RUSI Annual Report 2015-16

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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16

185 years of independent thinking on defence and security The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is the world’s oldest and the UK’s leading defence and security think tank. Its mission is to inform, influence and enhance public debate on a safer and more stable world. RUSI is a research-led institute, producing independent, practical and innovative analysis to address today’s complex challenges.

Since its foundation in 1831, RUSI has relied on its members to support its activities. Together with revenue from research, publications and conferences, RUSI has sustained its political independence for 185 years.

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Contents Annual Report of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies 2015–16

A Message from the Chairman

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A Message from the Director-General

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Addressing the Challenges of the Modern World

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Research at RUSI

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RUSI People

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185 Years of Influence

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RUSI Library of Military History

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Membership 23 Corporate Members

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Outreach

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Our Network of Senior Associate Fellows

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Financial Report

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RUSI Governance Structure

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RUSI around the World

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RUSI by Numbers

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A Message from the Chairman

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n recent years RUSI has reinforced its strong reputation for world-class research and strategic analysis. The papers produced by our research fellows and analysts are read all over the world. Leading members of the RUSI team are seen, heard and quoted regularly in the British and international media. Some research, such as that conducted ahead of the UK Strategic Defence and Security Review, has made a major impact on both public perceptions and government thinking. It has been very impressive, as the new Chairman, to meet the highly dedicated and knowledgeable individuals who make this possible.

“We involve serving members of our armed forces, and security and intelligence agencies, but our work is clearly distinct from that of government.�

Our task at RUSI is to be a major independent centre of thinking on defence, security and international issues. We involve serving members of our armed forces, and security and intelligence agencies, but our work is clearly distinct from that of government. We want the UK and our allies to have the strongest possible ability to analyse and anticipate future threats and opportunities, but we add to that the additional benefits of being able to think independently of official constraints or orthodoxies.

In the last year, the Institute has brought together a distinguished array of actors from the public and private sector, serving professionals and outside experts for a series of meetings and conferences. These have included Dr Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State, Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, and Admiral Michael Rogers, the Director of the US National Security Agency.

Senior figures from both sides of the Atlantic have addressed the meetings of our new Chairman’s Circle. And our overseas representations in Japan and the Middle East have continued their own excellent work.

Our new Director-General, Karin von Hippel, has already done outstanding work, and is putting great energy into taking the Institute to the next stage of its development. She is supported by a very strong management team. Now that we own our splendid building at 61 Whitehall, we are working on how to improve and develop it for the needs of a modern organisation. This means we need to raise additional sums of money, but we are developing our plans for that too. Combined with our determination to maintain high research standards and recruit the best people, this is an exciting and forward-looking time to be involved with RUSI. As the world enters a more volatile and unstable period, our work will be more important than ever. I am grateful to all colleagues for the hard work they put in meeting that challenge, and to all those who give their time to serve on our Advisory Board or as Trustees. We will continue to ensure that this organisation builds on its renowned past, and enhances its strengths for the future.

The Rt Hon the Lord Hague of Richmond Chairman of the Council

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A Message from the Director-General

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am delighted to share with you my first Annual Report since assuming the role of Director-General. My predecessor, Professor Michael Clarke, left behind a thriving research-led organisation, one that influences both government policy and the public debate on matters of international defence and security. He also prepared the groundwork for RUSI’s future, for it to grow in the ways envisaged by the Trustees and Council members, by arranging for the Institute to purchase the freehold for our historic building at 61 Whitehall.

“We are undertaking a careful and targeted expansion of our research agenda so that RUSI remains at the forefront of think tanks in world-leading research.”

We are working with our architects to upgrade 61 Whitehall, which will secure the Institute’s independence and our ability to speak truth to power for decades to come.

I will be sharing plans for the transformation of our building into modern office space and first-class conference and meetings facilities (including the associated fundraising campaign) in due course.

At the same time, we are undertaking a careful and targeted expansion of our research agenda so that RUSI remains at the forefront of think tanks in worldleading research. 2016–17 promises to be an exciting year for us: RUSI will be leaning in on Brexit, as the government and public grapple with the implications of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union. Our experts will be examining the threats and opportunities related to Brexit as they pertain to defence and security, and disseminating our analysis in a variety of forums.

In addition, we will stay focused on other core security challenges, such as thwarting the global expansion of Daesh (and other terrorist groups), managing migration and refugee flows, countering financial crime and terror financing, responding to a more assertive Russia and China, and addressing cyber-threats. RUSI’s experts will also provide advice and analysis on core defence issues, such as the implementation of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review and the Pentagon’s Third Offset strategy.

As RUSI turns 185 this year, we are committed to playing the vital role envisaged by our founders. As you will see from the following pages, various groups are actively engaged in RUSI’s core activities, including our governing and advisory bodies; our Associate Fellows; our individual and corporate members; and numerous other friends. It goes without saying that our achievements would not have been possible without their intellectual input and generous contributions, along with that received from governments, foundations, multilateral institutions and others.

We welcome your feedback on our work, so please get in touch with your thoughts, ideas, criticism and questions!

Dr Karin von Hippel Director-General

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Research

Addressing the Challenges of the Modern World

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he Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is the world’s oldest defence and security think tank. It produces independent, practical and innovative analysis to address the complex challenges of the modern world.

Through its convening power and membership, RUSI brings together a diverse range of leaders from the public and private sectors to tackle national and global concerns.

Since its founding by the Duke of Wellington in 1831, RUSI has built a global reputation as a trusted authority on defence and security, shaping British foreign and defence policy and providing a forum for independent analysis of the major questions of the day.

In its modern form, RUSI’s geographical and thematic scope has expanded to reflect the challenges of the twenty-first century, from climate change to terrorism to the rise of China. New challenges require new research programmes, and in 2014 the Institute created the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies to

address the challenges and effects of financial crime and threat finance to the UK and international security.

RUSI’s ability to generate fresh thinking relies on the talent and entrepreneurial spirit of its young researchers, the experience of its senior staff and its close links with scholars and practitioners.

RUSI’s researchers enjoy high levels of access to decision-makers and practitioners in the public and private sectors. This access, as well as the Institute’s convening power, derives from a carefully guarded combination of impartiality, independence and policy relevance across its many areas of work.

The Institute’s corporate and individual members are drawn from academia, the government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, multilateral institutions, the armed forces and the wider public.

They form a global pool of partners and are an important part of RUSI’s work.

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RUSI’s impact on policy and public debate: In the run-up to the 2016 UK Referendum on EU membership, RUSI published research and held briefings exploring policy options should the UK decide to leave the European Union.

During Scotland’s referendum campaign in 2014, RUSI’s research on the implications of independence for the UK’s nuclear deterrent framed the discussion and was cited by leaders on both sides.

In 2015, RUSI experts chaired the independent review of the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Enterprise Approach programme, which could lead to profound changes to the development of defence capabilities.

Since 2014, RUSI has led training programmes on countering violent extremism in the Horn of Africa and beyond, sharing best practice and innovative thinking with the security services that need it most.

In 2015, RUSI hosted the Independent Surveillance Review and published its major report on communications interception, the recommendations of which appear in the government’s Investigatory Powers Bill.

RUSI organised dialogues with the North Korean ruling party and military in 2013, helping to pave the way for deepened communications between the British and North Korean governments.

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this continually changing sphere.”

Her Majesty

The Rt Hon

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Theresa May MP Prime Minister

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Research at RUSI

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USI’s research programme promotes the in-depth study of defence and security policy, embodying an ethos of quality and objectivity.

Over the past decade, RUSI has successfully expanded the scope and scale of its analytical work. The number of staff dedicated to research has grown from just a handful in 2007 to 35 in 2016. The Institute relies on multi-disciplinary research teams as well as a distinguished network of Associate and Senior Associate Fellows.

The breadth of RUSI’s research allows it to have an impact on a wide variety of policy and public debate. Our long-established programmes of Military Sciences, International Security Studies and National Security and Resilience have been joined by new teams over the past few years: Defence, Industry and Society; Proliferation and Nuclear Policy; and, since December 2014, Financial Crime and Security.

Research income at RUSI has grown from £0.6 million in 2007 to £4.1 million in 2016. In 2015–16, RUSI carried out 93 research projects and its research income was 74% of total gross income.

The outcome of many of its research projects was disseminated through events, the media and via policy circles, while other research projects assisted governments and other organisations to improve policy and analysis.

“For nearly 200 years, the Royal United Services Institute has driven the global debate on defence and security issues and it is now the pre-eminent forum for the innovative critical thinking that is so essential for the policy-makers of today and tomorrow.”

