OPEN TO ALL: RUSI and the Victoria Cross in the First World War
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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.
BY INVITATION ONLY: Cyber Competition Scenario Planning
25 July 2017, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Cyber 9/12 is a cyber policy and strategy competition run in conjunction with Cabinet Office, National Cyber Security Centre, RUSI and the Atlantic Council. The competition challenges teams of...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin
26 July 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Founded by Catherine the Great in 1783, the maritime city of Sevastopol has been fought over for centuries. Crucial battles of the Crimean War were fought on the hills surrounding the city and the...
OPEN TO ALL: RUSI and the Victoria Cross in the First World War
27 July 2017, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
In August 2014 RUSI published the RUSI Roll of Honour, containing the names of over 500 members of the institute who perished between 1914 and 1918.As part of RUSI’s programme of activities to mark...
History, The Great WarOPEN TO ALL: Technology and Future Combat Conference
02 August 2017, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
Human free warfare, and human-machine combat teaming, has been the subject of a good deal of discussion over the past ten years making the transition from science fiction to fielded capability. To...
TechnologyRUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Keir Starmer on the Implications of Brexit
08 September 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In his lecture, Keir will consider the wide ranging policy implications for the United Kingdom of leaving the European Union.BiographyThe Rt Hon Keir Starmer QC MP has served since 2015 as the Labour...
Assuring Access to Space Conference 2017
13 September 2017, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
'We are playing catch up on Space and if we take much more time in doing so, we will be left behind'General Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence (June 2017) Military...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Making Africa Work - A Handbook for Economic Success
13 September 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The handbook tackles some of the biggest challenges to face the next generation, including the anticipated doubling of sub-Saharan Africa’s population within the next generation, the shift from rural...
Resilience Conference 2017
20 September 2017, 9:00Ensuring the resilience of the UK is an increasingly complex imperative as threats diversify and interact with each other. Organised together with Loughborough University, this conference will...
Global Security Issues, Climate Security, NATO, Resilience, CyberRUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2017
04 October 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The next eight years represent a continuing period of fundamental yet exciting change for the Royal Air Force as they adapt the way they are organised, both in the UK and on operations. Against a...
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RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin
26 July 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Founded by Catherine the Great in 1783, the maritime city of Sevastopol has been fought over for centuries. Crucial battles of the Crimean...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Keir Starmer on the Implications of Brexit
08 September 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In his lecture, Keir will consider the wide ranging policy implications for the United Kingdom of leaving the European Union.BiographyThe...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Making Africa Work - A Handbook for Economic Success
13 September 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The handbook tackles some of the biggest challenges to face the next generation, including the anticipated doubling of sub-Saharan Africa’s...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2017
04 October 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The next eight years represent a continuing period of fundamental yet exciting change for the Royal Air Force as they adapt the way they...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Stephen Lovegrove on Managing the UK Ministry of Defence
22 November 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In his lecture, Stephen will discuss the challenges of managing the Ministry of Defence, in particular making Defence more innovative and...
OPEN TO ALL: Technology and Future Combat Conference
02 August 2017, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Human free warfare, and human-machine combat teaming, has been the subject of a good deal of discussion over the past ten years making the transition from science fiction to fielded capability. To...
Assuring Access to Space Conference 2017
13 September 2017, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
'We are playing catch up on Space and if we take much more time in doing so, we will be left behind'General Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence (June 2017) Military...
Resilience Conference 2017
20 September 2017, 9:00Ensuring the resilience of the UK is an increasingly complex imperative as threats diversify and interact with each other. Organised together with Loughborough University, this conference will...
RUSI Annual General Meeting
20 July 2017, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Nominations for electionThe four following individuals will be nominated for election as Trustees of the Institute on 20 July 2017 (CV's attached):The Rt Hon the Baroness AshtonGeneral Sir Nicholas HoughtonMs Alison Levitt QCHis Grace the Duke of...
OPEN TO ALL: Occasional Paper - Below the Surface: How Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Threatens Our Security
18 July 2017, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
Operating out of sight, and largely out of reach of the public and law enforcement alike, organised, high-volume illegal fishing can involve a range of violent and destructive criminal practices. In particular illegal fishing offences are known to...
