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(UK) A Complex Matter: Examining Reporting on Terrorism in the UK (RUSI)

Jessica White This Occasional Paper analyses the role of media reporting on the impact of terrorism and offers recommendations to both the police and the...

(Data/Technology) 21st-Century Assistance Dogs? Harnessing Data and Technology (RUSI)

Paul O’Neill and Alison Gregory This report reflects the learning from a RUSI/PA Consulting-hosted series of discussion groups on data and technology. The groups were...

(UK) New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement (RUSI)

Trevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas The initiative is clearly inspired by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but the devil will be in the...

(UK/USA) Dependent Deterrent? US Support for the UK’s New Nuclear Warhead (RUSI)

Matthew Harries New revelations about the links between the UK and US nuclear programmes raise as many questions as they provide answers. https://rusi.org/commentary/dependent-deterrent-us-support-uk-new-nuclear-warhead

(Europe) FCAS: Is the Franco-German-Spanish Combat Air Programme Really in Trouble? (RUSI)

Justin Bronk A new European combat aircraft is still likely to emerge from a programme plagued by mismatched national positions, priorities and industrial responsibilities. https://rusi.org/commentary/fcas-franco-german-spanish-combat-air-programme-really-trouble

(USA/Iran) Lessons learned ? Biden’s trumpian way back to the Iran Deal (Clingendael)

GOOS HOFSTEE Recently, President Joe Biden announced that the United States is officially ready to join the co-signatories in talks trying to resurrect the Joint...

(Nigeria) Halting Repeated School Kidnappings in Nigeria (Crisis Group)

Nnamdi Obasi Gunmen snatched more than 270 girls from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria on 26 February, releasing them four days later. In this...

(USA) It’s Time for a Cybersecurity Quid Pro Quo (Defense One)

Eric Noonan Require companies to disclose breaches to the government in exchange for legal liability limitations. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/03/its-time-cybersecurity-quid-pro-quo/172490/

(USA) Esper, McMaster, Panetta Endorse 9/11-Style Commission to Investigate Jan. 6 Insurrection (Defense One)

Marcus Weisgerber “We need to have serious people, independent people take a look at this,” Trump’s final confirmed defense secretary said. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2021/03/esper-mcmaster-panetta-endorse-911-style-commission-investigate-jan-6-insurrection/172495/

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