Turkey has the opportunity to play an outsized role in the global theatre, but my be undercut by internal challenges.

I think this is the culmination of many months if not years of preparation so whilst the scale and the targeting of the attack may come as a surprise. I don't necessarily think the attack itself is." ...

They can do considerable damage to Iran’s nuclear programme,” said Matthew Savill, the head of the military sciences department at the Royal United Services Institute in London. “It’s doubtful they ...

Energy efficiency and electrification remain the most effective means in the short term of reducing exposure to geopolitical risk to oil prices emanating from the Middle East and Russia.

The scale of these strikes suggests this operation is intended not just to dissuade Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, but also to cripple any potential military response and even to destabilise the ...

Pandora’s box has been cast wide open with Israel’s sweeping overnight air campaign against Iranian targets—an escalation that risks reshaping the strategic landscape of the Middle East.

Their targeting of Iran's main enrichment facility and a number of senior Iranian scientists suggests an intent to inflict serious damage on the programme ...

Dr Burcu Ozcelik, a Middle East expert at the RUSI thinktank, said it is important to bear in mind that there is "a high level of psychological operation manoeuvring at play". "This is a tactic by all ...

Democracies need to fight back against harmful disinformation. Sanctions can be a useful tool to counter malign operations – ...

We are pleased to announce that the newly established UK Nuclear Deterrence Network is now accepting applications for its ...

The primacy of the Russian threat to Europe may not eliminate the value of CSG deployments but in the future they should take ...

Professor Malcolm Chalmers is Deputy Director General of RUSI and directs its growing portfolio of research into contemporary defence and security issues. His own work is focused on UK defence, ...