The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Former Prime Minister

“This institute ... has brought about a fine tradition of strategic scholarship. Before think tanks were imagined, RUSI provided a forum for the elaboration and discussion of strategic military doctrine through two World Wars, the Cold War and beyond.”

Dr Henry Kissinger Former US Secretary

April 2015

of State

MAXIMISING EUROPEAN COMBAT AIR POWER

Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential Justin Bronk

MAXIMISING EUROPEAN COMBAT AIR POWER Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential

Europe’s potential military rivals are developing modern aircraft which will out-class many of Europe’s current, legacy platforms. The F-35 was intended to be part of the solution; however, the programme has faced delays and escalating costs. Given these and challenging fiscal conditions, European states could consider how the Eurofighter Typhoon can bridge the gap until the widespread adoption of fifth-generation aircraft.

Maximising European Combat Air Power examines the potential of the Eurofighter to meet Europe’s air-power needs. The report draws on first-hand research to provide a thorough analysis of the Eurofighter’s existing strengths as well as the upgrades that would be required to ensure its future viability. With sensible investments, the Eurofighter could continue to be an effective asset in Europe’s air forces and complement new aircraft as they become available.

Whitehall Reports

Drawing on original research, Whitehall Reports provide detailed, policy-focused assessments of various issues and challenges faced by security professionals in conflict and post-conflict environments, the defence industry and decision-making bodies.

Royal United Services Institute

Whitehall Report

General Election

‘Maximising European Combat Air Power: Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential’ Justin Bronk

Highlighted defence and security questions ahead of the general election; provided a platform for all the political parties and hosted a televised debate.

Justin Bronk

Royal United Services Institute

WHITEHALL REPORT 1-15

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Research

FROM BOKO HARAM TO ANSARU The Evolution of Nigerian Jihad

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Occasional Paper

Event

‘From Boko Haram to Ansaru: The Evolution of Nigerian Jihad’ Raffaello Pantucci and Sasha Jesperson

Hosted The Honourable Kevin Andrews MP, Australian Minister for Defence.

Raffaello Pantucci and Sasha Jesperson

Royal United Services Institute

OCCASIONAL PAPER

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Research at RUSI

Setting the UK Defence Agenda

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USI has long acted as a critical friend to the government and to the military, offering innovative ideas to policy-makers, yet not afraid to question policy when necessary. The Institute helped to set the agenda for the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, particularly on deterrence, pan-government structures and sovereignty. It has subsequently been asked to contribute to the equivalent review processes of the UK’s allies and partners.

“RUSI has carved out a global

In the run-up to the review, analysis published by RUSI warned that the government may not be able to meet its commitment to keep defence spending at 2% of GDP, based on its current spending plans. That warning was echoed at RUSI’s flagship RUSI Land Warfare Conference in 2015, where the Secretary of State for Defence declared that, ‘because of [the] conference’, the Chancellor ‘would not only meet our 2 per cent NATO target but that [the Ministry of Defence’s] budget would grow for the first time this April in real terms and would go on growing for each of the next six years.’ RUSI is now following up with papers examining readiness, Joint Force 2025, command and control and full spectrum operations.

invaluable insight that is its hallmark.”

The Institute produced an analysis of the UK’s contribution to the Counter-ISIL campaign one year on, and has supported a number of parliamentary select committee inquiries into Syria, migration and operations in the High North.

RUSI also published extensively on the Ministry of Defence’s Whole Force approach to military capability generation, arguing that the composition of the UK Defence Extended Enterprise has to be properly understood and managed. As a result of this work, RUSI experts were invited by the department to review the work of its enterprise concept phase.

reputation for study of military affairs ... In an increasingly unpredictable age, policy-makers and political leaders alike will continue to turn to our leading defence think tank for the

The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP Defence Secretary

“The Royal United Services Institute is respected across the political spectrum for its incisive analysis. It makes a valuable contribution to the hard thinking which is at the heart of keeping Britain secure in the years and decades to come.”

The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP Former Leader of

May 2015

the Opposition

NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

Newsbrief

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• Iran Nuclear Deal.

• Defence Acquisition.

• Ghani’s Peace Process.

• Russian Rearmament.

• Daesh in Libya.

13th International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Conference.

ISSN 1471 - 3330 May 2015 Vol 35 No 3

Deal or No Deal?

Defence Acquisition

Daesh in Libya

UK National Security

Russian Rearmament

May 2015, Vol. 35, No. 3 Trevor Taylor

Alison Pargeter

Jeffray & Ellis

Sutyagin & Chen

Research

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Courtesy of Danny Lawson/AP/Press Assocation Images.

Event Conference: ‘Tackling Money Laundering: Towards a New Model for Information Sharing’.

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Research

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

www.rusi.org/publications

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Independent thinking on defence and security

Revisiting Waterloo Jasper Heinzen Beatrice Heuser Graciela Iglesias Rogers

The Return of Geopolitics in the 21st Century

PLUS Patrick Porter Distance Matters

Richard D Hooker, Jr Operation Baltic Fortress

RUSI Journal

Waterloo Week

• Revisiting Waterloo.

• The Return of Geopolitics.

• Military Sociology.

• Whatever Happened to the China-Watchers?

In honour of its founder, the Duke of Wellington, RUSI and The Guards Museum held a free exhibition to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.

June/July 2015 Vol 160 No 3

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

JOURNAL

Vol 160 No 3 2015

New RUSI book

RUSI JOURNAL

June 2015

A Somali police officer stands guard next to a car destroyed in an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Courtesy of Sheikh Nor/AP/Press Association Images.

Tom Parker The Terrorist Trap

Sophie Lefeez Man and Machine

15/06/2015 11:27:00

Research at RUSI

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New Thinking on Security and Resilience

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he Independent Surveillance Review, convened

by RUSI, published its findings in July 2015 after a year of organised briefings and debate.

The Institute brought together a panel with broad experience from the fields of investigative journalism, digital business, law, policing, politics and moral philosophy, and it included former heads of the three British intelligence and security agencies.

With the national security challenges competing with the realities of an increasingly digital society, the Independent Surveillance Review called for ‘a new licence’ that would allow the security and law enforcement services to operate. The study was cited widely in the national media and formed the basis of debate in Parliament and informed the government’s Investigatory Powers Bill.

With its growing expertise in research into countering violent extremism (CVE), this year RUSI has helped a number of international partners to understand the challenge.

RUSI continued its three-year project with the European Commission to increase societal and individual resilience to violent extremism in Kenya and Somalia. The initiative was the Commission’s first attempt to implement a CVE programme outside Europe. Known as STRIVE Horn of Africa, the project involved research into drivers of radicalisation and pilot CVE interventions with law enforcement agencies, civil society organisations, and vulnerable youths in Kenya and Somalia. The Institute carried out regional research on violent extremism and terrorism in Europe and North America, and will be initiating projects in Pakistan and South Asia.

RUSI also led a major research project aimed at improving the understanding of, and responses to, the phenomenon of lone-actor terrorism through analysis of comprehensive data on cases from across Europe.

Funded by the EU and with the collaboration of other leading European think tanks and security agencies,

the project culminated in a series of publications which received global media coverage.

Organised crime is one of the new areas of research recently developed by the Institute. RUSI has launched a new project, On Tap Europe, looking at the illicit trade in tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals in several European countries. Fieldwork visits have already been undertaken to Spain, Greece and Poland. RUSI also concluded its CORMS II project, which monitors and evaluates the EU’s Cocaine Route Programme. This involved field research in Ghana, Benin, Mali, Niger, Peru, Panama and Guatemala.

This year, the Economic and Social Research Council is funding RUSI to launch a Strategic Hub on Organised Crime in order to share and grow a knowledge network around this area. In March, RUSI embarked on a yearlong research project in Kenya and Tanzania dedicated to tracking the illicit funds earned from the illegal wildlife trade.

Now in its second year, the Institute’s Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies has broadened its domestic and international activity with a particular focus on terrorist financing along with other areas such as human trafficking, the illegal wildlife trade, and proliferation where finance and security intersect. During the year, RUSI experts were asked to give evidence to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and Home Affairs Committee.

RUSI is continuing work in India to improve chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security. The Institute completed a longstanding project funded by the UK Foreign Office with India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, which led to the publication of Radiation Safety Management, an edited volume produced with India’s Centre for Disaster Risk and Safety. The project also received the endorsement of India’s Minister for Atomic Energy. RUSI also raised awareness of radiological security threats within the country’s healthcare sector, offering practical tools to mitigate these threats.

Event

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Dr Henry Kissinger was presented with the Chesney Gold Medal, to mark a lifelong distinguished contribution to international defence and security.

