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    Programme of events

    RUSI is the podium of choice for world leaders and senior policy makers, and is ideally placed to attract high-quality speakers and participants at its events. These vary in size and format from set-piece lectures to conferences and seminars.
     
    JULIAN MILLER CBMembers' Event: Whitehall Dialogue - Responding to International Military Crises 15:45, 17 Feb 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A presentation by Julian Miller CB, Deputy National Security Adviser, Cabinet Office. The UK National Security Strategy published in October 2010, identified an international military crisis as one of the top tier risks facing the UK. Julian Miller will consider how this judgement looks fourteen months on and will outline the way the National Security Council has responded to unfolding events, including in Libya.
    Ian Passingham 2Members' Event: The Soviet Experience and Lessons Learned From the Use of Battlefield Helicopters in Afghanistan: 1979-1989 12:45, 22 Feb 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    Ian Passingham will discuss the use of Soviet battlefield helicopters and air assault tactics in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. He will consider lessons learned as a result of the Soviet campaign that has an enduring relevance to battlefield helicopter operations today and to future conflict.
    Edward LucasMembers' Event: Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West 13:00, 6 Mar 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    Edward Lucas, International Editor, The Economist, will discuss issues from east-west espionage during the cold-war to modern Russian spying.
    Iran Discussion Panel ImageMembers' Members' Discussion Panel - Collision Course: Iran and the West 18:00, 8 Mar 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    Once again, the possibility of military intervention in Iran looms large as tensions increase among a concert of western countries over its nuclear activities and refusal to comply with UN Security Council resolutions. To seek answers and debate what should be done about the Iranian dilemma, this discussion panel gathers three prominent experts to assess Iran's actions and its intentions, and will lay out possible responses from the UK and the international community.
    Dr Andrew SentanceMembers' Event: Whitehall Dialogue - UK Economic Security and the Challenges of the ‘New Global Economy’ 15:45, 9 Mar 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A presentation by Dr Andrew Sentance, Senior Economic Adviser, PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his presentation, Dr Sentance will review the changing global economic scene and discuss how the UK can stabilise and secure its economic livelihood in an increasingly volatile global economic environment.
    Nigel WhiteheadMembers' Under 35 Forum: Britain’s changing defence industrial reality 18:30, 20 Mar 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    At the second ‘Privatissimum’ Nigel Whitehead will examine Britain’s changing defence industrial reality that appears to be driven by global, regional, state and local levels of identity, at which defence manufacturing, service and advisory companies conceive and present themselves. He will particularly address the potential contrast between defence companies’ two roles as national assets and global companies.
    Major General Ret Julian ThompsonMembers' Event: Members’ Lecture - Reflections on the Falklands War, 1982 13:00, 12 Apr 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Major General (Ret) Julian Thompson CB OBE, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College London. The Falklands War, 1982 remains the most recent external conflict fought by the UK without any allied states. Argentina has asserted that the Falkland Islands are Argentinian territory since the 19th century and, as of 2012, shows no sign of relinquishing its claim. In his lecture, Major General Thompson will reflect on the Falklands War.
    Ahmed RashidMembers' Event: RUSI Under 35 Forum: Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West 13:00, 18 Apr 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    Ahmed Rashid will discuss with the RUSI Under 35 Forum his new book Pakistan on the Brink: The future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West.
    The Afghan SolutionMembers' Event: Why the Peace Plan Offered by Abdul Haq Remains the West's Only Way Out of Afghanistan 13:00, 19 Apr 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Lucy Morgan Edwards, former Political Advisor to the EU Ambassador in Kabul. Based on her own experience of the war in Afghanistan, Lucy Morgan Edwards will discuss how a solution to the war was lost and why it matters today.
    Admiral George Zambellas DSCMembers' Event: Gallipoli Memorial Lecture - Catching the Tide: Operations Above the High Water Mark 13:00, 14 May 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    Admiral George Zambellas DSC, Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Commander Allied Maritime Command Northwood, will consider what the lessons of Gallipoli can tell us about the future of maritime operations. In his lecture, he will assess how the maritime flank can best be exploited to support land forces in an increasingly complex battlespace.
    Professor Eric GroveMembers' Event: Military History Lecture - The Midway Paradox: Carrier Victory - Carrier Defeat 12:45, 7 Jun 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Professor Eric Grove, Professor of Naval History and Director of the Centre for International Security and War Studies at the University of Salford. In his lecture, Professor Grove will discuss how the Battle for Midway demonstrated not only the potential but also the weaknesses of the contemporary aircraft carrier. He will assess the dynamics of carrier warfare in 1942 and how the inherent weaknesses as well as the strengths of the carrier ensured decisive American victory.
    Gordon CoreraMembers' Event: The Art of Betrayal: Life and Death in the British Secret Service 13:00, 14 Jun 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Gordon Corera, Security Correspondent, BBC News. Gordon Corera will look at the evolution of British intelligence and particularly MI6 from the end of World War Two to the present - examining where fact meets fiction. He will draw on individual stories to look at how MI6 has undergone a dramatic transformation from a gung-ho, amateurish organisation to its modern, no less controversial, incarnation.
    Monty and Rommel: Parallel LivesMembers' Military History Lecture - Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives 12:45, 11 Oct 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Dr Peter Caddick-Adams TD PhD FRHistS, Lecturer in Military and Security Studies, UK Defence Academy. In his lecture, Dr Caddick-Adams will trace Montgomery and Rommel's lives from their provincial upbringings, through to them facing each other across the trenches in the First World War, and to North Africa and Europe in the second. He will compare their tactical talents and personalities in battle and explore their natural instinctive feel for combat.
    Operation TorchMembers' Military History Lecture - Operation ‘Torch’ and the Approaching Shipping Crisis, 1942 12:45, 8 Nov 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
    A lecture by Dr Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones MBE PhD MA FRHistS FRSA, Historian, Naval Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence. Operation 'Torch', launched on 8 November 1942, was the most ambitious Allied amphibious landing yet attempted. In his lecture, Dr Llewellyn-Jones will assess how Britain was able to ensure sufficient imports to sustain her industry and population while, simultaneously, providing the military forces necessary to take the offensive to the enemy. He will focus specifically on the control of shipping, import and stock levels and measures to defeat the U-boat.
     
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