Team Leader: Dr Rowan Allport – Senior Fellow
Our research on security and defence focuses on analysis of Western foreign policy, international security issues and cyber-security. The group maintains a strong regional expertise on the MENA region.
Team Leader: Dr Rowan Allport – Senior Fellow
Our research on security and defence focuses on analysis of Western foreign policy, international security issues and cyber-security. The group maintains a strong regional expertise on the MENA region.
Rowan Allport December 1, 2023 Evidence to Parliament, Latest Articles, Parliamentary Evidence, Security and Defence
The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has published ‘Our Friends in the North: UK Strategy Towards the Arctic’ report. The inquiry sought to identify defense and security challenges the UK faces in the Arctic region, as well as examine wider issues such as environmental changes and resource extraction, and the UK government’s response to them.
Read More »Rowan Allport October 1, 2023 Asia and Pacific, HSC in the Media, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
October 1, 2023 HSC Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport has had a comment piece on Taiwan’s unveiling of its new first Hai Kun-class submarine published in The Diplomat. In it, he examines how the type will contribute to the defense of ...
Read More »Oliver Hegglin September 1, 2023 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
It will take decades, if not centuries, to completely clear Ukraine of landmines, throughout which people will continue to be injured and killed.
Read More »Rowan Allport July 25, 2023 Evidence to Parliament, HSC in the Media, Latest Articles, Parliamentary Evidence, Security and Defence
The UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee has published its report 'Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and High North'.
Read More »Oliver Hegglin July 11, 2023 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
The Kremlin is unlikely to want to lose any part of its empire and is likely to continue cracking down on separatism. Even with possible support from European neighbors, Königsberg sovereignty may be out of reach unless drastic changes in Russian society take place at War’s End.
Read More »Rowan Allport June 16, 2023 Evidence to Parliament, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
The House of Commons Defence Committee has published the HSC's evidence on defence readiness. The inquiry comes in the midst of the conflict of Ukraine, and in advance of the publication of the Defence Command Paper Refresh, which is due later this month.
Read More »Rowan Allport April 25, 2023 Events, Latest Articles, Parliamentary Evidence, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
26 April, 2023 HSC Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport is giving evidence to the UK House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee’s inquiry ‘The Arctic’ on Wednesday 26 April 2023. The session can be viewed here: Parliamentlive.tv – International ...
Read More »Oliver Hegglin April 5, 2023 Europe, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Ukraine is clearly, and justifiably, taking no chances when it comes to a potential repeat of the initial February 2022 invasion from Belarus. Despite what the numbers might say, the perceived aggressive rhetoric coming from Belarus has made everything “more serious”.
Read More »Luke Austin March 14, 2023 Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
The potential trajectory of Japan's possible nuclear path could be shaped by the aspirations and policies of not only potential adversaries such as North Korea, China and Russia, but also those of its own allies.
Read More »Rowan Allport March 5, 2023 Events, Evidence to Parliament, Latest Articles, Security and Defence, Uncategorized
Human Security Centre Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport is giving evidence to the UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee's inquiry 'Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North'
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