RUSI Land Warfare Conference held to address the domestic realities and emerging threats which the British Army must face.

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Research at RUSI

Forging Co-operation in Global Security

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ver the past year the Institute continued to develop its expertise on Central and South Asia through a series of projects exploring local dynamics and great power relations in the region.

The most important of these was a major research project examining China’s influence in the region, China’s Eurasian Pivot, which entered its final year and has produced several research papers, confirming RUSI’s standing as one of the leading institutions on the region.

RUSI has also facilitated bilateral UK engagements with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to discuss regional security problems, violent extremism, as well as great power politics regionally.

Beyond Central Asia, the Institute continued its high-profile work in East Asia, including hosting major conferences on UK–Japan relations, during which Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave keynote speeches. This work also involved running a tabletop exercise looking at potential UK–China co-operation on non-combatant evacuation, as well as exploring future opportunities for UK relations with South Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia.

In the Middle East, RUSI facilitated dialogues in Jerusalem and London exploring UK–Israeli relations and delivered its third training programme to Qatari diplomats. Training is a key component of RUSI’s mission to facilitate good practice and builds on previous courses offered to other governments in the region.

deal between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the US, the UK and Germany). Since the deal’s ‘implementation day’ in January 2016, RUSI has continually monitored and regularly commented upon the state of play, both in respect of Iran’s own nuclear commitments and of the West’s lifting of sanctions.

The other major area of concern for international non-proliferation policy-makers is North Korea. This year, RUSI conducted a major investigation into North Korea’s military customers. This study complemented other research work on illicit North Korean networks around the world and the UN sanctions regime currently in place against the country.

In addition to developments in the Iranian and North Korean nuclear issues, RUSI published new analysis of nuclear dynamics in the NATO–Russia relationship, including Russian arsenal modernisation and nuclear signalling.

The Institute also hosted Trilateral Nuclear Dialogues, which assembled high-level officials and leading nuclear experts from the UK, the US and France to discuss contemporary nuclear developments and to build trilateral consensus on approaches to them.

With the ongoing conflict in Syria still destabilising the region and beyond, RUSI researchers began fieldwork charting reactions to Iran’s role among policy-makers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

The findings of the study will be published in a report next year.

July 2015

RUSI was at the forefront of the conversation over the significance and practicalities of the new nuclear

Whitehall Report

Event

‘A Democratic Licence to Operate’ Panel of the Independent Surveillance Review

Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the US National Security Agency, discussed cybercrime and finance at RUSI.

Research

His Excellency Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister, and RUSI Deputy Director-General Professor Malcolm Chalmers at a special roundtable in February 2016.

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RUSI hosted Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, who discussed protecting heritage from Daesh.

RUSI Air Power Conference held to consider Control of the Air in relation to UK Air and Space Doctrine.

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Research Highlights

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies Addresses the challenges and effects of financial crime and threat finance to the UK and international security.

• Regularly attended key national and international forums such as the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

• Published widely regarded research on the financing of foreign terrorist fighters; UK preparation for FATF evaluation; and public–private partnership in anti-money laundering.

• Undertook international research in proliferation finance and the illegal wildlife trade.

• Gave evidence to UK Foreign Affairs Committee (ISIL financing) and Home Affairs Committee (proceeds of crime enquiry).

Defence, Industries and Society Facilitates an evidence-based understanding of the place of industries in Western defence and wider society.

• Contributed to a joint study by European think tanks exploring the state of defence budgets in Europe and the UK. • Published ‘Beyond the Whole Force: The Concept of the Defence Extended Enterprise and its Implications for the Ministry of Defence’.

• Ran a major conference on defence acquisition.

• Published on the Third Offset Strategy and ran a conference on the topic involving senior US and UK politicians and officials.

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

www.rusi.org/publications

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Independent thinking on defence and security

August/September 2015 Vol 160 No 4

Whitehall Report Whitehall Report 3-15

Partners for Global Security

The Nuclear Deal: Spotlight on Iran Ali M Ansari

Ending Conflict Michael Clarke Richard Overy Rana Mitter Paul Dixon

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

RUSI Journal

JOURNAL

Vol 160 No 4 2015

New RUSI book

RUSI JOURNAL

August 2015

LEFT: RUSI’s Director of International Security Studies Raffaello Pantucci (back row, second from left) and RUSI Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham (back row, second from right) with participants from a training programme on countering violent extremism in Pakistan.

PLUS Sutherland et al.

IHL & Cyber-Warfare

Rod Thornton Information Warfare

Sean Ryan Military Intelligence

Thomas Colley Strategic Narratives

• The Iran Nuclear Deal.

• Ending Conflict.

• International Humanitarian Law 13 and Cyber-Warfare.

• Intervention in Libya.

17/08/2015 10:53:54

New Directions for the UK–Japan Defence and Security Relationship Edited by Jonathan Eyal, Michito Tsuruoka and Edward Schwarck

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

‘Partners for Global Security: New Directions for the UK-Japan Defence and Security Relationship’ Edited by Jonathan Eyal, Michito Tsuruoka and Edward Schwarck

Research at RUSI

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Military Sciences

International Security Studies

Exmines the utility of military power through the lenses of theory, policy and practice – from strategic concepts to technical platforms.

Monitors security and foreign policy developments in countries and regions throughout the world.

• Published a wide-ranging study of the coalition’s Counter-ISIL operations.

• Gave evidence in front of a Parliamentary select committee on the EU’s naval mission in the Mediterranean, Operation Sophia.

• Major conferences: Land; Missile Defence; Information Warfare.

• Facilitated multilateral dialogue exploring the Silk Road Economic Belt across Central Asia.

• Published numerous and detailed studies on Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine, giving testimony and advice to Parliamentary Defence and Foreign Committees.

• Established connections with Iranian officials and research institutes.

• Organised a number of high-level conferences on UK–Japan relations, including the annual UK–Japan Dialogue.

• Continued regular UK–China bilateral engagements on joint security concerns in third locations, a track 1.5 engagement on potential UK– China co-operation on noncombatant evacuations and UK–China engagement on counter-terrorism.

BRIEFING PAPER SDSR 2015: Hard Choices Ahead Royal United Services Institute

July 2015

Osborne’s Summer Surprise for Defence Guaranteed Real-Terms Spending Increases Malcolm Chalmers

It was widely expected that the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) future budget would not be known until around November of this year, when the Spending Review is due to be completed. It was therefore a welcome surprise for the MoD when Chancellor George Osborne, in his Summer Budget on 8 July, announced that defence would receive annual real-terms increases in its budget of 0.5 per cent a year up to 2020/21, to around £38.9 billion that year.1 Given the Treasury’s longstanding commitment to further cuts in overall departmental spending, this settlement is at the very upper end of previous expectations. For the first time since 2010, the MoD has become a ‘protected’ department, a privileged status (also enjoyed by health, schools and international development) that fixes its budget in advance of the Spending Review, leaving other ‘unprotected’ departments to fight it out for the resources that remain.2 The increased commitment to defence has been made possible by the Budget’s relaxation of previous plans for cuts in total departmental spending, amounting to some £83.3 billion of additional resources over the

1. Author’s estimates, based on the assumption that the 2015/16 baseline will be the 2013 Spending Review allocation of £32.592 billion, adjusted for the movement of war pensions (£820 million) and an additional element of Armed Forces Pension Scheme employers’ contributions (£1 billion) from its Annually Managed Expenditure to its Departmental Expenditure Limit.

2. For discussion of what unprotected status might have meant for the MoD, see Malcolm Chalmers, ‘Mind the Gap: The MoD’s Emerging Budgetary Challenge’, RUSI Briefing Paper, March 2015; Malcolm Chalmers, ‘The Financial Context for the 2015 SDSR’, RUSI Briefing Paper, September 2014.

Briefing Paper ‘SDSR 2015: Hard Choices Ahead’. Tracked the government’s commitment to spend 2% of national income on defence.

Malcolm Chalmers

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Research at RUSI

National Security and Resilience

Proliferation and Nuclear Policy

Explores innovative approaches to the protection of citizens, society, the state and infrastructure.

Provides detailed analysis and in-depth research relating to contemporary international nuclear dynamics.

• Implemented the STRIVE Horn of Africa project, which included the piloting of a training curriculum in Kenya for law enforcement officers on countering violent extremism.

• Organised Trilateral Dialogue with UK, French and US nuclear policymakers.

• Conducted a study of capacity for countering violent extremism programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Kosovo and Bangladesh for the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund.

• Published Radiation Safety Management with India’s Centre for Disaster Risk and Safety.

