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North Korean crypto hackers bring home a third of the state’s total foreign currency revenue (Cybernews)

In a 138-page report on how the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is evading sanctions via cybercrimes, the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT),...

Reconfiguring U.S. Cyber Strategy in the Wake of Salt Typhoon (Alistair Simmons – Lawfare)

In a multiyear campaign called Salt Typhoon, threat actors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have broken into many major telecom providers, including...

Wanted: More Batteries for Defence (Lukas Trakimavicius – RUSI)

Batteries come in many shapes and sizes: big and small; heavy and lightweight; rectangular and round. Whatever the form, they share one key trait:...

Realising Societal Resilience for a Whole of Society Approach to Defence (Katharine A.M. Wright – RUSI)

While Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty makes clear each member state's responsibility, the UK is lagging. Years of austerity, Brexit, the pandemic...

Improving U.S. Cooperation with Allies and Partners (Daniel Byman, Alexander Palmer, Audrey Aldisert, Henry H. Carroll, Cynthia R. Cook, Chris H. Park, and Seth...

The national security of the United States has long benefited from the vast and unrivaled global network of U.S. allies and partners. As strategic...

Making Sense of Britain’s Digital Targeting Web (Noah Sylvia and Major Laurence Thomson – RUSI)

The UK’s Digital Targeting Web promises cross-domain targeting fit for the modern digitalised battlefield – but organisational complexity, procurement and funding challenges and a...

Smoke and mirrors: Building EU resilience against manipulation through cognitive security (Beatrice Catena, Ondrej Ditrych, Nad’a Kovalčíková – European Union Institute for Security Studies)

Recent violations of the airspaces of Poland, Romania and Estonia illustrate how Russia uses psychological operations to distort perceptions and manipulate behaviour – effectively...

How Does Hybrid Warfare Impact the Global Supply Chain? (The Soufan Center)

In early September, Poland closed its eastern border following Russian-Belarusian wargames that sent at least 19 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Polish airspace, including...

UK National Security Advantage from Disruptive Technologies (Pia Hüsch and Natasha Buckley – RUSI)

The paper explores how the UK can leverage science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) policy to secure strategic advantage in national security amidst global competition....

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