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The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS), as part of its Defending Democracy inquiry, has published a report on political finance and foreign interference in the UK which draws heavily on the work of RUSI’s Centre for Finance and Security (CFS).

The adoption of nuclear power accelerated in reaction to oil crises in the past, and the proposition only makes greater sense today.

The transformation of France’s land forces to a Fighting Army, a response to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, has lessons for the British Army.

A change at the head of the UK’s intelligence service signals many changes, but will not ‘set Europe ablaze’.

The long-awaited US National Cyber Strategy has just been published, and its five pages of content have raised considerable questions about how ambition will translate into practice.

The Gulf States will be re-evaluating their future following the US’ betrayal of its security guarantees.

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

Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth, Chief of the Air Staff, gives the closing keynote address at this year's Combat Air Power Conference

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

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.

Macron’s concept of ‘forward deterrence’ offers a distinctly European approach to nuclear deterrence.

Ripples of economic disruption radiating from the attack on Iran by Israel and the US give notice of the effect a war over Taiwan would spread through the world.

As European nations discuss preparing their militaries for war, Poland’s former Chief of Defence, General Rajmund Andrzejczak, describes how they have led the way in increased military spend.

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.

This paper examines how hostile states exploit far-right gender and identity narratives to polarise societies and weaken democracies.

Vignettes of Article 5 responses reveal wide, plausible consequences of NATO shortcomings in pursuit of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

Sistani has issued a layered statement addressing the war against Iran.

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion, Western governments issued a slew of sanctions against oligarchs. But to what end? What’s been achieved, and what happens next?