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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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The US Army and Great Power Competition: A Speech by the US Secretary of the Army
13 July 2020, 16:30The US Army has been radically altering its approach for the last 5 years, shifting from counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations to preparedness for high intensity conflict in an era of...
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Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – The Persistent Online Presence: The Shift in Platform Exploitation Over Time
14 July 2020, 14:00How the Salafi-Jihadi movement has been able to exploit the internet to distribute their message has been a key concern of those seeking to challenge these narratives.In 2019 Emily Winterbotham, Dr...
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Paper Launch - By Parity and Presence: Deterring Russia with Conventional Land Forces
14 July 2020, 14:00Nuclear deterrence is underpinned by absolute consequences. Conventional deterrence functions along a sliding scale from warfighting to persistent competition. RUSI has completed a study of the...
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The Ministry of Defence Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
15 July 2020, 13:00In his speech, the Minister for the Armed Forces will discuss the role of the Ministry of Defence in mitigating the Covid-19 crisis and how the pandemic will shape the Armed Forces of the future. ...
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Whitehall Briefing - Cat and Mouse: North Korean Sanctions Evasion in 2020
16 July 2020, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
Following the release of the March 2020 United Nations Panel of Expert’s report on North Korea, James Byrne and Hamish Macdonald reflect on the country’s ongoing efforts to evade the unilateral and...
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189th RUSI Annual General Meeting
16 July 2020, 16:00A notice of all business to be transacted at the meeting shall be posted on the Institute’s website, at least 14 days before the date of the meeting, and a copy may be obtained on application to the...
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Launch of the Building Stronger Societies Webinar Series: Restricting Foreign Acquisitions for the Sake of National Security
17 July 2020, 11:00In the past few months, an increasing number of Western countries - including Poland, Italy, Sweden and the UK - have announced new screening mechanisms for foreign takeovers of domestic companies....
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CTF Online Symposium No. 2: New Technologies but Old Methods in Terrorism Financing
30 July 2020, 15:00Terrorists are adaptative: they update their tactics, also in the financial space. They exploit new technologies to procure weapons and components, sell propaganda, move funds internationally, and...
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VJ Day 75 Years On: Reflections on the UK-Japan Relationship
13 August 2020, 10:0015 August 2020 – VJ Day - marks both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. The conclusion of years of hardship, sacrifice and bloodshed brought joy and relief for many; for...
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Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – The Persistent Online Presence: The Shift in Platform Exploitation Over Time
14 July 2020, 14:00How the Salafi-Jihadi movement has been able to exploit the internet to distribute their message has been a key concern of those seeking to...
The Ministry of Defence Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
15 July 2020, 13:00In his speech, the Minister for the Armed Forces will discuss the role of the Ministry of Defence in mitigating the Covid-19 crisis and how...
189th RUSI Annual General Meeting
16 July 2020, 16:00A notice of all business to be transacted at the meeting shall be posted on the Institute’s website, at least 14 days before the date of...
Launch of the Building Stronger Societies Webinar Series: Restricting Foreign Acquisitions for the Sake of National Security
17 July 2020, 11:00In the past few months, an increasing number of Western countries - including Poland, Italy, Sweden and the UK - have announced new...
VJ Day 75 Years On: Reflections on the UK-Japan Relationship
13 August 2020, 10:0015 August 2020 – VJ Day - marks both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. The conclusion of years of hardship,...
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
23 September 2020, 9:00The use of Chemical Weapons is a war crime. Yet chemical weapons have been used widely during the Syrian conflict, including the use of nerve agents, while in 2018 Russia conducted a nerve agent...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2020 Conference
21 October 2020, 9:00RUSI Modern Deterrence conference in partnership with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division.With threats and aggression facing liberal democracies increasing, national security is more important today...
A New Model for Tackling Cyber-Enabled Fraud
06 July 2020, 12:00Cybercriminals are consistently targeting financial institutions and individuals by carrying out cyber-enabled and cyber-assisted fraud. This type of cybercrime should be high on the agenda for security teams and business leaders within all...
