📢 And watch this space for more research and analysis coming out of this work, with a series of synthesis papers from kicking off soon! New papers on Russia, China, Iran, DPRK, cyber, organised crime, illicit finance, information manipulation, proliferation beyond the West, concepts and more.

5/5

4. Shape a coherent, comprehensive and prioritised set of responses
5. Take an approach based on partnership, both domestically and internationally.

Lots of implications for the UK's new National Security Strategy #NSS2025 and beyond.

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The note also sets out 5 implications for future policy, based on @matthewrr.bsky.social's research:

1. Avoid wishful thinking and ignorance when assessing threats & vulnerabilities
2. Understand opponents' thinking
3. Ask whether the current resilience-focused model of response is enough

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The briefing note sets out:

- what state threats are
- why we seem to be having a state threats 'moment'
- mapping state threats across covert & clandestine measures, origins and execution, patterns of activity & motives
- novelty and effectiveness of state threats
- state threats futures.

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@samibensassi.bsky.social and other colleagues at the University of Birmingham have a new SOC ACE research project on the role of global trade hubs in #smuggling along the ‘new Silk Road’.

For more info on this project see - www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/smu... 👇

This episode features Mariana Botero, Felipe Botero and Juanita Duran.

To find out more about the research project go to www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/32-... 👇

SOC ACE Research Programme project website: www.socace-research.org.uk/projects/32-...

Team in the podcast: 🤩
Felipe Botero, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Juantia Duran, Laboratorio de Justicia y Política Criminal
Kyle Johnson, Conflict Responses