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Previous Events
Event: Hard Choices, Sharpened Resolve: Renewed Mutual Purpose
13:00, 27 Oct 2010, RUSI
A lecture by His Excellency Mr Louis B. Susman, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Court of St. James’s. In his lecture, Ambassador Susman will explore the use of smart power in an era of global politics, reflecting the recognition that in today’s world ‘all politics are global’.
Workshop: The Duke of Gloucester Lecture Series: Flood Risk and the Built Environment.
17:45, 20 Oct 2010, University of Worcester
An expert panel discussion of flood risk issues and their impact on the community, in the presence of HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GVCO.
General Petraeus and Ambassador Sedwill: The International Mission in Afghanistan
11:00, 15 Oct 2010, RUSI
General David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Mark Sedwell delivered speeches at RUSI today concerning the ongoing International Mission in Afghanistan and why there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of this long running campaign.
Conference: The Future of Critical National Infrastructure - The View to 2015
09:30, 13 Oct 2010, RUSI
In the last four years, amid rapidly growing interest in the subject, the most senior officials from across government, and the most influential leaders from the private sector, have all recognised RUSI’s CNI conferences as the most important forum for public discussion of the subject.
Members' Event - Stabilisation in Sangin
18:30, 12 Oct 2010, RUSI
A presentation by Colonel Nick Kitson, former Commanding Officer of Third Battalion, The Rifles, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Head, former Chief of Staff, and Mark Beautement and Phil Weatherill, Stabilisation Unit advisers. Improved security in Sangin has enabled significant progress to be made in governance, economic development and infrastructure in the district. Whilst the discourse of ‘civilian-military relations’ is often discussed at a strategic level, this seminar will examine what happens on the ground, and what is achieved when military commanders, stabilisation advisers and others work in concert.
Event: Military History Lecture - The Battle of Britain: A Reassessment
12:45, 8 Oct 2010, RUSI
A lecture by James Holland, writer and historian of the Second World War. Seventy years after the Battle of Britain, James Holland will argue the battle is viewed predominantly through the narrow prism of the Allied experience, and particularly the perspective of RAF Fighter Command. He will make a case that not only should the battle be seen as a bigger, wider clash between Britain and Germany, but one in which the stakes were even higher than has more recently been claimed.
Event: Whitehall Dialogue - The Defence Vetting Agenda for the 21st Century
15:45, 6 Oct 2010, RUSI
A presentation by Jacky Ridley, Chief Executive, Defence Vetting Agency, Ministry of Defence, UK. In her presentation, Jacky Ridley will discuss how the DVA has developed to become the single largest national security vetting organisation in the UK, providing vetting for about 150,000 applications annually. She will focus on the background to defence vetting in the context of shared services, e-transformation and future challenges in the current economic and security climate.
Event: RUSI Whitehall Paper Launch Event - ‘Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean: Promoting Co-operation, Preventing Conflict’
17:00, 4 Oct 2010, RUSI
Professor Paul Berkman will be discussing his Whitehall Paper ‘‘Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean: Promoting Co-operating, Preventing Conflict’ and inviting questions on this issue which is rapidly rising the global strategic agenda.
Professor Paul Berkman will be discussing his Whitehall Paper ‘‘Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean: Promoting Co-operating, Preventing Conflict’ and inviting questions on this issue which is rapidly rising the global strategic agenda.
Event: Military History Lecture - Reassessing the British Army in the Second World War
12:45, 27 Sep 2010, RUSI
A lecture by Professor Gary Sheffield, Chair of War Studies, University of Birmingham. The British army of the Second World War is beginning to undergo the same sort of academically rigorous analysis that over the last quarter century has transformed views on its predecessor of 1914-18. In his lecture, Professor Sheffield will place the experience of the British army of 1939-45 into the wider context of the war and British military history. Building upon recent scholarly research, he will reassess the British army in this conflict and examine such topics as morale, combat effectiveness and generalship.