A Year After Turkey’s Failed Coup Attempt: The Implications of Turkey’s Changing Security Environment
14 July 2017, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Though the coup was thwarted at the cost of 248 dead and 2193 injured, the repercussions are felt in every quarter of Turkish political life. Meanwhile, the Syrian War poses a threat to Turkey’s border security and its regional interests. Because of...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Private roundtable with British Ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton
12 July 2017, 16:30RUSI Whitehall
At this event he will examine the domestic political environment within Iran following the presidential elections in May, Iran's foreign policy within the context of the current GCC crisis and the future of the nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA). He...
OPEN TO ALL: Professor David Ormerod QC on the Protection of Official Data
12 July 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In February 2017 the Law Commission published a consultation paper entitled ‘The Protection of Official Data’, which suggests ways to improve the law around the protection of official information. The aim of this paper is to ensure that relevant...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Breakfast Briefing: Is your organisation fit for a complex and uncertain future? Four essential tests
12 July 2017, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Over the next two decades, profound changes in political and societal structures, accelerated by transformative technologies, will require an organisation to be fit for a different kind of future. The speed and dimensions of such changes are...
OPEN TO ALL - Prospects for Russia’s Economy
11 July 2017, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
Even in light of sanctions and the drop in oil prices, according to the IMF growth is expected to return to the Russian economy in 2017. But what does this mean in the context of Russia's political economy, investment climate and upcoming elections...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Defence Innovation and the UK: Responding to the Risks Identified by the US Third Offset Strategy
10 July 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The US Third Offset Strategy identified that Russia, China and other emerging powers had closed significantly the defence technology gap and were approaching technological parity with the West across key capabilities. This threatens the UK’s ability...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism, Building Peace: risks, contradictions & how to manage them
10 July 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The political pressure to respond effectively to conflict and terrorist attacks, at home and abroad, is intensifying. This roundtable aims to provide a non-partisan space for continuing the conversation, drawing on insights from Saferworld, RUSI and...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Sanctions and Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities for UK Sanctions Policy
10 July 2017, 10:00As the UK seeks to leave the European Union its relations with Europe and the rest of the world will change significantly. This will include establishing a sanctions policy framework separate from the EU to ensure that the UK can continue to play a...
OPEN TO ALL: Al Qaeda, Iran and the future of terrorism in the Middle East
07 July 2017, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Whilst various states in the Middle East accuse each other of terrorism few would imagine a partnership between Iran and Al Qaeda.As ISIS retreats Al Qaeda is ready to take the lead role again and its quiet rebuilding has been underestimated. After...
BY INVITATION ONLY: The GCC Crisis and implications for UK Foreign Policy
07 July 2017, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The United Kingdom's longstanding role in the Gulf means that the current impasse presents a myriad of challenges to the UK national interest. The panel will discuss the status of the crisis, its impacts both regionally and globally, and how the...
OPEN TO ALL: Book Launch - 2020: World of War
05 July 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Inspired by General Sir John Hackett’s book, The Third World War which was published forty years ago, Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson examine the security challenges facing the world today and explore how events might unfold. And if events...
RUSI MEMBERS ONLY: Robotics and the Future of Warfare
05 July 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The visions of futurists do not always match the experiences of military personnel, but the battlefields of the future have the potential to bear little resemblance to the war zones of today. In his lecture, Professor Colosimo will discuss how the...
BY INVITATION ONLY: NATO ACT Resilience Conference back-brief: The ‘So What?’ for UK Resilience?
04 July 2017, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
On 2-4 May, RUSI attended the NATO ACT Conference Interdependency in Resilience in Norfolk Virginia – home of NATO ACT and a Rockefeller 100 Resilient City. Our partner, Oakas Ltd were the main facilitators, consultants and content providers for the...
How Will Britain’s Potential Withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty Affect the Supply of Radiopharmaceuticals?
Still in a Haze: Illicit Cigarette Trade Under the Spotlight
The Pakistani Army's Defence Diplomacy: More Action, Fewer Words