While the standard-setting body is unlikely to rate the UK poorly, next year’s review will be more “stringent”...The bar is higher for what FATF is looking for from countries.” ...

This paper analyses the UK's evolving anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing risks ahead of the 2027 FATF ...

It’s not surprising that the U.S. treats its allies a little differently from adversaries, even when it comes to nuclear nonproliferation. But once a country gets the expertise and technology to ...

Any deal without appropriate guardrails in place would be “concerning from a proliferation perspective”...Any country, period, but particularly countries of proliferation concern have to be really, ...

Prime Minister Takaichi’s equivocal stance on policy towards Russia has encouraged a revival in activity from those in Japan who seek reengagement with Moscow. On 2 July, Watanabe Hiromichi and Suzuki ...

Fedorov’s removal leaves critical issues unresolved between the Defence Ministry and General Staff. The removal of Ukrainian ...

Deep Precision Strike is the ability to strike a target that is strategically significant, such as the enemy’s headquarters, or paralysing its ability to sustain the front line by striking logistics ...

Rebecca Hersman is an independent consultant specialising in strategic risk management for complex national security threats. Until January 2025, she served as Director of the Defense Threat Reduction ...

Professor Michael Clarke was the Director-General of RUSI from 2007-2015. He is a Visiting Professor at King's College London, having been Professor of Defence Studies at KCL from 1995-2007, founder ...

Isabella Vogel is a Policy Officer at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union. Prior to this, Isabella was a Programme Manager with the Terrorism and Conflict Research Group at ...

Mike Hart spent more than three decades as an intelligence officer in the Royal Air Force. He recently retired as an Air-Vice Marshal. His experience ranges from the last years of the Cold War to ...

Dr Keith Dear is Managing Director of the Centre for Cognitive and Advanced Technologies at Fujitsu, working on technologies to revolutionise decision-making, and on bringing the UK and Japan closer ...