Event: RUSI Whitehall Paper Launch Event - Preparing for Peace: Britain’s Contribution and Capabilities
13:00, 24 Sep 2010, RUSI
Based on interviews with civil servants from across the UK government, senior military officers, politicians, academics and NGO experts, RUSI’s latest Whitehall Paper, Preparing for Peace: Britain’s Contribution and Capabilities, examines the impact of reforms and initiatives over the past thirteen years and the challenges that remain.
Event: Take Me Back to Constantinople - How Byzantium, not Rome, can help preserve Pax Americana
12:30, 22 Sep 2010, RUSI
A lecture by Edward Luttwak, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC) and author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire. In this lecture, Edward Luttwak will discuss strategy, intelligence and diplomacy from an historical perspective and will draw on a number of insights the US would do well to heed if it wishes to remain a great power.
Conference: The Future Defence Review: The Armed Forces and The British People - What Needs to be Done?
08:15, 22 Sep 2010, RUSI
This is the final event in RUSI’s series of Future Defence Review (FDR) conferences prior to the publication of the 2010 Strategic Security and Defence Review (SDSR). If the SDSR and subsequent reforms are to deliver real change as promised, the implications for the men and women of the Armed Forces, their families and the people they serve are vast. The timelines for the review is so short that there is little opportunity for public discussion.
Conference: Global Leadership Forum 2010 - Building Strategic Partnerships for Global Security
08:15, 17 Sep 2010, RUSI
Few issues in UK foreign and security policy are more important than the UK’s relationship with the United States, and yet the relationship was hardly discussed at all during the General Election campaign and the first few weeks of the Coalition Government. Recent speeches by Liam Fox and William Hague suggest that British foreign policy under the new Government will be pragmatic, ambitious and activist, and that the relationship with the US will remain central to UK security policies.
Event: Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2010 - Air, Space and Cyber Power: Strategic Choice and Operational Necessity
13:00, 16 Sep 2010, RUSI
The Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2010, to be given by Air Chief Marshal Simon Bryant, Commander-in-Chief Air Command, Royal Air Force, will examine air, space and cyber power in the context of operational choice and strategic necessity.
Event: The Future of Policing
13:00, 10 Sep 2010, RUSI
Sir Hugh Orde OBE QPM, President, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), will discuss the future of policing with Margaret Gilmore, Senior Research Fellow, RUSI. This meeting will incorporate discussion on the challenges of policing in the the twenty-first century; from force mergers, funding and new government policing policies to dealing with emergencies and police/industry partnerships.
Event: Command in Helmand
13:00, 8 Sep 2010, RUSI
Rescheduled date. A lecture by Major General Gordon Messenger DSO* OBE, Strategic Communications Officer, Ministry of Defence. In his lecture, Major General Messenger will reflect on the challenges facing those leading joint operations in Southern Afghanistan at Brigade level. As a recent British Commander of Task Force Helmand on Op HERRICK 9, he will discuss how the joint approach across military, civilian, governmental and international lines is vital to the success of the mission in Afghanistan.
Event: Failing Intelligence: How We Were Led to War in Iraq
13:00, 1 Sep 2010, RUSI
A lecture by Dr Brian Jones, former Head of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Section, Defence Intelligence Staff, UK. In his lecture, Dr Jones will discuss how and why Tony Blair and George W Bush, using distorted and exaggerated intelligence, persuaded their legislatures and their electorates that Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and was therefore a threat. He will examine the evidence of the various inquiries, including the most recent Chilcot Inquiry, and compare it to the reality that he knew.
Workshop: Perspectives on the Military Use of Space
17:30, 22 Jul 2010, RUSI
Short lectures by Brigadier General John Hyten, Director, Space Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force and the UK's Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre to look at the development of the military use of space assets.
Event: Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
13:00, 22 Jul 2010, RUSI
His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, presented the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture. The Lecture is an annual presentation on African issues by key policy makers. It is held in partnership with the Brenthurst Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Royal United Services Institute.
Event: Members’ Event - Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - Murder and Mayhem 1909-1939
18:00, 19 Jul 2010, RUSI
Michael Smith will discuss the first volume of his new book – Six: A History of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - Murder and Mayhem 1909-1939, an unofficial history of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) – with Professor Peter Hennessy.
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