• Facilitated dialogues and provided expert analysis of developments in the Iran nuclear deal.

• Published a RUSI Whitehall Paper: Target Markets: North Korea’s Military Customers in the Sanctions Era. • Organised UK Project on Nuclear Issues 2015 Annual Conference.

• Established Strategic Hub on Organised Crime in partnership with the Home Office, the National Crime Agency, the Foreign Office, and the Partnership for Crime, Conflict and Security within Research Councils UK. • Launched Lone-Actor Terrorism project with International Security Studies team.

September 2015

• Provided expert analysis of leaked Daesh terrorist database for Sky News.

RUSI

Event

Former Foreign Secretary William Hague became Chairman of RUSI.

Robert Work, US Deputy Secretary of Defense, spoke on the Third Offset Strategy.

Research

Courtesy of Owen Humphreys/PA Archive /Press Association Images.

Occasional Paper Over 180 years of independent defence and security thinking The Royal United Services Institute is the UK’s leading independent think-tank on international defence and security. Its mission is to be an analytical, research-led global forum for informing, influencing and enhancing public debate on a safer and more stable world.

Since its foundation in 1831, RUSI has relied on its members to support its activities, sustaining its political independence for over 180 years.

London | Brussels | Nairobi | Doha | Tokyo | Washington, DC

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Occasional Paper

An Illusion of Complicity

Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa Tom Maguire and Cathy Haenlein

An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa Occasional Paper

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Whitehall London SW1A 2ET United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7747 2600 www.rusi.org RUSI is a registered charity (No. 210639)

‘An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa’ Tom Maguire and Cathy Haenlein

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Research

RUSI People

Justin Bronk Research Fellow, Military Sciences/Editor, RUSI Defence Systems My research in the past year has focused on the UK’s acquisition and integration of the F-35 Lightning II into the RAF and Royal Navy, as well as analysis of ongoing RAF operations against Daesh in Iraq and Syria and Russian activities in Ukraine and Syria. I have conducted site visits and interviews in the UK, US, Italy, Germany and Poland.

In the next year I will look at future survivability approaches for combat aircraft, RAF force generation challenges post-Brexit and next generation trainer aircraft. I will also continue to edit the RUSI Defence Systems online journal publication.

Emil Dall Research Analyst, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy This year I took part in a major multi-year research project looking at proliferation finance. The final report exposed current challenges in combating proliferation finance and outlined options for policy-makers and the private sector.

In the past year I also researched the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, the ongoing North Korean nuclear issue and I was the programme co-ordinator for the UK Project on Nuclear Issues.

In the coming year, I will continue research on proliferation finance, with several research outputs planned, and will be involved in a new research project looking into the design and implementation of financial sanctions.

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

www.rusi.org/publications RUSI 160_5 cover.indd 1

JOURNAL Independent thinking on defence and security

October/November 2015 Vol 160 No 5

Coming into Focus: The Big Debate Oliver Daddow | Nick Witney Luis Simón | James Ker-Lindsay Linda Risso

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Vol 160 No 5 2015

New RUSI book

RUSI JOURNAL

October 2015

Courtesy of Andy Buchanan/PA Archive/Press Association Images.

PLUS Reserves & Cyber Noel K Hannan

Maritime Operations Tim Benbow

Nuclear Deterrence Andrew Futter

Daesh in Tajikistan Edward J Lemon

26/10/2015 09:36:27

RUSI Journal

Event

• Dealing with the implications of Brexit.

• Daesh in Tajikistan.

• Maritime Operations.

• Trident Replacement.

RUSI hosted General Raheel Sharif, Pakistan Army chief.

Research

Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi Research Fellow, Middle East Security

Michael Kamara Membership Development Executive

This year I worked on a project looking at Iran’s foreign policy in Syria and how this is perceived by the key countries involved in the conflict. I also closely monitored the implementation of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the international community, analysing the political and technical challenges moving forward.

With RUSI’s membership core to the Institute’s work, in the last year I focused on the development of our membership offer, which began by surveying the different interests of our membership. I carried out research in all the categories of the corporate membership to ascertain the areas that we may need to fill in the year ahead.

Currently I am focusing on countering violent extremism in Iraq, improving ties between Iran and the UK, and analysing developments in North Africa, with a particular focus on Libya, Egypt and Algeria.

I also worked closely with our marketing team to develop our younger individual members of the Institute, particularly the student and Under 35 categories.

Occasional Paper

Over 180 years of independent defence and security thinking The Royal United Services Institute is the UK’s leading independent think-tank on international defence and security. Its mission is to be an analytical, research-led global forum for informing, influencing and enhancing public debate on a safer and more stable world.

Since its foundation in 1831, RUSI has relied on its members to support its activities, sustaining its political independence for over 180 years.

London | Brussels | Nairobi | Doha | Tokyo | Washington, DC

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Occasional Paper

Inherently Unresolved

Regional Politics and the Counter-ISIS Campaign Edited by Jonathan Eyal and Elizabeth Quintana

Inherently Unresolved: Regional Politics and the Counter-ISIS Campaign Occasional Paper

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Whitehall London SW1A 2ET United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7747 2600 www.rusi.org RUSI is a registered charity (No. 210639)

‘Inherently Unresolved: The Military and Political Campaign Against ISIS’ Edited by Elizabeth Quintana and Jonathan Eyal

In the next twelve months I hope to develop our individual membership further, creating more networking opportunities and ensuring that our members get the highest service possible.

November 2015

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Research

Over 180 years of independent defence and security thinking The Royal United Services Institute is the UK’s leading independent think-tank on international defence and security. Its mission is to be an analytical, research-led global forum for informing, influencing and enhancing public debate on a safer and more stable world.

Since its foundation in 1831, RUSI has relied on its members to support its activities, sustaining its political independence for over 180 years.

London | Brussels | Nairobi | Doha | Tokyo | Washington, DC

Beyond the Whole Force: The Concept of the Defence Extended Enterprise and its Implications for the Ministry of Defence Occasional Paper

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies Whitehall London SW1A 2ET United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7747 2600 www.rusi.org

RUSI is a registered charity (No. 210639)

Occasional Paper

RUSI

‘Beyond the Whole Force, The Concept of the Defence Extended: Enterprise and its Implications for the Ministry of Defence’ John Louth and Trevor Taylor

Professor Michael Clarke retired as Director-General; he led the organisation for seven years as its first civilian DirectorGeneral.

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Occasional Paper

Beyond the Whole Force

The Concept of the Defence Extended Enterprise and its Implications for the Ministry of Defence John Louth and Trevor Taylor

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185 Years of Influence

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USI embodies nearly two centuries of forwardthinking and free discussion. Since its founding by the Duke of Wellington it has shaped British foreign and defence policy and provided a forum for independent analysis of the major questions of the day.

RUSI was at the centre of the debate about defence and security from the zenith of the British Empire, remaining a strong centre of debate and innovation through the uncertainty and transformation of the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War, and it continues to do so in the contemporary world.

In 1857 the Institute launched its flagship publication, the RUSI Journal, which continues to this day – it is now into its 161st volume. In 1860, Queen Victoria granted Royal Patronage to the Institute as a mark of its growing influence and importance, after which it became known as the Royal United Services Institute.

Its original focus was military and defence policy and research into Britain’s place in the international arena.

In 1963, in a letter to The Times, a group of officers argued that there was a compelling need for an independent research think tank for national defence.

With the support of the then Chief of the Defence Staff, Lord Mountbatten, RUSI assumed this new role as an independent centre for thinking on defence and security.

In the 1990s there was a marked expansion of RUSI’s activities. It established itself as an institute that could work ‘close to’ the government, yet remain financially and intellectually independent.

Today, the Institute’s well-respected convening power and access derive from a carefully guarded combination of impartiality, independence and policy relevance.

Across its many areas of work, RUSI’s researchers enjoy high levels of access to decision-makers and practitioners in the public and private sectors.

RUSI moved into its current headquarters in Whitehall, London, in 1895. Among the building’s magnificent rooms are the celebrated Library of Military History and the Duke of Wellington Hall. Having occupied the building continuously since it was constructed, RUSI was able finally to purchase its historic headquarters in March 2015.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: the Duke of Wellington, who founded RUSI in 1831; eager crowds pack into the RUSI museum, Banqueting House, to celebrate the coronation of the Queen, 2 June 1953; the Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Pact, Petr Lushev (left), shakes hands with the NATO SACEUR, John Galvin, at RUSI in May 1989 – the first time the two counterparts had ever met; former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaking in front of a RUSI audience in 2007.

