http://rusi.org/ web@rusi.org en-us Copyright 2012 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4E39312A424D1/ A new Lloyd's report in co-operation with RUSI examines how insurers and key stakeholders can work together to improve flood resilience, response and recovery. 2011-08-03 12:33:01 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4E205B813140D/ The government's latest counter-terrorism strategy once again places an importance on the interoperability of the police and other agencies to respond to emergencies such as terrorist attacks. Yet, without placing a proper framework, and with constrained finances, it will be difficulty to see how interoperability will be achieved. 2011-07-15 16:25:15 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4DB28636937C1/ With hundreds of thousands of people lining up the streets and millions watching the televised event around the world, it is no wonder that policing the Royal Wedding will be seen as a valuable and precious security test ahead of the Olympics next year. In particular, many will watch closely how effectively stretched police resources will be managed and maximised. 2011-04-23 09:04:18 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4DAFF31C8930E/ Without a dedicated Minister for the Emergency Services, the forthcoming recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into 7 July 2005 London bombings are unlikely be implemented in full, claims a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). 2011-04-21 10:04:38 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4D400EF3D8173/ RUSI is pleased to announce the publication of this White Paper, which presents 'the case for a capability and consequence-based approach to resilience and emergency planning.' 2010-12-12 12:00:00 http://rusi.org/news/ref:N4CEE6F57303E0/ Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson gave a speech at RUSI on 'Building National Resilience'. The Commissioner said that, whilst several significant threats to UK security have been disrupted since 9/11, the threat from terrorism is a persistent and constantly changing landscape that the police, security services and public must work together to address. 2010-11-24 14:00:00 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CD43BD23C68D/ The recent bomb scare attributed to Al-Qa’ida has highlighted the need for a better co-ordinated and regulated air cargo screening process. 2010-11-05 17:16:18 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CD02CAD4E364/ The current press coverage of the 7/7 Inquest has undermined real progress made by the emergency services since July 2005. We must guard against expecting the impossible of our emergency services and concentrate instead on how they can be maintained amid impending cuts. 2010-11-02 15:22:27 http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4CBC151456671/ The 7/7 inquests will have to answer not only whether the attacks could have been prevented, but whether the bombings’ victims could have survived 2010-10-18 10:36:24 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4CC0291D5A362/ The thwarted ‘Mumbai-style’ attacks at key European cities underline the need for even greater European counter-terrorism co-operation. 2010-10-14 12:00:00 http://rusi.org/publications/journal/ref:A4BDAEE0E2F971/ Reform of current UK policing structure is well overdue. Forces should be merged to increase national co-ordination and the Association of Chief Police Officers needs to be independently reviewed 2010-04-30 15:54:12 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C4A66E108F204F/ The threat level to the UK from international terrorism has been reduced from ‘severe’ to ‘substantial’: the lowest it has been for more than four years. The move suggests there is cautious confidence within the security agencies. 2009-07-22 10:57:17 http://rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C468A125C1E6E1/ In the early hours of Friday 29 June 2007 a sharp-eyed paramedic, attending an incident at a central London nightclub, reported a suspect vehicle to the Metropolitan Police. 2007-07-03 10:17:09 http://rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A459BB8BB5A995/ Criminal prosecution is central to the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. But its commitment is strangely ambivalent. This is most readily exhibited in relation to the use of intercept communications, currently inadmissible in the criminal justice system. 2007-01-03 14:07:57