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RUSI is the podium of choice for world leaders and senior policymakers, 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.
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188th RUSI Annual General Meeting
18 July 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
AGENDAThe agenda is available to download below.
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What makes a crime-terror nexus? Evidence from 11 EU countries
22 July 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
GLOBSEC has assembled a database of 350 individuals either arrested for terrorism offences, fugitives from justice, or attackers who died while staging terrorist attacks during 2015, a peak year of...
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HM Government Economic Crime Plan Publication
25 July 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
The ECSB commissioned officials to draw up a public-private action plan to tackle the threat posed by economic crime in all its forms.At this event officials will present the government’s agreed...
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Project Sandstone: On the Trail of the Tae Yang - AIS Spoofing and North Korean Coal Smuggling
01 August 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Project Sandstone is a new initiative looking to analyse and disrupt North Korean illicit shipping networks using Open Source Intelligence. Their latest report focuses on the Tae Yang, a DPRK flagged...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing - How People Radicalise: The Anatomy of Violent Extremism
11 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Today, the world is facing an unprecedented wave of violent extremism by non-state actors of various types. The causes, in whose name they are willing to kill and die, are very different (including...
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The Red Queen Problem: Technology Start-ups and National Security
12 September 2019, 8:30Technology start-ups have traditionally not been considered part of national defence – because technology within national defence has been provided by the government itself, or its major contractors...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing - Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70
18 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
As the world’s most successful alliance turns 70, it remains the cornerstone of UK defence. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was founded on April 4 in 1949, with its first headquarters...
RUSI Members Only
Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using persuasion rather than threats, that managed to recruit an...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing: Policing the UK in an Evolving Threat Landscape
09 October 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
In this briefing, Lord Hogan-Howe will discuss how UK policing needs to adapt to the changing nature of international security threats. He will also consider what reforms may be needed to ensure the...
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188th RUSI Annual General Meeting
18 July 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
AGENDAThe agenda is available to download below.
Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using...
Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
30 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Admiral Tony Radakin CB ADC was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019. Commissioned in 1990, his operational...
Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s
26 November 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Britain is facing unprecedented security challenges in the 2020s. The decade to come will not be as favourable as the two past decades. For...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 Conference
13 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Speakers will include:Madeleine Moon MP, President, NATO Parliamentary AssemblyDan Eliasson, Director-General, Swedish Civil Contingencies AgencyDamian Collins MP, Chairman, UK Parliament Digital,...
The English Job: Understanding Iran
10 July 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall
In 2001, Jack Straw became the first senior British government minister to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution and has developed a growing interest in the country ever since. His latest book examines Britain’s extraordinary and tangled relationship...
Lieutenant General Christian Badia on European Military Capability Development: A Way Forward
09 July 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Today, the European Union (EU) is facing a variety of challenges. In addition to internal restructuring, the enlargement of the EU or Brexit, there is a call for more European effort in the sector of security and defence as the world is facing new...
Breakfast Briefing - Money Laundering and the Markets
04 July 2019, 8:15Money laundering and the related responses from government authorities have, for some time, been viewed as areas dominated by policymakers and international organisations such as the Financial Action Task Force. More recently, as money laundering...
The UK in the Middle East: Strategy in a Changing Region
02 July 2019, 9:15RUSI Whitehall
Brexit will force the UK into a critical re-examination of its place on the international stage. This includes a reconsideration of the UK’s strategy in the Middle East. As tensions between the US and Iran are rising again, it vital to assess how...
Logistics and Total Defence: How Successful was Trident Juncture 2018?
01 July 2019, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
The Norwegian armed forces, which were responsible for planning all logistics and total defence and has just finished their evaluation of the exercise, will present the results of the evaluation in this invitation-only event.Trident Juncture 2018,...
Young Professionals in Defence - Summer Networking Reception
28 June 2019, 12:45You can now sign up to our collaborative Summer Networking Reception, held on 28th June.This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your network and to understand more about the wider opportunities available within the industry. The event is attended...
The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History Awards 2019
27 June 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The panel of judges have exceptionally this year awarded two medals: John Hussey and Helen Parr received prizes for their books, Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815 and Our Boys respectively. The winners emerged from a strong shortlist of authors writing...
Emerging Security Issues in the Horn of Africa
27 June 2019, 12:45RUSI Whitehall
RUSI’s National Security Studies group hosted a lecture with Amb. Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya since February 2018. Speaker biography Ambassador (Dr) Monica Juma is the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of...
Breakfast Briefing - UK Defence Reform
27 June 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has, since its inception, been subjected to almost continuous review. In 2011, Lord Levene issued his report into the structure and management of the MOD. The government accepted his findings and he has ceased his...
Finances of Cybercrime: State of Play
25 June 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Cyber-attacks of today attest to the extraordinary variety of methods used by cybercriminals, as well as the diversity of actors engaged in cybercrime. What unites many of them is their motivation, namely the pursuit of profit. This RUSI panel...
Roundtable Discussion with Danny Glaser
24 June 2019, 14:00RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies will host a roundtable discussion with Danny Glaser, former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes in the US Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence...
STRIKE: From Concept to Force
20 June 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
This is certainly the case with the British Army’s Strike Concept. The idea for a rapidly deployable, mobile force was inspired by France’s 2013 intervention in Mali. However, Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, and the subsequent NATO summit, led...
Peace in our time? A conversation with Dr Saeb Erekat
19 June 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The Palestinian people are still without a state, and the peace process with Israel has not moved forward in years. A proposed 'Deal of the Century' launched by the US Administration has been much talked about, but very little information has as to...
Understanding Domestic Corruption in the UK
18 June 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Despite the UK’s sustained focus on combatting corruption, the scale and types of domestic corruption in the UK remain poorly understood.UK anti-corruption policies have historically evolved to address potential UK involvement in overseas corruption...
New Technology and ‘Old’ Think Tanks
UAVs in the Middle East: Coming of Age
Kicking the Can Down the Road: The Law Commission’s Report on UK Anti-Money Laundering Law