This paper from UK think tank Civitas looks at China's expanding military training programmes for developing Commonwealth countries.  With Barbados to become a republic and remove the Queen as head of state – a decision which, according to some sources, appears to have been influenced by China – interest in the extent and impacts of...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at incentives for engagement and implementation. In recent years, Mozambique has become the focus of increasing international investment in the exploration and exploitation of its abundant mineral resources, but ongoing instability creates challenges for the security of operating companies and their workers. State and private security...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at drawing lessons from Syria to improve global reporting systems. Despite the existence of international conventions and laws governing the use of force in war, attacks against healthcare workers and facilities remain a feature of contemporary armed conflict. Analysis by WHO indicates that the number of...

This report from UK think tank Centre for European Reform looks at the credibility of the UK's nuclear deterrence policy. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the UK plans to increase its nuclear warhead stockpile. Britain’s nuclear weapons have for decades been intended to defend its NATO allies as well...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the role of central government, provincial-level authorities and state-owned enterprises in China. This briefing paper challenges the conventional wisdom that China functions as a unitary player in its foreign policymaking process. In reality, Beijing’s approach to external issues is a result of intense bargaining between...

This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre and Westminster Foundation for Democracy looks at the importance of open societies to the UK’s ambitions. Open societies around the world and the international system that supports them are under growing threat. This Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) publication provides...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at a mismatch between Britain’s counter-terrorism efforts and its overall terror threat. This was published shortly after the terror-related killing of long-standing British parliamentarian Sir David Amess. The briefing argued that there is a fundamental mismatch between Britain’s counter-terrorism efforts and its overall terror threat....

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the enduring principles for responding to Moscow. Russia continues to use a variety of state and non-state levers of power to cause harm to Western governments, societies and people. Driven by a perception that it is already in conflict with the West, Moscow has progressively...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the capabilities, limitations and challenges in Russian military technology. Military technology innovation enables Russia’s way of war and informs new concepts of operation and military thought around future warfare, especially asymmetric advantages against more powerful competitors. New weapons systems, dubbed Putin’s superoruzhie (‘super weapons’) and...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how the Russian Government uses religious diplomacy. The Kremlin has, in recent years, actively portrayed itself as the defender of not only traditional values, but specifically religious ones. Putin’s government has depicted Russia as a counterrevolutionary force, leading a global crusade against the...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at how to improve collating, assessing and strengthening efforts in countering extremism. This Occasional Paper is part of RUSI’s Prevention Project, a multi-year effort to collate, assess and strengthen the existing knowledge base for preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) interventions across different thematic and geographic areas....

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the unintended ill effects of well-intended measures. In recent decades, international and domestic counterterrorism measures have addressed ever broader forms of support to terrorist acts and groups designated as terrorist. When these measures apply in situations of armed conflict, there is a real risk that...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the significant challenges facing UK Defence Support. Defence Support is facing significant challenges. These include making good some considerable legacy support issues, implementing lessons identified from the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and tackling outcomes from the Integrated Review. If left unaddressed, these problems will...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at whether the British Army is fit for purpose. The UK should scrap its continued plans to procure and use the Ajax tank platform, according to a think tank report. The study, The British Army’s Ajax: Fit for purpose, recommends the army replace the...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at Russian military non-nuclear deterrence as it exists today. New developments in Russian long-range precision-guided weapons strongly support the idea that the country’s leadership has been giving a greater priority to non-nuclear strategic military deterrence. The cases of Ukraine and Syria demonstrate Russia’s willingness to use...