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Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
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Aug 31, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🧵As the new Secretary of State for Defence @grantshapps (@DefenceHQ) comes into office, join us as we revisit several of our recent outputs that highlight some of the challenges facing the Defence Secretary. Revisit our recent #RUSICommentary from three former senior officials at @DefenceHQ that assesses the Defence Command Paper Refresh and offers suggestions on how to sharpen its approach.
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Dec 15, 2022 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
🚨A new investigation from @OSIA_RUSI and RUSI's Military Sciences team, in collaboration with @Reuters and @istories_media, examines the supply chains that have continued to move Western components into #Russia since the February 24 invasion of #Ukraine.
rusi.org/explore-our-re… The report focuses on the #Orlan-10 - the #UAV that sits at the heart of Russia’s warfighting capabilities. Fieldwork conducted by RUSI in Ukraine over the course of 2022 confirmed that the sub-systems of the Orlan-10 are heavily reliant on foreign-made microelectronics.
Dec 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🧵A man who killed five people and injured 17 others inside a Colorado night club, has been charged with 305 criminal counts over the deadly shooting. The shooting associated with Oslo Pride in 2022, as well as the attacks on LGBTQ+ spaces in Colorado and Bratislava are part of a wider #antifeminist, misogynist narrative that is espoused across extremisms.
Dec 1, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨New RUSI Report, ‘Towards a New Model for Economic Crime Policing: Target 2030’ by @helenacjwood (of @CFCS_RUSI) and Karen Baxter out now!
rusi.org/explore-our-re… The recent public attention given to the UK’s role in Russia-related money laundering, and concerns about fraud during the coronavirus pandemic have elevated the recognition of fraud and money laundering as national security threats.
Nov 30, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨New RUSI Special Resource, 'Preliminary Lessons in Conventional Warfighting from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: February–July 2022' by Mykhaylo Zabrodskyi, @Jack_Watling, Oleksandr V Danylyuk and Nick Reynolds is out now!
rusi.org/explore-our-re… The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has provided an unparalleled opportunity to assess the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation's military capabilities and the implications of a range of capabilities for modern warfare.
Sep 2, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
1|8 🚨New RUSI Occasional Paper, ‘From Famine to Feast? The Implications of 3% for the UK Defence Budget’ by @MChalmers_RUSI is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… 2|8 To deliver on a commitment to spend 3% of GDP on defence by 2030, a Liz Truss government will need to increase defence spending by around 60% in real terms. This is equivalent to some £150 billion additional spending over the next eight years.
Jul 18, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨As Biden returns from his visit to the Middle East and efforts to restore the JCPOA continue, the new RUSI report ‘Chain Reactions: The Iranian Nuclear Programme and Gulf Security Dynamics’ by @tobiasborck and @DDolzikova is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… Western policy has historically divorced the Iran nuclear issue and regional Gulf security – often, intentionally-so. This approach has been criticised by the six Gulf Cooperation Council states - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Apr 28, 2022 • 8 tweets • 11 min read
📚Our Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History is awarded on an annual basis to the best English language writing on military history.

We are delighted to announce that we have drawn up a shortlist of seven titles in contention for this year's award. The first title to be short listed is 'Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945' by Richard Overy, published by @PenguinUKBooks. Image
Apr 12, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
🚨New RUSI Whitehall Paper, ‘The Balance of Power Between Russia and NATO in the Arctic and High North’ by Dr Sidharth Kaushal, James Byrne, Joseph Byrne, Giangiuseppe Pilli and Gary Sommerville is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… The growing importance of the #Arctic and High North is reflected in #Russia’s recent military build-up in the area, which has received an increasing share of expenditure from the #Kremlin over the past decade.
Mar 9, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨New RUSI Report, ‘Remote Assessment of North Korea's Chemical Weapons: Feasible or Not?’ by @varriale_C and Sarah Clapham is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… North Korea’s #nuclear programme has been the most prominent capability of concern to the international community, but North Korea is also suspected to possess a chemical weapons programme.
Mar 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨New RUSI Whitehall Report, ‘A Transatlantic Approach to China in the Global Commons: Convergence and Divergence in Seas and Outer Space’ by @VeerleNouwens is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… The report explores transatlantic convergence and divergence over the governance of the global commons of the seas and outer space, and #China’s actions within it.
Mar 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This #IWD2022 , revisit some of our past events that explore the importance and benefits of diversity and inclusion. Revisit our event (with @BAESystemsInc) that explores the importance of diversity in addressing the challenges and opportunities of the global cyber race.

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Mar 8, 2022 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
To celebrate #IWD2022, we reflect on some of the work that we have undertaken to highlight the impact of gender inequality on peace and security and to encourage continued progress towards equal inclusion of #women in policy and programming.

rusi.org/explore-our-re… The development of the Women, Peace and Security #WPS agenda in the international peace and security community has highlighted the need to include more #women.

Below, @J_White692 explains why we need more women in counter-terrorism policy and programming.
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Mar 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine continues, our International Security Studies (@ISS_RUSI) research team highlights some of the short, medium and long term implications of this crisis. In the short term, the impact of the Russian Orthodox Church's opposition to the war may have implications for President Putin. Image
Nov 24, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🚨New RUSI paper, ‘Small-Scale Chemical and Biological Production: Current Threats and Future Trajectories’ by @DanKaszeta is out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… The report reveals how developments in science and technology will simplify efforts by hostile actors to operate small-scale chemical and #biologicalweapons production.
Nov 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
At the 2021 @UKPONI annual conference, emerging experts from the #nuclear industry, academia, government and the military gave presentations on a range of timely civil and military nuclear issues. The emerging experts who presented at the conference have adapted their presentations for the 2021 UK PONI Papers, which are now live on our website.

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Nov 18, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🚨Our 2021 UK Project on Nuclear Issues (UK PONI) Papers are out now!

rusi.org/explore-our-re… The 2021 @UKPONI Annual Conference gathered established and emerging experts from academia, industry, government and the military to share insights and debate a broad range of civil and military topics.
Nov 16, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
To mark #InternationalFraudAwareness week, we are sharing some of our recent work that looks at the impact of fraud, and how far reaching its effects can be. With coronavirus pandemic exposing the UK's vulnerability to #cyberfraud, our recent report called for a bolder and more coordinated response to the crime, with stronger leadership from government and a clear role for the private sector.

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Sep 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
A recent collection of analysis on #Belarus and the #BelarusProtest in the last few weeks (THREAD) - Western governments cannot afford to ignore the events in Belarus. But they must tread carefully in their reactions says former UK foreign secretary @MalcolmRifkind rusi.org/commentary/bel…
Mar 5, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
1. A new report by RUSI shows that North Korea is breaking the @UN sanctions that target its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes on an industrial scale. And they are doing it in Chinese waters too. 2. Over 2016 and 2017 the UN gradually banned North Korea from exporting coal as the revenue generated by this is used by North Korea to fund its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.
Jul 9, 2018 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
We will be live tweeting the presentations from @MChalmers_RUSI, Professor John Louth and Professor Peter Roberts debating the Modernising Defence Programme. Thread below. @MChalmers_RUSI at @RUSI_org: If we have learnt no other lesson from MDP, it’s that you should not start a defence review without a viable exit strategy - a credible means of bringing it to an end