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Previous Events
Event: Frontline Insights: Joint Helicopter Force Operations In A Counter- Insurgency
12:15, 10 Feb 2009, RUSI
The Royal United Services Institute is delighted to announce a forthcoming series of lunch-time presentations entitled ‘Front-line Insights’ at which unit commanders from recent operational deployments will share aspects of their personal experience of modern conflict.
Event: Military History Circle - Frontline Operations in Bosnia: A Commander's View
12:45, 6 Feb 2009, RUSI
A presentation by Brigadier Ben Barry OBE, Head, Streamlining Implementation, UK Ministry of Defence, on the challenges of military operations in the Balkans.
Event: Sir Mark Allen Lecture: Energy and the Middle East
18:00, 4 Feb 2009, RUSI
Sir Mark Allen will speak on the subject of 'Energy and the Middle East'. This is the third lecture in the RUSI/Mile End Group 'Politics and Energy' series.
Event: AMENDED: The Hamas-Israel War and Its Aftermath: Risks and Opportunities
13:00, 4 Feb 2009, RUSI
In this RUSI Middle East Forum, four Israeli scholars will provide their preliminary analysis of the violent confrontation between Hamas and Israel – the most recent phase of which began on 26 December 2008.
Event: RUSI Middle East Forum: The Crisis in Gaza
13:00, 21 Jan 2009, RUSI
***THIS EVENTS IS POSTPONED*** ***NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY*** Whichever way the current crisis in Gaza concludes, the role of Egypt will be central. A settlement between Israel and Hamas may not be successful. Nevertheless, it will presumably be better off than others in the past. Against this background, a great deal has been said of Egypt in the region and the potential role the country can play in ameliorating circumstances on the ground.
Event: Obama’s Inauguration: Symbolism and Change in Transatlantic Relations
13:00, 20 Jan 2009, RUSI
President Obama will be sworn into office on 20 January 2009 and all foreign governments will be watching. There has been much speculation in Europe surrounding President Obama’s future intentions for the ‘special relationship’ between the US and the UK and for transatlantic relations more generally. Many are hoping to see renewed attention to the Atlantic Alliance and a surge in American diplomacy.
Conference: Maritime Security: Strengthening International and Inter-Agency Co-operation
14:45, 19 Jan 2009, Wilton Park
Hosted by Wilton Park, RUSI and Wilton Park are producing together this critical event, which will take a high level look at the challenges in developing international and inter-agency co-operation to support the effective delivery of maritime security.
Hosted by Wilton Park, RUSI and Wilton Park are producing together this critical event, which will take a high level look at the challenges in developing international and inter-agency co-operation to support the effective delivery of maritime security.
Event: Military History Circle - Admirals: Command and Leadership Across Five Centuries
12:45, 16 Jan 2009, RUSI
A presentation by Professor Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, on British naval power and the evolution of naval command over time.
Event: After Bush: Can Liberal Internationalism Be Revived in the United States?
16:00, 14 Jan 2009, RUSI
Barack Obama’s election was welcomed in Europe as signifying a complete break with the Bush administration’s allegedly unilateralist foreign policy. Many Europeans hope that Bush’s foreign and security policies represented a temporary departure from America’s liberal internationalist tradition. Charles Kupchan disagrees. Far from representing an aberration, he argued that the Bush administration marked the end of the era in American foreign policy that married power with the pursuit of partnerships and legitimacy in international affairs.
Event: Frontline Insights: Infantry Operations in Southern Afghanistan
12:15, 13 Jan 2009, RUSI
The Royal United Services Institute is delighted to announce a forthcoming series of lunch-time presentations entitled ‘Front-line Insights’ at which unit commanders from recent operational deployments will share aspects of their personal experience of modern conflict.
Event: Whitehall Dialogue: Keeping the Lights On
12:45, 16 Dec 2008, RUSI
Presentation by Gordon Campbell, recently Chairman of British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) on the threats and solutions to energy security.
Event: Defence Project Management Seminar Series: Leadership In Collaborative Programme Management
09:00, 15 Dec 2008, RUSI
The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) identified long-term partnering arrangements and consortia as the key to ensuring the future health of the UK’s Defence Industrial Base. As the current size of the future equipment plan is not sufficient to sustain an array of competing industrial players, joint ventures, coupled with an emphasis on through-life support, should allow all factions access to dwindling financial resources. It is a case of collaboration or bankruptcy.
Emergency Response 2008
08:45, 11 Dec 2008, RUSI
Preparing for emergencies and managing the emergency when it happens is a multi-staged process, with each stage being vital to the success of the operation. The ability to make effective emergency plans is dependent on realistic and relevant training. All the responder agencies need to know what resources are available, how these resources can be integrated and consolidated, and how their organisations will work together on the day.
RUSI Middle East Forum - The Second Iraqi State: Prospects and Challenges
13:00, 8 Dec 2008, RUSI
The first Iraqi state, midwifed by the British, was born in 1921 and was destroyed in 2003 with the US-led invasion and occupation of the country. Between these times, Iraqis more or less ran the country, but ultimately with disastrous consequences for state and society.
The first Iraqi state, midwifed by the British, was born in 1921 and was destroyed in 2003 with the US-led invasion and occupation of the country. Between these times, Iraqis more or less ran the country, but ultimately with disastrous consequences for state and society.
Event: Taiwan's New Security Predicament
09:30, 2 Dec 2008, RUSI
In recent weeks, China and Taiwan have reached historic milestones during an unprecedented thaw in the eight-year deep freeze in relations between Beijing and Taipei. By comparison with nervous uncertainty across the Taiwan Strait early this year there are now high expectations for continued rapprochement.
Event: Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture and RUSI Christmas Party
17:30, 1 Dec 2008, RUSI
Lecture by Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK Ministry of Defence followed by the RUSI Christmas Party.
Conference: Defence in the Round: The United Kingdom’s Needs, Priorities and Resources
09:00, 27 Nov 2008, RUSI
The aim of this conference is to establish the nature of the United Kingdom’s actual military strategy, as opposed to the broadly stated defence policy, and to examine how this strategy can be effectively delivered.
Event: RUSI Book Launch: 'Changing the Dinosaur’s Spots: The Battle to Reform UK Defence Acquisition' by Bill Kincaid
17:00, 25 Nov 2008, RUSI
RUSI Book Launch: Changing the Dinosaur’s Spots: The Battle to Reform UK Defence Acquisition By Bill Kincaid Foreword by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, and cartoons by Jim Potts
Event: Whitehall Dialogue: Going Global in the Defence and Security Business
12:45, 25 Nov 2008, RUSI
Presentation by Richard Paniguian, Head of the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation on the key features of the defence and security export market and the UK’s global position over the last ten years and the factors that are likely to influence the future market.
Conference: Unfolding Instability in Kashmir- A Blind Spot in Regional Security?
09:30, 24 Nov 2008, RUSI
The Kashmir Region has been afflicted recently by a rapid upsurge in civil violence. On the military front, exchanges of fire across the Line of Control have increased significantly, threatening to escalate into a broader scale confrontation between India and Pakistan. There are few signs of an impending resolution to the Kashmir dispute despite recent confidence-building measures and local leaders remain embroiled in a vicious cycle of distrust, fear and recrimination.
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