components from abroad, expanded the production of core weapons, and continued to increase the sophistication of some key capabilities.

Despite the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group’s operations in Mali continue. But how do locals feel about the mercenaries’ presence?

With increasing recognition of the security threats linked to environmental degradation, a new framework is needed for engaging the UK military in environmental protection.