In the first episode of the season, host Kinga Redlowska, Head of CFS Europe, is joined by Bethany Allen, author of Beijing Rules: China's Quest for Global Influence, a Financial Times best business book for 2023.
Tech platforms are still struggling to curb the spread of terrorist content. Governments must not only support them but also hold them accountable through stronger enforcement and enhanced intelligence capabilities.
As countries around the world struggle to reduce China’s dominance of critical mineral supply chains, they would do well to learn from Japan’s successes and mistakes in tackling this challenge.
Amid great power competition over technology, states such as the UK are seeking to protect the ecosystems that drive innovation in a growing range of technologies. However, developing security capability and culture within organisations that are unfamiliar with national security concerns is challenging.
This paper outlines proliferation finance activity tied to the casino and gaming sector, as well as the emergence of new avenues of exploitation that authorities should analyse as part of their national risk assessment process.
As Western countries grow increasingly concerned about their national defence industrial bases, the international export market for defence goods is becoming more competitive. The new Labour government’s openness to cooperation with the EU presents opportunities to ensure that the UK defence industry can thrive in this environment.
Over the past few years, NATO has begun to step out of its traditional Euro-Atlantic confines as member states and partners seek to coordinate their response to security concerns in the Indo-Pacific.
There is good reason to think that, even if Russia and Ukraine reached a peace deal, Vladimir Putin would readily abandon it and re-invade Ukraine at the first opportunity. That is why any agreement must include a guarantee from NATO to protect Ukraine’s independence in the long term.
In this teaser, host Kinga Redlowska, Head of CFS Europe, is joined by CFS Director Tom Keatinge to launch the theme for the new season, ‘The Future Of’.
This conference report is based on the discussions at a one-day workshop held in September 2023 to identify early opportunities to set the conditions for integration across the joint force.
In the wake of Ukrainian advances into Russia’s Kursk region, Moscow has sought to capitalise on fears around nuclear safety by spreading unsubstantiated claims that the Kursk nuclear power plant is at risk of attack from Ukraine.
There is no pan-European approach to space. Instead, there is a diverse set of European actors, agencies and infrastructures that are making a mark on the final frontier.
Although the Wagner Group’s presence in Ukraine may have ended, a range of other non-state actors have stepped up to take its place, many of which display extreme right-wing beliefs.
The tragic 2017 collision at sea of the USS John S McCain illuminates the way to approach the mental health challenges experienced by the surviving crew.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy uses wargaming to train and educate officers for future high-end naval combat – but the approach has several drawbacks.
