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  'For the MoD, it is a very rare case of a senior minister taking a principled stand against the hollowing out of the UK armed forces.' RUSI's Ed Arnold on the implications of the Defence Secretary John Healey's resignation:
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  'The West’s obsessive and unjustifiable avoidance of confrontation with Russia in fact increases the risk of direct engagement becoming the only option' write Volodymyr Ohryzko, Roman Sohn and
  @GicAriana
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  'Pakistan’s government has been in power for two years and, notwithstanding obstacles, has had several major foreign policy achievements on which the UK could capitalise'. New commentary from
  @Umarkarim89
  .rusi.org/commentary/imr…
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  'What Mauritius has done is successful lawfare; creating a diplomatic problem to try to gain control over economically valuable territory that it wants to exploit', writes
  @Jack_Watling
  in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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  This year, we celebrate that #NATO is #StrongAt70. But one challenge NATO countries face is how to respond to disinformation in the age of the internet. Disinformation is hard to spot. In that spirit, let’s play a game of “Two truths, one lie: NATO themed!”…
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  Yesterday, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, President of RUSI, officially reopen RUSI's newly renovated 61 Whitehall offices, following a major £12.2m refurbishment. You can learn more here: bit.ly/3tKNHPG
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  'Not only is Russia extremely isolated, but the mass emigration of its educated young people, Soviet-like repression and Putin’s kleptocracy have aggravated its technological backwardness' writes
  @anders_aslund
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  'If acquired by #Ukraine, the Blue Spear and NSM would change the picture substantially. It might make it possible for ships to be targeted in port, so that would certainly make Crimea less of a safe operating base for the Russians' says RUSI's Dr Sidharth Kaushal.
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  New investigation by
  @OSIA_RUSI
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  @washingtonpost
  reveals that Russia has likely begun shipping North Korean munitions at scale, opening a new supply route that could influence the war in Ukraine and international security in East Asia - learn more below.
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  'Bangladesh’s once-booming economy is in shambles, with growth slowing, stocks sinking to their lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic, and foreign debt spiralling upward' writes
  @Chellaney
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  'A lazy consensus seems to have emerged in the West, based more on hope than serious analysis, that Putin will agree to stop his further incursions into Ukraine' writes Tim Willasey-Wilsey in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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  'The Moroccan Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara remains the only credible, lasting, realistic and constructive solution to the Western Sahara conflict' writes Sir Simon Mayall in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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  'One of the major risks for Ukraine is that President Zelensky becomes a single point of failure for the Ukrainian resistance, where his death or capture becomes fatal for the overall Ukrainian effort' writes @EdArnold_RUSI in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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  We are aware of the post made earlier today by Tallha Abdulrazaq. His only association with RUSI is a journal article he co-authored a number of years ago. We don't wish to be named in his profile and condemn the views expressed today.