The Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI
@CFS_RUSI

Specialising in the intersection between finance and global security Bluesky: cfs-rusi.bsky.social

 London, England
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Joined May 2015
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🚨New commentary alert! @NeilBarnett warns that crypto-enabled money laundering could expand the “attack surface” for election interference – and that the UK can’t just copy-paste old political finance rules onto crypto donations. Read the article here: rusi.org/explore-our-researc… And more on our crypto donations work: rusi.org/explore-our-researc… @rowenamason @beckyrmorton @DavidPBMaddox @masonboyo @tomburgis

UK Election Security is Threatened by Political Money Laundering via Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency increases the ‘attack surface’ for electoral interference. The UK government’s focus is too narrow.

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Everyone is asking: “Should political parties accept crypto donations?” Wrong question.
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If the UK can’t reliably trace fiat donations today, we definitely can’t detect crypto-enabled influence tomorrow.
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The answer? We need a time-limited moratorium, not a ban, on crypto donations – a pause to build the safeguards our democracy needs. @keatingetom @Masonboyowen
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💥 How useful is the FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report? Host @keatingetom, along with CFS Associate Fellows @JessMarinDavis and Stephen Reimer discuss. Apple: bit.ly/483VnwS Spotify: bit.ly/4i6AMwE
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New project alert: 'Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics' will benchmark the UK’s current and proposed digital political finance frameworks against international practice, highlight vulnerabilities, propose targeted reforms. Generously funded by @JRRT1904 rusi.org/news-and-comment/ru… 1/3

CFS Launches Project on Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics

The Centre for Finance and Security's new project examines the risk of opaque, foreign or malign influence entering UK politics through cryptocurrency donations.

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The project will be supported by a series of events, with its findings published in a research report next year. 💡 But here are some first thoughts for the @FinancialTimes this week (£): ft.com/content/c01c35b6-01b8… 2/3

Politics should not apply cash-era laws to crypto donations

The UK government’s elections bill risks importing analogue assumptions into a digital threat landscape

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Get in touch if you want to know more! @annairrera @bspeed8 @strack_ben @CatNeilan @emilyjnicolle @MsHannahMurphy @PickardJE @josiahmortimer @kiranstacey @LucyGJWhite @OKnightCrypto @rowenamason @Sebsinclair1989 @_simonchandler_ @williamheasman /END
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As @POLITICOEurope reports, the EU is stepping up its focus on Russia's shadow fleet: bit.ly/3Ji2JV7

EU seeks to boost powers to board Russian shadow fleet vessels, document shows

The bloc also considers “targeting the provision of logistical support to shadow fleet vessels,” according to EEAS document seen by POLITICO.  

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..and recently published a study on how flag registries can play a greater role in securing the integrity of maritime sanctions: bit.ly/4orOSdV @keatingetom @gonzalosaizer

Countering Shadow Fleet Activity through Flag State Reform

The shadow fleets of Russia, Iran and North Korea are in the international spotlight, but efforts to counter their operations will fail while these vessels can so easily obtain new flags.

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Get in touch if you are interested in hearing more about our work: @thomas_m_wilson, @OilSheppard, @polinaivanovva, @xtophercook, @JavierBlas, @JLeeEnergy, @SamChambers, @apsyrtus, @NilsenThomas, @skaalmo, @jacopobarigazzi, @victor__jack, @gabrielcsgavin, @LloydsList, @tradewindsnews, @Splash_247, @Mar_Ex, @ShippingWatch
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New #STRpodcast: Crypto and Sanctions Circumvention @elisethoma5 @Cen4infoRes speaks with @keatingetom about her new report detailing the murky world of A7 and its rouble-backed stablecoin ‘A7/A5’. Listen and subscribe: Apple: bit.ly/4ndhgiJ Spotify: bit.ly/42JsjJg
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New #STR Podcast: Economic Statecraft and Economic Security in Global Affairs Kimberly Donovan @KDonovan_AC @AtlanticCouncil, talks to host @redlowska about the important differences between economic security and economic statecraft. 🎧 Listen and subscribe: Apple: bit.ly/4mOB1gw Spotify: bit.ly/42UO0WQ
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The Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI retweeted
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The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia risks symbolism over strategy without real enforcement, warns @redlowska, head of @CFS_RUSI at @RUSIEurope, in our interview. Read the full Q&A by Margherita Dalla Vecchia: buff.ly/L9lWLXm
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New #STR - Strategising the Use of Sanctions: in Conversation with @wallyadeyemo The former US Deputy Treasury Secretary speaks with host @keatingetom and argues that the effective use of sanctions requires clear objectives and outcomes, multilateral coordination, and rigorous enforcement, and that their overuse can have unintended consequences. 🎧 Listen and subscribe Apple: bit.ly/46yFPAG Spotify: bit.ly/3W49IUq
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ICYMI: Teaching the Business & Art of Sanctions Circumvention If universities in the West teach courses on sanctions & economic warfare, we shouldn’t be surprised by the emergence of a parallel world teaching the art of circumvention, writes @keatingetom bit.ly/3JnGAo7
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