Uganda’s leadership is drifting into another authoritarian spiral. Three weeks after Uganda’s highly compromised election allowed Yoweri Museveni to retain power, the leader of the opposition National ...

The expiry of New START could further undermine the credibility of US extended deterrence and complicate European and US efforts to strengthen conventional deterrence. Today, 5 February 2026, the last ...

This research paper explores the transformative concept of prototype warfare in the maritime domain.

Within 12 months, the US President’s second term in office has had an impact on international relations unlike any in recent memory. Unpredictable. Unorthodox. Unprincipled. Foreign leaders, military ...

Achieving friendly and denying adversary battlefield transparency through massed drone use will be a key area of contest between opposing forces in future wars ...

While demonstrators fill the streets and squares of Iran, the world holds its breath, wondering if it is seeing the final days of a 47-year regime.

An online briefing and question and answer session with our panel of RUSI experts discussing the evolving security implications of the US strikes on Venezuela.

Disorder podcast hosts and RUSI Associate Fellows Jason Pack and Arthur Snell are joined by Jane Kinninmont and RUSI's Jonathan Eyal for this live episode.

2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it. Russia must demonstrate to its domestic audience and to the West that it retains the initiative and remains a ...

This paper assesses the probable deterrent effect of the Atlantic Bastion, a strategic concept outlined in the UK’s Strategic Defence Review. This research paper explores the strategic concept of the ...

While STC controlling the majority of Yemen’s southern littoral may constrain the Houthis’ ability to operationally expand attacks into the Gulf of Aden, the benefit may outweigh the costs. The ...

President Trump’s new corollary to the Monroe doctrine will provide more triggers for forceful action in the Western Hemisphere, but the focus on Latin America could motivate the US toward more ...