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Have a look below for our take on recent developments in the worlds of export control and research security.
UK Export Control and Sanctions Symposium 2026
Oct 27: Economic security centre stage, end-use and end-user the key takeaways
Working together to navigate the grey-zone
Oct 2: How to reconcile research security and academic freedom in an era of global instability.
Calling all UK dual-use exporters: time to start thinking about the annual update to the export control list
Sep 24: Recently published proposals to update the EU’s dual-use control list offer clues to forthcoming changes to the corresponding UK list. What do they tell us, and what should dual-use exporters in the UK do?