Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
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Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2019
18 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
He will also discuss the need for maintaining and enhancing military capability across defence in an ever-changing operational environment.Speaker BiographyAir Marshal Richard Knighton CB joined the...
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Financial Action Task Force Strategic Review
18 November 2019, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
Over the past 30 years the Financial Action Task Force has undoubtedly raised financial crime compliance standards around the world amongst governments and their private sectors.Their decennial...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing - Operating in Russia: High Risks with Little Return?
19 November 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
The diplomatic relationship between Russia and the West has been difficult for some years and was particularly exacerbated in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military intervention in...
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POSTPONED - UK Defence Estate: Strategic Asset and National Endowment Paper Launch
19 November 2019, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
The Defence Training Estate in the United Kingdom exists to enable the training of Service personnel to Single Service and joint operational readiness standards of military effectiveness. It is...
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Tech as a Virtue: Ethical Technology as a Source of Societal Strength
20 November 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
The current debate about technology and national security in liberal democracies focuses on the vulnerabilities created by technology. Given how strategic competitors and adversaries exploit Western...
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The Future of Amphibious Operations, Report Launch
20 November 2019, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
If you can’t get to the fight, the number of tanks, and the skill of soldiers is irrelevant. Theatre access is a critical prerequisite for power projection.Traditional methods of theatre access...
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Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s
26 November 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall
Britain is facing unprecedented security challenges in the 2020s. The decade to come will not be as favourable as the two past decades. For a country as 'globalised' as Britain, security challenges...
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Beyond 2020: the next 50 years of the NPT
29 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
As part of the preparations for the 2020 Review Conference for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, President-Designate Rafael Grossi has launched the “Beyond 2020: The Next 50 Years of the NPT” project....
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The Future of Fires: Report Launch
29 November 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The increasing density and sophistication of Russia’s Integrated Air Defence System promises to rob NATO ground forces of air support in the first weeks of any high intensity conflict in Eastern...
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Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2019
18 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
He will also discuss the need for maintaining and enhancing military capability across defence in an ever-changing operational environment....
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...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture and RUSI Christmas Party 2019
05 December 2019, 18:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture is held annually at RUSI, covering key topical defence and security issues. This is followed by the...
Professor Azar Gat on Has War been Declining: Why and Where?
27 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
While the world has become more peaceful than ever before, there is still much to worry about in terms of security and no place for...
Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath, 1919
31 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
On 11 November 1918, Douglas Haig must have welcomed his imminent release from the immense burdens he had stoically borne for three years....
UK Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Doctrine
14 November 2019, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
It is against the backdrop of our current challenging security environment that the deterrent becomes ever-more a part of the UK’s national security posture. The UK PONI in coordination with YPFP are pleased to announce our roundtable event on the...
Modern Deterrence Conference Autumn 2019
13 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
This conference will examine the connection between defence and offence in deterring greyzone threats; it will also examine deterrence of aggression triggered by climate change.Deterrence is, by definition, about psychology: how does an actor...
A Discussion with Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Syrian Democratic Council
11 November 2019, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
Ms Ahmed will be discussing the latest developments in Northern Syria and exploring possibilities for political reconciliation.Ms Ahmed currently serves as Co-Chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), a coalition of multiethnic organisations ...
Professor Philip Bobbitt on the Impeachment of a US President
11 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In his lecture, Professor Bobbitt, the co-author of Impeachment: A Handbook, will describe the constitutional context of Presidential impeachment and dispel a number of popular myths about the process and its history. He will discuss the current...
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin on the American Handshake: Building Trust and the Future of U.S. Alliances
05 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In this discussion, Congresswoman Slotkin offered her views on the value and future of U.S. alliances and how the ‘American handshake’ relies on building trust, both at home and abroad. Speaker Biography Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin serves the...
Down and Out in Pyongyang and London
04 November 2019, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
Project SANDSTONE’s latest investigation, conducted in conjunction with The Times, revealed how North Korea’s coal smuggling networks continued to use UK registered companies to evade UN sanctions imposed on the country following its nuclear and...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
30 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Admiral Tony Radakin CB ADC was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019. Commissioned in 1990, his operational service has involved the Iran/Iraq Tanker War, security duties in the Falklands, NATO embargo operations in the...
Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now moved online. In her lecture, Megan will discuss how the FCA is turning technology against criminals, from a world...
UK PONI Nuclear Technology Workshop
23 October 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
UK PONI will hold a one-day workshop covering the basics of nuclear technology including fuel cycles, nuclear weapons and delivery systems aimed at early career professionals working in the nuclear policy field but without a scientific or...
Bluster: Donald Trump's War on Terror with Professor Peter Neumann
15 October 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Defeating terrorism was one of Donald Trump's key campaign promises. But there is no easy way to make sense of Donald Trump's war on terror. Is it all bluster, aimed at mobilising his base, or does it represent a genuine shift from previous...
Breakfast Briefing: Policing the UK in an Evolving Threat Landscape
15 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 police are able to keep pace with the rapidly...
European Defence: The Challenge of Strategic Autonomy
14 October 2019, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
Europe is increasingly required to assume greater responsibility for its own security. The debate about strengthening Europe’s abilities to use force in extreme situations or, more broadly, to act in defence of its own interests is increasingly...
A Conversation with HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom
14 October 2019, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Tensions in the Gulf region have soared following a drone and missile attack on Saudi oil facilities, and the Kingdom is faced with a plethora of security challenges. These come at a time of extensive social and economic reforms inside the Kingdom....
Our Boys: The Story of a Falklands Paratrooper
12 October 2019, 18:00IIn her book Our Boys: The Story of a Falklands Paratrooper, Parr draws on the experiences of the people who were there and the personal story of her uncle David, who was killed during the conflict.She highlights the prominent role of the Parachute...
NATO Beyond 70
10 October 2019, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
Fifty days before NATO’s Leaders Meeting in London, the Ambassadors to NATO of Estonia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reflected on NATO’s achievements as it turns seventy. They also considered how the Alliance should consolidate its...
Planning for the Next Strategic Defence and Security Review – A Much-Needed Peg in the Ground
France and NATO: President Macron Gets Clinical
Episode 05: Rethinking the Problem