Book Launch - Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia
02 July 2020, 15:00Kaszeta was joined by Dr. Caitriona McLeish for an interactive discussion on the book, and explore what this historical review can teach us about managing chemical weapons risks today.Toxic is a dark and chilling story of the invention,...
Mapping a Pandemic: Managing Instability - The Pandemic from the Perspective of Civil Society
25 June 2020, 12:00In fragile and conflict affected environments, governments have struggled to provide healthcare, food security, education and safety for their citizens. With access and trusted relationships across communities, civil society leaders - including...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2020
25 June 2020, 9:00Click here for the text of the speech. His Excellency The Honourable George Brandis QC was appointed High Commissioner for Australia to the United Kingdom in May 2018. Mr Brandis has had a distinguished political career in Australia as a member of...
Africa in Perspective
24 June 2020, 12:00The African Union’s Agenda 2063, sets out seven aspirational commitments in its African development and transformation programme intended to enable Africa to fulfil its potential. However, across sub-Saharan Africa, crime, violent extremism,...
New Methods of Payment and Financial Crime
22 June 2020, 12:00The emergence of new financial services and methods of payment, from fintechs to cryptocurrencies, has brought greater variety and choice to communities. As is inevitable with most innovations, their advantages have not been lost on criminal groups...
Brexit and the UK-US Special Relationship
19 June 2020, 16:00Britain prides itself on its special relationship with the United States. Ties of history, language and culture matter; so, in recent decades, has London’s informal role as a go-between for Washington’s relations with Brussels, Berlin, and Paris....
Illicit Cigarette Consumption in the EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland
18 June 2020, 10:00The illicit cigarette trade does not respect borders nor laws, and affects different countries and regions alike around the world. The European Union is no exception. For the past 14 years, KPMG has been studying the illicit cigarette consumption in...
Whitehall Briefing: The New British Army Operating Concept
17 June 2020, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, western governments have been trying to adapt to a challenging new security environment. Persistent instability in the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with the return...
Exclusive Online Briefing on NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence
16 June 2020, 15:00Jessica L. Cox, Director, Nuclear Policy Directorate at NATO HQ, was the author of an article on the continued relevance of nuclear deterrence to NATO security. The event was moderated by Tom Plant, Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy,...
Detecting and Seizing the Proceeds of Cybercrime
16 June 2020, 12:00Cybercrime is a major category of profit-driven criminality. With financial gain being the motivation behind most of cybercrime, disrupting cybercrime-related financial flows is a key vector of disrupting cybercriminal networks, especially since...
The Corona Lessons: Learning from Finland's Fight against Coronavirus
12 June 2020, 13:30To date Finland – a country with a population of 5.5 million -- has only had 6,743 coronavirus infections and 313 deaths. The country’s success rests on preparedness, early intervention and creativity. The country went into a lockdown before the...
Paper Launch: Performing Information Manoeuvre Through Persistent Engagement
11 June 2020, 15:30Military activity in the information domain has always been a key element of warfare. However today we face significant changes in the information operating environment that armed forces must adapt to meet. The density of information is increasing...
Mapping a Pandemic: Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps - Navigating Between the Effective, Trustworthy and the Lawful
11 June 2020, 14:00Virus tracing apps are seen as an essential tool in supressing the spread of COVID-19, which has already killed more than 40,000 in the UK, and nearly 400,000 people worldwide. Britain will soon be joining a growing number of countries around...
The COVID-19 Fraud-Organised Crime Nexus: Threats, Challenges and Responses
10 June 2020, 14:30As much of the UK continues to work from home, spending a greatly increased amount of time online, the demand for electronic devices to work and engage in social contact is booming; and companies and individuals are scouring the internet for scarce...
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Adoption of the Government-Wide System for Project Approvals
Western Way of War: Air Marshal Philip Osborn
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border