Dan Marks

3 days ago | rusi.org | Elijah Glantz |Louise Marie Hurel |Tom Keatinge |Dan Marks |Neil Melvin |Matthew Savill

Neil Melvin, Director, International Security, RUSIThe National Security Strategy (NSS), which comes hot on the heels of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), and folds in several other reviews launched since Labour came to power – including a China audit and a review of AUKUS – presents a dizzying picture of the UK facing a world of increased threats, far-reaching global economic, political and technological changes, growing risks, and with many of the certainties of the past under question.

1 week ago | rusi.org | Dan Marks

Geopolitical shocks continue to impact the oil market as prices spike in response to the Israel-Iran conflict. With the US mulling an attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordow, the Strait of Hormuz is one of Iran’s few remaining deterrents. The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz is well worn. Roughly 15 million bbls/day crude oil pass through the strait and another 5 million bbls/day of petroleum products: 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption.

Feb 10, 2025 | rusi.org | Dan Marks

Dan Marks10 Minute ReadA tension emerges in all policy conversations about China in the UK: is a strategy possible that accommodates both China as a risk and threat and China as an investor and trade partner? In energy, this tension is being exploited to undermine support for the government’s strategy. The reality is that there are no risk-free energy pathways.

Jun 3, 2024 | rusi.org | Dan Marks

Whoever wins the election on 4 July will inherit an energy industry where implementation is deteriorating and the UK is at risk of falling behind its peers, despite significant progress in decarbonising the electricity sector.

Dec 8, 2023 | rusi.org | René Balletta |Sidharth Kaushal |Dan Marks

A more dramatic escalation that would likely have deeper and more widespread consequences would be an attack on one of the major pipelines carrying gas from Norway to mainland Europe or the UK. Such an attack would be significantly more challenging than an attack on the Baltic Pipe because of the potential requirement for the use of bespoke capabilities owned and operated by the GUGI, which Western navies likely pay a considerable degree of attention to.