RUSI

NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

New RUSI website launched with refreshed design and greater navigation for the Institute’s analysis, briefings and publications.

Deterring Russia russia and syria November 2015, Vol. 35, No. 6 peter truscott

NATO and Russia Malcolm Chalmers Ben Nimmo

Newsbrief

ISSN 1471 - 3330 November 2015 Vol 35 No 6

canada’s new government

nuclear power

Matthew Willis

dall & wood

• Deterring Russia.

• NATO and Russia.

• Russia and Syria.

• Canada’s New Government.

• Nuclear Power.

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RUSI Library of Military History

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he RUSI Library of Military History is a unique collection of national historical and cultural importance. The collection is dedicated to developing our knowledge of war and shaping theoretical approaches to modern military thinking.

This year, the library has made great strides with its strategic plan, opening up new lines of engagement, increasing access and continuing with the regular conservation programme.

Research enquiries have increased greatly, both from within RUSI and without. The RUSI archive has been much called upon for information about former medal winners, the building’s architecture or the precise location of our original building at our founding, to name but a few of the many enquiries received in the last year.

The library has played host to a number of public tours, allowing us to introduce our building, our library collections, our heritage and our history to new audiences. Groups have included the Friends of the V&A, the Friends of the Museum of London and the Friends of the National Archives, with more to come in the next year. The library has also hosted visits from librarians across London, from the House of Commons Library to the London Library, in order to promote the library within the profession.

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

www.rusi.org/publications

RUSI 160_6 cover.indd 1

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

JOURNAL Independent thinking on defence and security

UK Strategy in the 21st Century: Paved with Good Intentions Jamie Gaskarth Benjamin Zala Joe Devanny Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen

Trevor Paglen on the Surveillance State PLUS Gilli, Ungaro & Marrone Lundqvist & Widen Italy’s Defence The US in the Baltic

RUSI Journal

RUSI

• UK Strategy in the 21st Century.

• Space Resilience.

• The US in the Baltic.

• Leveraging Social Capital for Resilience.

Dr Karin von Hippel appointed as Director-General, becoming the first woman and non-British national to lead the Institute.

December 2015 Vol 160 No 6

Vol 160 No 6 2015

New RUSI book

RUSI JOURNAL

December 2015

Our team of volunteers from the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies’ Knole branch continue with their efforts to conserve our historic collections. As well as their regular repair work the team has re-sewn the 352-strong pamphlet collection – essential to ensure that rusting staples do not damage material – and has cleaned the entire Warfare and Weapons collection along with many other smaller collections within the library.

Mureșan & Georgescu Space Resilience

Tony Gillespie Technology & IHL

11/12/2015 11:11:52

Research

Whitehall Report

Event

‘Destination 2018: Towards the Financial Action Task Force Evaluation of the UK’ Helena Wood

General Sir Nicholas Houghton delivered his last annual speech to RUSI as Chief of the Defence Staff.

Whitehall Report 4-15

Destination 2018

Towards the FATF Evaluation of the UK Helena Wood

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

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Membership

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hrough its membership, the Institute maintains a relationship with a large community of individuals and organisations who work in, or are active in, defence and security issues.

The Institute offers packages to provide networking opportunities and benefits tailored to meet the needs of both individuals and organisations of all sizes. They range from web-only memberships to standard and platinum individual memberships, with special rates for students and for military officers under the age of 35.

January 2015

The Institute also offers standard, major and platinum corporate membership packages, and concessionary corporate rates for diplomatic and regimental organisations, and a new tier called the Chairman’s Circle. In the coming year, RUSI will be enhancing its

Analysis

corporate membership offering and seek to provide more value to organisations large and small.

In 2015–16 RUSI maintained its overall membership numbers with a small increase overall. Individual membership stood at 1,638 at 31 March 2016, compared with the equivalent figure of 1,592 at the previous year end; corporate membership totalled 102.

There were over 300 members in the U35s category.

Geographically, although the membership is spread across many different countries, 90% of members are based in the United Kingdom, the United States or Australia.

NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

RUSI analysts offered comprehensive analysis of Iran’s verified commitment to the internationally agreed nuclear deal.

Newsbrief

ISSN 1471 - 3330 January 2016 Vol 36 No 1

The SDSR: Can the UK Afford It?

Gulf security and Iran

Terrorist Financing

Lessons of Libya

Chinese Economic Power

january 2016, Vol. 36, No. 1 Michael Stephens

Tom Keatinge

Ben Nimmo

Nikki Lee

• SDSR. • Gulf Security in Iran.

• Terrorist Financing.

• Lessons of Libya.

• Chinese Economic Power.

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Corporate Members This list is correct as of 9 September 2016.

Platinum and Above Corporate Members Accenture Ltd Airbus Group BAE Systems Boeing Defence UK British Army, Directorate of Force Development Caxton Associates HSBC Kuwait Military Office Land Intelligence Fusion Centre Leonardo Lockheed Martin UK McKinsey & Co Ministry of Defence Nationwide Northrop Grumman Standard Chartered Major Corporate Members AECOM AIG Atkins Limited AWE Babcock International Group BT Group Chevron CSC Foreign & Commonwealth Office G4S General Dynamics UK Limited Grant Thornton UK Home Office HP Defence & Security JALLC Japan Bank for

International Cooperation Krull Corp L-3 Communications MBDA UK Limited National Audit Office NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation Palantir Technologies PwC Qinetiq Raytheon Systems Limited Rolls-Royce Shell International Thales UK Ultra Electronics

Defense Analyses L-3 Communications ASA Leidos Longdown | EIC LSE Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group MINDEF Library & Info Centre Morgan Stanley & Co Intl National Defence, University of Malaysia NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence PA Consulting Group Standard Corporate Pool Reinsurance Company Members Prospect Prudential Asahi Shimbun Public Safety Canada Library Austrian Bureau for and Information Centre Security Policy PwC Strategy (UK) Cabinet Office Regester Larkin Cobham Renaissance Strategic Command And Control Advisors Research Program Royal College of Defence Control Risks Group Studies ESRI (UK) The Art Loss Register Eversheds LLP The Carlyle Group Fujitsu Defence The Dulverton Trust General Atomics, The London Library Aeronautical Systems, Inc. The Yomiuri Shimbun Harmonic Limited UK Defence Solutions Centre Hitachi Ltd. University of Southampton House of Commons University of Warsaw Library Vestey Foods UK ICRC Zuffa UK Ltd International SOS ITSC Library Regimental Corporate (Beaverscreek, Ohio) Members Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) 1 Rifles King’s College London 2 Army Training Regiment Korea Institute for Land Scenario Centre

Analysis Sarah Lain, RUSI Research Fellow in International Security Studies, appointed as specialist adviser to the Foreign Affairs Committee UK–Russia inquiry.

Diplomatic Corporate Members Argentine Embassy Australian High Commission British Embassy Ankara Embassy of Austria Embassy of Belgium Embassy of China Embassy of Denmark Embassy of Finland Embassy of Israel Embassy of Italy Embassy of Japan Embassy of Kazakhstan Embassy of Sweden Embassy of Switzerland Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt Embassy of the Czech Republic Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain Embassy of the Republic of Korea Embassy of the Republic of Turkey Embassy of the Republic of Poland Embassy of the Slovak Republic Embassy of the UAE Embassy of the United States High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan High Commission of Canada High Commission of India High Commission of the Republic of Singapore Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Royal Netherlands Embassy Royal Norwegian Embassy

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Outreach

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USI is a research-led think tank. Our experts and our research aim to inform, influence and enhance the public debate on a safer and more stable world. RUSI’s public engagement takes place in a number of ways.

Events and Conferences We offer a programme of conferences, seminars, workshops and talks by leading experts, providing insight and fostering debate among practitioners, policy-makers and analysts.

Media We engage with the global media to project our research and expertise, and to act as a leading point of reference on all defence and security matters.

Digital RUSI’s website, social media and multimedia channels all aim to disseminate our research and connect the Institute’s members around the world.

Publications We publish a varied collection of periodicals, reports and studies that are timely, innovative and relevant, designed to meet the needs not only of members, but also of the wider defence and security community.

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

www.rusi.org/publications

RUSI 161_1 Cover.indd 1

JOURNAl Independent thinking on defence and security

The 2015 SDSR: A Boost to UK Defence Credibility?

Malcolm Chalmers

The US Third Offset Strategy and Europe Daniel Fiott

PLUS Fitriani et al.

Women in Combat

Paul D Williams AMISOM

RUSI Journal

RUSI

• 2015 SDSR: A Boost to UK Defence Credibility?

