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Whitehall Reports
Policy-focused assessments of various issues and challenges faced by security professionals in conflict and post-conflict environments, the defence industry and policy-making bodies
Sharpening the Dagger: Optimising Special Forces for Future Conflict
Whitehall Reports, 27 May 2021Jack Watling
This Whitehall Report analyses the ways in which special forces have been used historically and how adversaries are increasingly likely to use them. It assesses how the future operating environment is likely to change the way in which special forces pursue many of their missions.
Tags: Military Sciences
Taking the Profit Out of Intellectual Property Crime: Piracy and Organised Crime
Whitehall Reports, 8 March 2021Ardi Janjeva, Alexandria Reid and Anton Moiseienko
This Whitehall Report explores how criminals make money from piracy and provides recommendations on how the UK government, law enforcement and private sector stakeholders can decrease the profitability of doing so.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Organised Crime and Policing, AML/CTF, Organised Crime, Technology
Russian and Chinese Combat Air Trends: Current Capabilities and Future Threat Outlook
Whitehall Reports, 30 October 2020Justin Bronk
This Whitehall Report examines Russian and Chinese combat air trends, and looks specifically at fast jets and their weapons systems and capabilities.
Tags: Aerospace, Military Sciences
Defence and the Integrated Review: A Testing Time
Whitehall Reports, 26 March 2020Malcolm Chalmers and Will Jessett
The coronavirus pandemic means that the timeline for the new Integrated Review will need to be revised.
Tags: Armed Forces, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK Defence
Taking Control: Rediscovering the Centrality of National Interest in UK Foreign and Security Policy
Whitehall Reports, 10 February 2020Malcolm Chalmers
Following Brexit, the UK will need to adopt a flexible approach in its foreign and security policy.
Tags: NATO, European Union, Defence Policy, International Institutions, UK Defence
Turning the Tide? Learning from Responses to Large-Scale Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Five Countries
Whitehall Reports, 29 November 2019Charlie de Rivaz, Cathy Haenlein, Alexandria Reid and Veerle Nouwens
A new study sheds light on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, showing how countries can tailor their specific strategies to combat this major security challenge.
Tags: International Security Studies, Organised Crime and Policing, Organised Crime
The UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians: Insights for the Review Process
Whitehall Reports, 18 September 2019Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Amanda Brydon and Ewan Lawson
This Whitehall Report details the research conducted by RUSI and Save the Children on how to improve the UK's Protection of Civilians strategy following its review.
Tags: Military Sciences, United Nations, Civil–Military Relations, Global Strategy and Commitments, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, Law and Ethics, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience
No Rest for the Wicked: Driving Change in the UK’s Post-FATF Evaluation AML Regime
Whitehall Reports, 19 February 2019Tom Keatinge, Anton Moiseienko, Florence Keen, David Artingstall, and Helena Wood
This report considers how the UK AML regime should develop after the conclusion of the 2018 Financial Action Task Force Mutual Evaluation of the UK, to drive forward an approach that genuinely protects the UK’s financial integrity in practice (rather than in theory).
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF
Deradicalisation and Disengagement in Somalia: Evidence from a Rehabilitation Programme for Former Members of Al-Shabaab
Whitehall Reports, 4 January 2019James Khalil, Rory Brown, Chris Chant, Peter Olowo and Nick Wood
This report examines efforts in Somalia to disengage and deradicalise former members of Al-Shabaab through the Serendi rehabilitation centre. This programme is designed to weaken the group's influence by providing an attractive alternative. The report analyses the programme's effectiveness and makes a case for exploring similar initiatives in other comparable environments.
Tags: International Security Studies, Tackling Extremism, International Responses, Terrorism
Machine Learning Algorithms and Police Decision-Making: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Challenges
Whitehall Reports, 21 September 2018Alexander Babuta, Marion Oswald and Christine Rinik
This report seeks to critically assess the use of machine learning algorithms for policing, and provide practical recommendations designed to contribute to the fast-moving debate over policy and governance in this area.
Tags: Organised Crime and Policing, Domestic Security, Information, Technology