The dangers to Ukraine multiply. The international focus on President Trump’s tariffs has sucked attention away from Ukraine just as Gaza did in 2024. Trump’s threat to walk-away from a peace deal adds further jeopardy as does Europe’s increasingly unconvincing attempts to demonstrate collective resolve. Linked to this last point is a potentially fatal linguistic carelessness.
Accelerating the degradation of Russia's integrated air defence systems is critical to enabling the defeat of Russian ground forces. This paper considers the role of land-air integration in achieving their suppression and destruction.
In an environment where Europe must be able to deter Russia with reduced US support, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine should spur significant efforts to address what has been demonstrated to be a manifestly inadequate defence-industrial base. This paper focuses on the key policy issues that have shaped military-industrial production in Russia, Ukraine and European NATO.
Managing expectations will be just as crucial as making physical investments for Europe’s Middle Corridor, the Trans-Caspian International Trade Route.
Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare, provides his assessment of European security three years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and reflects on what can be realistically achieved with European airpower, given Russia's current threat trajectory.
Come a ceasefire in Ukraine, the border to Europe’s East will remain a line of tension with no end in sight, necessitating new concepts for collective defence.
In this episode Jason Pack and Sir Bill Browder as they explore the transactional nature of Trump 2.0 and analyse the implications of the Ukraine mineral deal.
This policy brief seeks to understand how the compliance systems of financial institutions have adapted in response to post-2022 trade restrictions on Russia.
The US is set to secure a stake in Ukraine’s mineral revenues, aiming to counter China’s influence – but market challenges may hinder investment and execution.
On the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, RUSI’s International Security team discusses how outside powers will deal with and conduct relations with Russia.
The much-touted meeting of European leaders to discuss Ukraine in Paris appears to have exposed differences as much as heralding a new era of European security leadership.
