Resource library search

A Russian-speaking money laundering network uncovered by the UK’s National Crime Agency shows the clear links between organised crime, sanctions evasion and hostile state activity.

With the return of Donald Trump imminent and President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal of NATO security guarantees for Ukraine’s unoccupied territories on the table, attention has turned to how peace might be made to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Why did North Korea decide to deploy its troops to Ukraine? Pyongyang appears to be concerned that Trump’s electoral victory could restrict its opportunity to become a critical part of Russia’s Eurasian security architecture and to cement its status as a nuclear power.

The 3rd Marquess of Santa Cruz de Marcenado (1684–1732), soldier, diplomat and scholar, pioneered humanist ways to prevent or suppress insurgencies in his Military Reflections.

A riot control agent found in samples collected from the confrontation lines in Ukraine by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons implicates Russia in yet another breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention. But what steps can states parties to the convention take next?

RUSI researcher Maria Nizzero talks about the growing problem of illicit finance and its shift from a domestic policy issue to a security threat.

Roundtable participants discussed the current nature of the identity fraud threat and identifyed a range of policy, legislative, operational and technical interventions to inform the next UK fraud strategy.

Japan's commitment to spending 2% of GDP on defence by 2027 marks a strategic shift, reflecting Tokyo's proactive stance on regional security challenges and global alliance commitments.

How might a second Trump term reshape the US’s use of sanctions?

Now past its 1,000th day, Russia’s war on Ukraine seems set to continue. Yet new dynamics are in play and the international community needs to consider how to stabilise a potential future peace deal. As a complement to other vectors of support to Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) should be part of the post-war stabilisation.

This policy brief, written for authorities responsible for the risk-assessment process, aims to offer insight on five key challenges that jurisdictions face with a sectoral virtual asset risk assessment, and suggests potential considerations for overcoming these barriers.

Europe and the US must capitalise on Iran’s vulnerabilities and time pressures to push for meaningful nuclear diplomacy before the October 2025 ‘snapback’ deadline expires.

This paper seeks to outline the likely scope of a putative presence of the People’s Liberation Army Navy in and around the Euro-Atlantic in the next 15 years and the nature of the foreign policy it will support.

The US is the undisputed predominant space power. But for how long?

Suggestions of a possible ‘turning point’ in Sudan’s 18 month-long civil war are a drastic overstatement, albeit one exposing the limited agency and capability of key parties – both foreign and domestic.

Following Donald Trump’s election victory, we ask if this could be the beginning of the end of the fighting in Ukraine.

Jordan’s delicate role as a stabilising Middle Eastern ‘buffer state’ faces mounting threats from regional instability, domestic discontent, and shifting geopolitical dynamics.