• Third Offset Strategy.

• Women in Combat.

• University Armed Service Units.

RUSI launched the ‘Chairman’s Circle’, a tailored networking experience for global leaders interested in defence and security.

February/March 2016 Vol 161 No 1

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Vol 161 No 1 2016

New RUSI book

RUSI JOURNAl

February 2016

TOP: Mak Chishty, Commander for Engagement in the Metropolitan Police Service, speaks at RUSI in early April 2016. MIDDLE: General (Rtd) David H Petraeus, former Director of the CIA, in conversation with Sir John Scarlett, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service. RIGHT: Lynne Owens, Director General of the National Crime Agency, at RUSI in March 2016. LEFT: The Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, discusses Labour’s Defence Policy Review at RUSI in February 2015.

Blair & Brown International Policing

Woodward et al.

UAS units

27/02/2016 11:30:30

Outreach

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Events and Conferences

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ighlighting the Institute’s convening power, RUSI continued to act as a podium of choice for leading practitioners in a range of fields.

Throughout the past year, the Institute has hosted over 140 events, many of which were open to members of the public. More than 11,000 people registered to attend these events.

The Institute also held a number of conferences, including its annual conferences on Land Warfare, Air Power, Defence Acquisition and Cyber-security.

During the 2015 UK general election, all major parties were invited to outline their policies at the Institute.

In June 2015, the Institute opened its doors to the public to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, hosting a free exhibition in partnership with the Guards Museum. The Duchess of Cornwall attended the launch of the exhibition, which was visited by more than 1,000 members of the public.

Occasional Paper

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Whitehall Report Whitehall Report 1-16

Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism Series No. 11

Maximum Value from the F-35

Lone-Actor Terrorism Final Report

Clare Ellis, Raffaello Pantucci, Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn, Edwin Bakker, Benoît Gomis, Simon Palombi and Melanie Smith

Co-funded by the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union

‘Lone-Actor Terrorism’: RUSI led a consortium of think tanks to publish a series of studies exploring lone-actor terrorism.

Harnessing Transformational Fifth-Generation Capabilities for the UK Military Justin Bronk

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

‘Maximum Value from the F-35: Harnessing Transformational Fifth-Generation Capabilities for the UK Military’ Justin Bronk

March 2016

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Research

Research

Event

RUSI launched a new research project to track funds from the illegal wildlife trade.

Lynne Owens, Director General of the National Crime Agency, addressed RUSI on the challenge of organised crime.

Outreach

Media

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Digital

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he Institute’s research continues to be widely cited in the media, as are our experts, who are the first port of call for comment on developing news stories in defence and security. Last year, the Institute had 23,104 mentions in print and online media.

Our experts continue to be quoted by, and write analysis and editorials for, leading newspapers and news outlets around the world – from internationally recognised newspapers such as the, Financial Times and New York Times, to regionally well-known publications such as the South China Morning Post and London’s Evening Standard.

R

USI entered the next phase of its digital development by launching a new website in November 2015. With a cleaner look and a streamlined user experience, the website aims to offer the public authoritative analysis, content and material on unfolding developments in defence and security. In 2015–16, the website recorded 634,384 sessions, up 9% from the previous year.

The Institute increasingly relies on social media to disseminate its research, and currently has over 33,000 Twitter followers and more than 24,000 Facebook ‘likes’. RUSI also had 74,450 views of its videos on YouTube.

RUSI also proactively disseminates its research via the widest possible set of online, broadcast and print outlets, putting the Institute and its experts into prominent public view.

In 2016, RUSI worked with Sky News to offer expert analysis of leaked personnel records from the Daesh terrorist group. In the run-up to the 2015 general election, RUSI also hosted a televised TV debate with Forces TV to explore the defence and security priorities for the next government.

Event

NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

Mohammed Nahavandian, Chief of Staff to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, briefed RUSI about Iran’s perspective on the nuclear deal.

Argentina: Goodbye to Isolation?

Peace Processes Kristian

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Policy

Nuclear NonProliferation

Burundi and the African Union

Herbolzheimer

Mohammed Alyahya

Peter Jenkins

Haenlein & Lawson

March 2016, Vol. 36, No. 2

Newsbrief

ISSN 1471 - 3330 March 2016 Vol 36 No 2

• SDSR. • Gulf Security in Iran.

• Terrorist Financing.

• Lessons of Libya.

• Chinese Economic Power.

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Publications

RUSI JOURNAL

JOURNAL JOURNAL WARS IN PEACE JOURNAL

RUSI JOURNAL

Vol 160 No 3 2015

WARS IN PEACE Independent thinking on defence and security

April/May 2015 Vol 160 No 2

BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

Vol 160 No 2 2015

New RUSI book

Independent thinking on defence and security

June/July 2015 Vol 160 No 3

BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

New RUSI book

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations

Independent thinking on defence and security

Peter Roberts Nicola Contessi

RUSI 160_4 COVER.indd 1

Michael Clarke Richard Overy Rana Mitter Paul Dixon

PLUS Sutherland et al.

IHL & Cyber-Warfare

UK General Election 2015

Michael Fallon, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg

Sean Ryan Military Intelligence

Thomas Colley Strategic Narratives 17/08/2015 10:53:54

Patrick Porter Distance Matters

Richard D Hooker, Jr Operation Baltic Fortress

Tom Parker The Terrorist Trap

Sophie Lefeez Man and Machine

15/06/2015 11:27:00

PLUS Louth & Bronk S&T in Defence

Rod Thornton Information Warfare

PLUS

www.rusi.org/publications

RUSI 160_3 COVER.indd 1

Ali M Ansari

Ending Conflict

Independent thinking on defence and security

Independent thinking on defence and security

Maritime Power in the 21st Century

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence sincecuts 1991 Out now bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the ISBN world, Also available for e-readers

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The Nuclear Deal: Spotlight on Iran

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Alessio Patalano www.rusi.org/publications

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

August/September 2015 Vol 160 No 4

Revisiting Waterloo Jasper Heinzen Beatrice Heuser Graciela Iglesias Rogers

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp be to asked: demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through the have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan. a safer place?

a safer place?

Independent thinking on defence and security

Vol 160 No 4 2015

RUSI JOURNAL

New RUSI book

Libel & Boulter Unmanned Technology

Heather Campbell Third Afghan War

Andrew Glazzard Exploring Bitter Lake

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15/04/2015 15:22:25

RUSI JOURNAL

JOURNAL JOURNAL WARS IN PEACE JOURNAl WARS IN PEACE Independent thinking on defence and security

October/November 2015 Vol 160 No 5

RUSI JOURNAL

Coming into Focus: The Big Debate Luis Simón | James Ker-Lindsay Linda Risso

BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

Independent thinking on defence and security

December 2015 Vol 160 No 6

Vol 160 No 6 2015

New RUSI book Oliver Daddow | Nick Witney

RUSI JOURNAl

BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

Vol 160 No 5 2015

New RUSI book

WARS IN PEACE BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS SINCE 1991

Independent thinking on defence and security

British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

UK Strategy in the 21st Century: Paved with Good Intentions

February/March 2016 Vol 161 No 1

The 2015 SDSR: A Boost to UK Defence Credibility?

The US Third Offset Strategy and Europe

Jamie Gaskarth Benjamin Zala As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts Joe Devanny British bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs tooperations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen PLUS spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and thefull world, demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the a safer place?

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Trevor Paglen Surveillance State Noel K Hannan Tim Benbow Andrew Futter J Lemon Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

Independent thinking on defence and security

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Independent thinking on defence and security

www.rusi.org/publications

Independent thinking on defence and security

Malcolm Chalmers

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts British operations since the end of the Cold War have spanned the bring an end to an era of interventionism, the question now needs to full spectrum of military commitments, from limited, short and sharp be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, demonstrations of force in Sierra Leone and Libya, through to the a safer place? intense and drawn-out campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

Vol 161 No 1 2016

New RUSI book

As operations in Afghanistan begin to wind down and defence cuts bring an end to an era PLUS of interventionism, the question now needs to be asked: have Britain’s military endeavours made it, and the world, a safer place?

Gilli, Ungaro & Marrone Lundqvist & Widen Mureșan & Georgescu

www.rusi.org/publications

26/10/2015 09:36:27

Italy’s Defence

The US in the Baltic

Wars in Peace: British Military Operations since 1991 Out now ISBN 978-0-855-16193-4 (PB) Also available for e-readers

RUSI 160_6 cover.indd 1

Space Resilience

Daniel Fiott

Tony Gillespie Technology & IHL

11/12/2015 11:11:52

PLUS Fitriani et al.

