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The Royal Marines are reshaping UK maritime strategy in the High North, countering Russian threats and advancing NATO objectives for regional security. This entails a close conceptual integration between the employment of the marines and maritime lines of effort.

China's rare earth export controls sustain magnet exports, restrict key elements and reshape global supply chains, impacting UK and allied industries.

Air forces modernising fast-jet training should prioritise core airmanship skills with regular live flying over increasing tactical complexity at early stages.

This paper explores strategies for UK forces to overcome adversaries' technological advantages through targeted investments, structured engagements and maintaining initiative.

This paper explores how AI is revolutionising proliferation financing and sanctions evasion, revealing new threats, regulatory gaps and actionable policy solutions.

This report on the Aoji-ri Area is the sixth Project Anthracite site profile exploring different chemical production facilities throughout North Korea.

This report on the Kanggye Area is the fifth Project Anthracite site profile exploring different chemical production facilities throughout North Korea.

Fraud undermines financial inclusion in the UK. This paper identifies how and offers actionable policy solutions.

This paper enables secure third-party evaluation of frontier AI models, balancing safety, security and innovation for defence and security stakeholders.

Project Grayburn analyses the UK's future rifle needs, recommending a design optimised for suppression at 400 m and lethality within 150 m.

The UK must overhaul mobilisation and training to meet rising security threats, ensuring rapid force expansion, effective integration and Alliance resilience.

This Research Paper addresses the utility of measuring lethality as a focal point in force design.

The paper examines the current state of cooperation on cyber security between the UK and South Korea and offers recommendations to strengthen the partnership.

This research paper explores the critical role of conventional prompt strike capabilities in enhancing European military power.

Exploring the evolving role of air manoeuvre forces in European combat, this paper examines their utility, challenges and adaptation to modern threats.

This research paper explores the transformative concept of prototype warfare in the maritime domain.

This paper assesses the probable deterrent effect of the Atlantic Bastion, a strategic concept outlined in the UK’s Strategic Defence Review.

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the manufacturing process of Russian air defence systems, demonstrating significant vulnerabilities in their production that could be exploited to disrupt their modernisation and output.

This research paper explores Ukraine's innovative wartime diplomacy and strategic communication efforts to counter Russian influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The critical issue of wildlife laundering – whereby illicit actors use legitimate corporate entities to fraudulently pass illegally harvested or obtained wildlife into legal supply chains – is a significant threat to biodiversity, national security and local livelihoods.