# event type (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover event type. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Next China Shock Will Hit Defence](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/next-china-shock-will-hit-defence) _2026-08-20 · Andreas Urbanski,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ If tomorrow’s wars are fought mainly by machines, victory belongs to the power that can fuse AI with robotics and build the result by the million. Today, that is China. ## [People as the Principal Capability of British Defence](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-newsbrief/people-principal-capability-british-defence) _2026-08-19 · Major Laurence Thomson,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ A whole of system approach to health and human fitness, responsive to the varying demands of military personnel, would improve force readiness across the UK’s services. ## [The ‘Extinct Volcanoes’ Problem: Why Unit Strength Is Not Combat Power](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/extinct-volcanoes-problem-why-unit-strength-not-combat-power) _2026-08-19 · Roger N. McDermott,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ More than a century ago, Aleksandr Svechin warned against mistaking formations that still existed on paper for units that retained real fighting power. Ukraine shows why that distinction still matters. ## [Recording: Great Power Diplomacy: How to Avoid World War Three](https://www.rusi.org/members-event-recordings/recording-great-power-diplomacy-how-avoid-world-war-three) _2026-08-18 · The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood with Professor Beatrice Heuser moderating,\[object Object\],\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ A conversation with The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood, exploring the growing challenges facing the international order. ## [Balochistan's Insurgency Is Turning Security into a Development Cost](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/balochistans-insurgency-turning-security-development-cost) _2026-08-18 · Filza Asim,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ Pakistan counts militants killed to the digit. It does not routinely measure whether goods can still move through Balochistan. ## [Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic Security is Not Just Indivisible, it Merges](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/indo-pacific-and-euro-atlantic-security-not-just-indivisible-it-merges) _2026-08-17 · Philip Shetler-Jones,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ Conflicts are connecting in Europe and the Middle East, but could Asia be next? ## [Starmer, Burnham and Foreign Aid: A Troubling Inheritance](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/starmer-burnham-and-foreign-aid-troubling-inheritance) _2026-08-16 · Michael Jones,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ The contraction of UK aid, and its knock-on implications for security, pose big questions and lessons for Starmer’s successor(s). ## [Private Sector Cybercrime Disruption: Compatible with Statecraft?](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/private-sector-cybercrime-disruption-compatible-statecraft) _2026-08-13 · Gareth Mott,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ As organised cybercriminal attacks escalate and threaten national security and social order, should the private sector get (limited) authorisation to take the gloves off? ## [Age of Optionality: The Future is Not About Replacing the US Dollar](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/age-optionality-future-not-about-replacing-us-dollar) _2026-08-12 · Tom Keatinge and Eliza Lockhart,\[object Object\],\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ The financial system is evolving toward greater choice rather than a new hegemon, requiring policymakers to rethink how economic power, resilience and sanctions will operate. ## [Paradiplomacy: From Devolved Nation to Foreign Policy Actor](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-newsbrief/paradiplomacy-devolved-nation-foreign-policy-actor) _2026-08-12 · Sophie Boulter,\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ Devolved nations and regions can pursue foreign relations with other states, utilising their unique histories, cultures and geopolitics to gain strategic advantage. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oEIOM1VLyCRj) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Episode 126: Energy on the Frontline of European Security](https://www.rusi.org/podcasts/global-security-briefing/episode-126-energy-frontline-european-security) _2026-08-11 · ,\[object Object\],\[object Object\] · RUSI: What's New_ Energy is no longer the preserve of the business pages and is central to questions of European Security.