Women in Combat

www.rusi.org/publications

Paul D Williams AMISOM

Blair & Brown International Policing

RUSI 161_1 Cover.indd 1

Woodward et al.

UAS units

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NEWSBRIEF NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

ISSN 1471 - 3330 July 2015 Vol 35 No 4

Rough Seas Ahead

Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

ISSN 1471 - 3330 May 2015 Vol 35 No 3

Inês Sofia

Israel PostElection

US-ROK Combined Defence

Illegal Wildlife Trade

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Financial Crime

Yosef Eli

Seung ik Seong

Haenlein & Maguire

July 2015, Vol. 35, No. 4

Daesh in Libya

UK National Security

Russian Rearmament

May 2015, Vol. 35, No. 3 Trevor Taylor

Alison Pargeter

Jeffray & Ellis

Sutyagin & Chen

Newsbrief articles

RUSI Defence Systems articles Occasional Papers

book reviews

Deal or No Deal?

Defence Acquisition

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RUSI Journal articles

NEWSBRIEF Briefings and Analysis Behind the News

ISSN 1471 - 3330 March 2016 Vol 36 No 2

full text downloads of RUSI Journal articles

Argentina: Goodbye to Isolation?

Kristian

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Policy

Nuclear NonProliferation

Burundi and the African Union

Herbolzheimer

Peace Processes

Mohammed Alyahya

Peter Jenkins

Haenlein & Lawson

March 2016, Vol. 36, No. 2

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Outreach

A Democratic Licence to Operate: Report of the Independent Surveillance Review July 2015 Panel of the Independent Surveillance Review As national security and public safety compete with the realities of digital society, the Independent Surveillance Review suggests a new licence to operate for the security and law enforcement services.

Whitehall Papers AMBITION, ARMS AND INFLUENCE SHASHANK JOSHI

This study finds that Indian power projection is in a nascent stage: limited in number, primarily of use against much weaker adversaries, and deficient in some key supporting capabilities. India’s defence posture will continue to be shaped by local threats, rather than distant interests. Indian leaders remain uncomfortable with talk of military intervention and expeditionary warfare, associating these with colonial and superpower excess. But as India’s power, interests, and capabilities all grow, India may once more find itself using military force beyond its land borders.

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Indian Power Projection | Shashank Joshi

Indian Power Projection assesses the strength, reach, and purposes of India’s maturing capabilities. It offers a systematic assessment of India’s ability to conduct long-range air strikes from land and sea, transport and convey airborne and amphibious forces, and develop the institutional and material enablers that turn platforms into capabilities. It draws extensively on the lessons of modern expeditionary operations, and considers how India’s growing interests might shape where and how it uses these evolving capabilities in the future.

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INDIAN POWER PROJECTION

India is growing into one of Asia’s most important military powers. Its defense budget has more than doubled in the past decade, and it imports more arms than anyone else in the world. But India is still seen as a land-power focused on long, disputed, and militarised borders with Pakistan and China rather than the global military force it was in the first half of the twentieth century under British rule.

Is this changing? India is acquiring increasing numbers of key platforms – aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, refueling tankers, and transport aircraft – that are extending its reach to the Indian Ocean littoral and beyond. But most accounts of this build-up have been impressionistic and partial.

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Indian Power Projection: Ambition, Arms and Influence December 2015 Shashank Joshi India’s power projection remains in a nascent stage while its threat perceptions continue to be dominated by local threats. But as the country’s power, interests and capabilities all grow, India may once more find itself using military force beyond its land borders.

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Partners for Global Security

New Directions for the UK–Japan Defence and Security Relationship Edited by Jonathan Eyal, Michito Tsuruoka and Edward Schwarck

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Target Markets: North Korea’s Military Customers in the Sanctions Era December 2015 Andrea Berger Despite a decade-long UN arms embargo, North Korea continues to export conventional weapons to state and non-state clients around the world. Understanding the drivers of this trade is essential if the sanctions regime is to be strengthened.

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Since its foundation in 1831, RUSI has relied on its members to support its activities, sustaining its political independence for over 180 years.

Towards the FATF Evaluation of the UK Helena Wood

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Destination 2018: Towards the FATF Evaluation of the UK Whitehall Report 4-15

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Whitehall Reports MAXIMISING EUROPEAN COMBAT AIR POWER Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential Justin Bronk

MAXIMISING EUROPEAN COMBAT AIR POWER Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential Justin Bronk

Europe’s potential military rivals are developing modern aircraft which will out-class many of Europe’s current, legacy platforms. The F-35 was intended to be part of the solution; however, the programme has faced delays and escalating costs. Given these and challenging fiscal conditions, European states could consider how the Eurofighter Typhoon can bridge the gap until the widespread adoption of fifth-generation aircraft.

Maximising European Combat Air Power examines the potential of the Eurofighter to meet Europe’s air-power needs. The report draws on first-hand research to provide a thorough analysis of the Eurofighter’s existing strengths as well as the upgrades that would be required to ensure its future viability. With sensible investments, the Eurofighter could continue to be an effective asset in Europe’s air forces and complement new aircraft as they become available.

Whitehall Reports Drawing on original research, Whitehall Reports provide detailed, policy-focused assessments of various issues and challenges faced by security professionals in conflict and post-conflict environments, the defence industry and decision-making bodies.

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Maximising European Combat Air Power: Unlocking the Eurofighter’s Full Potential April 2015 Justin Bronk The Eurofighter Typhoon is likely to remain the backbone of European combat air capability for many years.

With the right upgrades, it could remain combat effective throughout its lifetime.

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Maximum Value from the F-35

Harnessing Transformational Fifth-Generation Capabilities for the UK Military Justin Bronk

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Partners for Global Security: New Directions for the UK–Japan Defence and Security Relationship August 2015 Edited by Jonathan Eyal, Michito Tsuruoka and Edward Schwarck There are opportunities for policymakers in both London and Tokyo to strengthen the UK–Japan relationship.

Destination 2018: Towards the FATF Evaluation of the UK December 2015 Helena Wood The UK could face some major obstacles proving its compliance with the global regime on anti-money laundering and countering terrorist finance in the next round of international evaluation.

Maximum Value from the F-35: Harnessing Transformational Fifth-Generation Capabilities for the UK Military February 2016 Justin Bronk Investment in cross-platform capabilities would allow the British military to enjoy the full gamut of the radical new capabilities offered by the F-35.

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Our Network of Senior Associate Fellows This list includes all Senior Associate Fellows from 1 April 2015 until 9 September 2016.

General (Rtd) John Allen Former Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL and Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and US Forces in Afghanistan Rear Admiral Simon Ancona CBE Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) Professor Ali Ansari Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrews The Rt Hon Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Former Chairman, House of Commons Defence Committee General (Rtd) Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE ADC Former Commander Joint Forces Command, United Kingdom Armed Forces Professor Nicholas Beadle CMG Professor, Heriott-Watt University, former senior civil servant Dr Jonathan Brewer Visiting Professor, Centre for Science and Security Studies, King’s College London. British diplomat

and former member of the UN Panel on Iran Sir James Bucknall KCB CBE Chief Executive, Weybourne Partners LLP Lieutenant General Sir David Capewell KCB OBE As a Royal Marine officer former Chief of Joint Operations, United Kingdom Armed Forces Professor Michael Clarke Former Director-General, RUSI Sir Jonathan Evans KCB DL Former Director General of the Security Service Margaret Gilmore Freelance writer, broadcaster and analyst Sir Stephen House QPM Former Chief Constable of Police Scotland Colonel (Rtd) Richard Kemp CBE MBE Former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Sir Iain Lobban KCMG CB Former Director of Government Communications Headquarters Paul Martin CBE Former Security Director, Houses of Parliament

Tom McKane Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and former senior civil servant, Ministry of Defence

Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG PC QC Former Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom Sir John Sawers GCMG Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

Major General (Rtd) Mungo Melvin CB OBE Historian and former Chief Army Instructor at the Royal College of Defence Studies

Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG Former British Ambassador to the US

Professor Gareth Stansfield Professor of Middle East Politics and the Al-Qasimi Chair of Arab Gulf Studies, University of Exeter

Sir Jonathan Murphy QPM Former Chief Constable, Merseyside Police Professor Lieutenant General (Rtd) Sir Paul Newton KBE Director of Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter General (Rtd) Sir Nick Parker KCB CBE Former Commander, Land Forces Professor Patrick Porter Chair of Strategic Studies, University of Exeter Sir Peter Ricketts GCMG GCVO Former National Security Adviser, United Kingdom

Professor Doug Stokes Director of the Centre for Advanced International Studies, University of Exeter Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB CMG Former Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Visiting Professor, Queen Mary, University of London Richard Walton Former Head of the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command Christine Wormuth Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, USA

In addition to the above, RUSI hosts a community of over 80 Associate Fellows.

