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Previous Events
Event: Securing the State
13:00, 8 Nov 2011, RUSI
A lecture by Sir David Omand GCB, former Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, UK. In his lecture, Sir David will contend that while public security is vital for good government, the effects of bad government will result from failure to maintain the right relationship between justice, liberty, privacy, civic harmony and security measures.
Event: RUSI Somalia Roundtable
10:00, 7 Nov 2011, RUSI
In August 2011, the insurgent group al – Shabaab withdrew from Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu; a month later, Somalia’s leaders signed a Road Map which promised political reform, elections in 2012, and the possibility of a stable government. These events held the promise of a new era of security and stability for Somalia
Event: Military History Lecture - The Royal Air Force in France, May and June 1940
12:45, 2 Nov 2011, RUSI
A lecture by Christopher Finn MPhil FRAeS, Senior Air Power Lecturer (Operations), Air Power Studies Division, King's College London at the RAF College Cranwell. In his lecture, Christopher Finn will tell the story of the actions of the RAF in France in May and June 1940 and suggest that the British Air Forces in France, and latterly Fighter Command, made a significant contribution in that period to the RAF's success in the subsequent Battle of Britain.
Event: A Contest for Supremacy: China and America in Asia
13:00, 31 Oct 2011, RUSI
A lecture by Aaron L Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and former Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs and Director to the Vice President of the United States.
Conference: Finding a Better British Way to Make Strategy
08:30, 27 Oct 2011, RUSI
In recent months there has been some confusion among the senior political and military leadership in Britain, and in the civil service, about the precise meaning of ‘strategy’ and its relationship to ‘policy’
Event: Military History Lecture - The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1940-48: The Beginning of the End of Empire
12:45, 18 Oct 2011, RUSI
A lecture by James Barr, historian and author. Seventy years ago this year, a predominantly British force fought a short but bitter war against the Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon. By drawing on recently declassified papers from British and French archives, James Barr will bring this much overlooked clandestine struggle back to life and will reveal, for the first time, the spectacular way in which the French finally got their revenge.
Event: RUSI Meets the East
11:00, 17 Oct 2011, RUSI
A seminar discussion led by Dr Hiroyasu Akutsu, NIDS Visiting Fellow at RUSI. RUSI Meets the East: How the longest surviving defence and security policy think-tank has seen Japan since the 1860s”.
Event: Under 35 Forum - The Future of the Arab Spring
19:00, 13 Oct 2011, RUSI
A seminar discussion led by Dr Christian Turner, Director for the Middle East and North Africa in the Foreign Office. Exclusively for members of the Under 35 Forum, this seminar seeks to examine the recent pro-democracy movements in the Middle East, focussing on thoughts about the future of these movements, in particular the potential roles for the British Government.
Event: Whitehall Dialogue - Managing Complex Programmes
15:45, 13 Oct 2011, RUSI
Captain Jonathan Huxley, Team Leader for Strategic Development, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), will lead a Whitehall Dialogue on the use of systems thinking and social identity to manage complex programmes, particularly in the public sector.
Conference: Critical National Infrastructure Conference 2011
09:00, 12 Oct 2011, RUSI
The Coalition government’s National Security review and subsequent strategy have placed the protection of the UK’s CNI explicitly at the heart of government’s efforts to secure the UK. The first objective of the UK’s National Security Strategy is now to ‘…ensure a secure and resilient UK by protecting its people, economy and infrastructure.’ This renewed strategic emphasis on the CNI will be delivered through a variety of initiatives which, together, equal the most far reaching reform of CNI policy the UK has ever seen.
Event: Defence Science in the 21st Century - 'DISP Privatissimum’ for the RUSI Under 35 Forum
18:00, 11 Oct 2011, RUSI
The ‘DISP Privatissimum’ provides a small number of selected RUSI Under 35 Forum members and DISP invitees the opportunity to discuss key DIS topics with senior industrial, political and military decision makers.
Event: An Autumn Perspective on the Arab Spring
13:00, 10 Oct 2011, RUSI
A lecture by the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, UK. Douglas Alexander will look at how the Arab Spring has unfolded during the course of 2011 and give his assessments, both of strategic implications of events in the Middle East and North Africa and how Britain can work with countries in transition to promote Britain’s values and interests. He will look at the lessons that can be learnt for British policymaking in response to these unprecedented events and analyse the strengths and weaknesses in the Government’s approach.
Event: Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2011 - The Spirit of Lord Trenchard in an Age of Austerity
13:00, 30 Sep 2011, RUSI
The Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2011, delivered by Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Chief of Joint Operations, Permanent Joint Headquarters, UK. He examine Lord Trenchard’s legacy, and focus on how joint operations can maximise value in the national interest, with specific reference to the UK’s contribution to recent operations.
Event: Progress and Challenges to Transition in Afghanistan
13:00, 23 Sep 2011, RUSI
A discussion via video link with Lieutenant General William B Caldwell IV, Commander, NATO Training Mission and Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan.
Event: France and the UK - Partners in Defence and Security
13:00, 19 Sep 2011, RUSI
A lecture by His Excellency Mr Bernard Emié, Ambassador of France to the Court of St James’s. In his lecture, Ambassador Emié will discuss the significance of France’s strategic and historic partnership with the UK; from regional stability, trade and investment to counter-terrorism and reform of global international systems.
Conference: Palestinian Statehood? Security Implications for the Region
08:30, 7 Sep 2011, RUSI
The Royal United Services Institute has brought together experts from across the Middle East and beyond to discuss the impact of the Palestinian bid for statehood in September.
Event: The Strategic Importance of the Northern Region of Afghanistan: A German Perspective
11:00, 28 Jul 2011, RUSI
A lecture by Major General Hans-Werner Fritz, recently commander of ISAF Regional Command North, Afghanistan. In his lecture, Major General Fritz will highlight the strategic importance of the northern region for Afghanistan as a whole; explain the special nature of commanding a multinational staff comprising sixteen nations and of working alongside Afghan security forces.
Event: Under 35 Forum - Sir John Scarlett Seminar
18:30, 26 Jul 2011, RUSI
'Prospects for Intelligence' - An evening seminar discussion with Sir John Scarlett.
Event: RUSI Annual General Meeting
16:00, 21 Jul 2011, RUSI
The 180th Annual General Meeting of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies will be held at 16.00 on Thursday 21 July 2011.
Event: Military History Lecture - War and Civil Conflict in Asia, 1936-1956
12:45, 20 Jul 2011, RUSI
A lecture by Professor Sir Christopher Bayly FBA, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History and Fellow of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. The period 1936-1956 saw the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire and the beginning of the end of the British, French and Dutch empires across Asia. In his lecture, Professor Bayly will set out both the 'grand strategy' issues that informed these conflicts and will also consider the internal divisions which resulted in mass casualties and emigration. Without implying the existence of any simple historical connection, he will also consider how the events of that period created the conditions for some of today's most pressing political and military problems in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Burma, Malaya and Singapore.
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