RUSI Reflects

Following the Washington summit of European leaders with Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump, RUSI experts share their key takeaways from a seismic few days in geopolitics.

In this episode of RUSI Reflects, three RUSI experts provide their assessment of the effectiveness of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, and their predictions for what might happen next following the ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump.

A pledge for increased defence spending at the 2025 NATO Summit will send a signal that heads of state and governments are reinforcing collective defence.

Following the first formal UK-EU summit since the UK officially left the bloc in 2020, Ed Arnold, Senior Research Fellow in European Security, outlines what their new Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) means for the continent.

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.

Following the pause in US military support to Ukraine, RUSI's Senior Research Fellow for European Security Ed Arnold shares his key thoughts on this, and other seismic changes.

After participating in the Munich Security Conference, RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus shares her key takeaways from a consequential weekend of geopolitics.

Ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th US president, RUSI experts talk about what to expect from his administration in the coming months.

Following Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US election, RUSI's experts outline how US defence and foreign policy could change over the next four years.

As the Russian war in Ukraine enters its third winter, RUSI Associate Fellow Dr James Henderson provides an analysis of the current state of Russia's energy sector, which has had to adapt its trade flows in response to Western sanctions since 2022.