# private sector (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover private sector. 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: Latest Commentary_ 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. ## [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: Latest Commentary_ 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. ## [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: Latest Publications_ 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. ## [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: Latest Commentary_ Pakistan counts militants killed to the digit. It does not routinely measure whether goods can still move through Balochistan. ## [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: Latest Publications_ A conversation with The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood, exploring the growing challenges facing the international order. ## [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: Latest Commentary_ 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: Latest Commentary_ 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: Latest Commentary_ 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: Latest Commentary_ 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: Latest Publications_ Devolved nations and regions can pursue foreign relations with other states, utilising their unique histories, cultures and geopolitics to gain strategic advantage. ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OqpldkU25ohS) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Building CBRN Crisis Ready Supply for Protection and Sustainment](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/building-cbrn-crisis-ready-supply-protection-and-sustainment) _2026-08-11 · David Crouch and Natascha McVeigh,\[object Object\],\[object Object\] · RUSI: Latest Commentary_ The next CBRN crisis will be shaped as much by supply chains, industrial resilience and public trust as by sensors and detection technologies. ## [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: Latest Publications_ Energy is no longer the preserve of the business pages and is central to questions of European Security. ## [Putin’s Political Longevity – A Framework of Considerations](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/putins-political-longevity-framework-considerations) _2026-08-10 · David Roche,\[object Object\] · RUSI: Latest Commentary_ Historic economic and social conditions point to a change of leadership in Russia, but a triggering event is still on the horizon for Putin. ## [Ensuring Offshore Infrastructure Protection Keeps Pace with Growth](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/ensuring-offshore-infrastructure-protection-keeps-pace-growth) _2026-08-09 · Commander Alexander Westley,\[object Object\] · RUSI: Latest Commentary_ Offshore energy infrastructure is being built at pace, led by offshore wind and electrical interconnectors, but the security architecture needs to keep up. ## [Instrumentalised Migration and Russia’s ‘Disposable Agents’](https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/instrumentalised-migration-and-russias-disposable-agents) _2026-08-05 · Zoe Neiman,\[object Object\] · RUSI: Latest Commentary_ Instrumentalised migration and Russia’s recruitment of disposable agents exploit the same European weakness: treating deniable acts of coercion as isolated rather than as elements of a wider campaign.