Tom Keatinge

London, Security

Director, Centre for Finance & Security @CFS_RUSI & @RUSI_org. ‘White collar vigilante and poacher-turned-gamekeeper’ per @TheEconomist. Views my own.

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National Security Strategy: RUSI Reaction

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.
Tapped Out: It is Time to Revisit Oil Sanctions on Russia

1 month ago | rusi.org | Tom Keatinge

Despite the G7’s efforts, oil revenue is still filling the Kremlin’s coffers. A new approach to restricting Russian income is needed. Discussions about Russia’s shadow fleet dominate the G7 sanctions community as the country’s oil continues to flow and vessels are suspected of systematically damaging critical undersea cable infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere.
How to use Russia’s central bank assets for Ukraine

2 months ago | politico.eu | Tom Keatinge

Tom Keatinge is director for the Centre for Finance & Security at RUSI. Kinga Redlowska is head of the Centre for Finance & Security at RUSI Europe. As the international dialogue on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters a new chapter, so too must our thinking on how to support Ukraine in its valiant defense of its territorial integrity, and of Europe too.
Fighting Financial Crime is Central to Ukraine’s Future

Mar 4, 2025 | rusi.org | Tom Keatinge |Kinga Redlowska

In the swirl of news and misinformation, and amidst the sound and fury surrounding Ukraine over the last month, one constant remains. Ukraine needs to continue its journey to secure the integrity of its financial system to combat corruption, confiscate the proceeds of crime and ensure every cent invested in Ukraine’s future is put to work. Nothing should distract the country from this mission.
Trump’s Russia sanctions might be what finally works

Jan 28, 2025 | msn.com | Tom Keatinge

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Trump’s Russia sanctions might be what finally works

Jan 28, 2025 | kyivindependent.com | Tom Keatinge

Just one week into his presidency, U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted at his approach to U.S. sanctions on Russia.
A New Frontier: Organised Immigration Crime and UK Sanctions

Jan 21, 2025 | rusi.org | Tom Keatinge |Kathryn Westmore

Tom Keatinge and Kathryn Westmore7 Minute ReadThe UK government has announced a new sanctions regime targeting organised immigration crime. How does it ensure these new sanctions have teeth?
Foreword

Dec 1, 2024 | globalinvestigationsreview.com | Tom Keatinge

The past three years have seen a radical shift in the use of and – importantly – expectations placed on sanctions, in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, notably by the sanctions community in Europe. What was once a messaging tool, deployed by Brussels and London to demonstrate European values in response to human rights abusers and other transgressors of global norms and standards, has gained a central role in regional security.
Opinion: With Trump back, Europe can’t afford to guess on sanctions against Russia

Nov 18, 2024 | kyivindependent.com | Tom Keatinge

The implications of Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House on Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine are being minutely dissected. Will he deliver on his boast that he can end the war within 24 hours? How will he do that — if he can? At what cost to the long-suffering citizens of Ukraine? And how should Ukraine’s European allies anticipate and respond to whatever the new president — with all his unpredictability — chooses to do?
Building a shared finance and security vision between Britain and Europe

Sep 10, 2024 | politico.eu | Tom Keatinge |Kinga Redlowska

Tom Keatinge is director for the Centre for Finance & Security at RUSI. Kinga Redlowska is head of the Centre for Finance & Security at RUSI Europe. The increasingly unstable global geopolitical landscape, coupled with the risk of America turning to isolationism, requires Europe to stand united and fashion true cooperation.