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Financial Report

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USI has made good progress during the year with total income up by £29,074 on the previous 12 months, to £5,564,575. In the previous year, total income included a restricted grant of £1 million for the Centre for Financial Crime Studies, without which the increase in income year-on-year would have been much larger.

“The financial position of the Institute has been significantly improved over the last few years, particularly following the acquisition of the building at 61 Whitehall in March 2015.”

Analysis of Income 2015–16

Research, 74% Subscriptions, 10% Conferences and events, 8% Facilities, 5% Publications, 2% Donations, 1%

The principal source of funding is research activity, which now accounts for 74% of total gross income, and this is consistent with the Institute’s strategic plan for continued growth in the research base. Other important sources of funding are membership subscriptions, conferences and events, and publications. Costs remain under tight control, and charitable expenditure was 95% of total expenditure. There was an increase in expenditure in the year of £1.1 million (23%) primarily due to investment in our research teams. The Institute had net income for the year of (£146,770), of which a surplus of £35,822 was in unrestricted funds and a deficit of £182,592 in restricted funds.

During the previous year, the Institute purchased the freehold of its headquarters building at 61 Whitehall. The freehold of the building was valued at £12 million at the previous year end, resulting in a revaluation of £6,267,977. This forms the substantial part of the Institute’s reserves. The Library collection was revalued at the end of this year, resulting in a revaluation gain of £225,465. Overall the net movement in funds in the year was £78,695 and reserves at the year end have increased from £7,761,212 to £7,839,907.

Cash in the balance sheet stood at a healthy £985,313 at the year end, up from £300,006 at the end of the previous year. This largely reflects the increase in deferred research income at the end of the year, up from £783,806 to £1,326,004.

At the end of the previous year a loan of £5.8m was taken out to assist in the funding of the purchase of 61 Whitehall and this forms the major part of the longterm borrowings.

The financial position of the Institute has been significantly improved over the last few years, particularly following the acquisition of the building at 61 Whitehall in March 2015. However, we accept that we have much work still to do in building an operating reserve to give added security to the Institute’s future in these uncertain times. Once again, we begin 2016–17 with a strong and diverse research pipeline and a good number of long-term contracts in place; at this stage in the year we are confident about achieving that pipeline. However, several of those contracts are with the European Commission, and although we currently expect no short-term implications on these as a result of Brexit, we have yet to see how that will play out in the longer term, and we will continue to monitor this and other risks over the coming months.

Deborah Pourkarimi ACA DChA Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer

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Financial Report

Consolidated Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2016 Statement of Financial Activities Unrestricted Funds 2016 £

Restricted Funds Year to 31 March 2016 2016 £ £

Year to 31 March 2015 £

Inc./(Dec.)

Donations, grants and gifts

45,326

30,430

75,756

867

8,637.7%

Charitable activities

5,095,400

125,000

5,220,400

5,284,022

(1.2%)

Other trading activities

268,130

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268,130

250,234

7.2%

Income from investments

289

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289

378

(23.5%)

Total income and endowments

5,409,145

155,430

5,564,575

5,535,501

0.5%

Raising funds

309,633

4,158

313,791

247,829

26.6%

Charitable activities

5,063,690

333,864

5,397,554

4,404,468

22.5%

Total expenditure

5,373,323

338,022

5,711,345

4,652,297

22.8%

35,822

(182,592)

(146,770)

883,204

Revaluation of tangible fixed assets

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-

6,267,977

Revaluation of heritage assets

225,465

-

225,465

300,840

Net movement in funds

261,287

(182,592)

78,695

7,452,021

Balances at 1 April 2015

6,802,297

958,915

7,761,212

309,191

Balances at 31 March 2016

7,063,584

776,323

7,839,907

7,761,212

Income

Expenditure

Net income/ (expenditure) Other recognised gains

Financial Report

Consolidated Balance Sheet 31 March 2016

31 March 2015

£

£

Tangible fixed assets

12,190,928

12,153,892

Heritage assets

1,483,050

1,255,788

13,673,978

13,409,680

Debtors

1,639,533

2,255,039

Cash at bank

985,313

300,006

2,624,846

2,555,045

Creditors

1,059,164

1,255,364

Deferred research income

1,326,004

783,806

Subscriptions in advance

205,038

255,531

Bank loan

42,800

44,615

2,633,006

2,339,316

Current Assets

Current Liabilities

Net Current Assets/(Liabilities) (8,160)

215,729

Amounts falling due after more 5,825,911 than one year

5,864,197

7,839,907

7,761,212

(285,828)

(321,650)

Unrestricted fund – revaluation 7,349,412 reserve

7,123,947

Restricted funds

776,323

958,915

7,839,907

7,761,212

Net Assets

Funds Employed Unrestricted fund – general fund

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RUSI Governance Structure These names are correct as of 9 September 2016.

Patrons, Chairman and Council Patron

Trustees

Her Majesty The Queen

General (Rtd) David H Petraeus

Sir Roger Bone KCMG John Dowdy Nik Gowing The Rt Hon the Lord Hague of Richmond John Howe CB OBE Andrew Jamieson Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE Stephen Phipson CBE Dr Kathryn Vagneur Ian Willis

Chairman

Ex-Officio Defence Attachés

The Rt Hon the Lord Hague of Richmond

Canada France Germany New Zealand United States of America

President His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC

Senior Vice-President

Vice-Chairman Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE

Vice-Presidents Dr James Hay The Rt Hon the Lord Hutton of Furness Sir Paul Lever KCMG Vice Admiral Rory McLean CB OBE Professor Sir David Omand GCB John Weston CBE

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RUSI Senior Management Dr Karin von Hippel Professor Malcolm Chalmers Professor Jonathan Eyal Deborah Pourkarimi

RUSI Management Group Dr Karin von Hippel Director-General Professor Malcolm Chalmers Deputy Director-General

Professor John Louth Senior Research Fellow/Director of Defence, Industries and Society Saqeb Mueen Director of Communications and Marketing

Deborah Pourkarimi Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Raffaello Pantucci Director of International Security Studies

Directors

Elizabeth Quintana Senior Research Fellow/Director of Military Sciences

Michael Codner Senior Research Fellow/Director of Personnel Services Sabrina Downey Director of Projects and Events Andrew Glazzard Senior Research Fellow/Director of National Security and Resilience Professor Jonathan Eyal Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships Emma De Angelis Director of Publications Tom Keatinge Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

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Research

RUSI around the World Europe North America

• Conducted a five-country study on behalf of the Canadian government on gender and violent extremism and women’s roles in countering it.

• Organised a bilateral conference in the US for midcareer experts and practioners in nuclear policy.

Central and South America

• Monitoring and evaluating the EU’s Cocaine Route Programme in Peru, Panama and Guatemala.

• ‘On Tap Europe’ project in Spain, Greece and Poland, researching illicit trade in tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals.

• Organised bilateral dialogues between German and British policy-makers.

West Africa

• Monitoring and evaluating the EU’s Cocaine Route Programme in Ghana, Benin, Niger and Mali.

Research

Central Asia

• Delivered training to government in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on corruption, violent extremism and terrorism.

• Concluded ‘China’s Eurasian Pivot’ project and produced a number of research papers.

• Conducted research on human rights policy in Afghanistan between 2001–14 for the Norwegian Commission.

Middle East

• Fieldwork to chart regional responses to Iran’s role in Syria.

India

• CBRN awareness programmes.

East Africa

• Development and pilot of a training curriculum in Kenya for law enforcement officers on countering violent extremism.

• Delivering capacity-building workshops for women’s peace committees in Somaliland.

• Year-long research project tracking the illicit funds earned from the illegal wildlife trade in Kenya and Tanzania.

East Asia

• North Korea: Published major investigation into Pyongyang’s military customers.

• Japan: Major conferences on UK–Japan relations.

• China: Facilitated dialogue between UK and Chinese governments to agree on joint action on non-combatant evacuation.

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RUSI by Numbers

185

Research

Events

Publications

years since RUSI was established

140 11,000

events organised

registered

Outreach

23,104 33,000 25,000 74,450

mentions in print and online media

Twitter followers

Facebook ‘likes’

Youtube views

93 61 47

research projects

RUSI Journal articles

Briefing papers and reports published

Membership

1,638 342 102

individual members

Under 35s members

corporate members

Staff and Networks

60 80

resident staff

Associate Fellows

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