Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath, 1919
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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.
Senator Chris Coons on 'Striking the Right Balance: America’s Commitment to Syria and Afghanistan'
18 February 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In this discussion, Senator Coons will offer his views on the value of continued US troop commitments in Syria and Afghanistan, and what US...
Russian Political War: Moving Beyond The Hybrid
20 February 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Russia seems determined to challenge and antagonise the West, through a campaign fought as much with dank memes and dark money as espionage...
China–UK Relations: Where to Draw the Border Between Influence and Interference?
20 February 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
China’s rise has been accompanied by increasing attempts by the CCP to control the narrative on China in other countries. The Party pours...
Robert Hannigan on the Creation of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre
28 February 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In 2016, Robert established the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC acts as a bridge between industry and government, providing...
NATO’s Efforts in Projecting Stability: The Role of Allied Joint Force Command Naples
05 March 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The NATO Allied Joint Force Command in Naples is focused on providing advice and assistance to missions in identifying the root causes of...
Combat Air Survivability Conference
20 March 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The survivability equation is not simply a question of picking stealth or advanced kinematics, jamming or stand-off weapons, massed or exquisite platforms, but instead a mix of different elements to...
Modern Deterrence Conference 2019
29 May 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
To deter modern warfare techniques and other emerging threats, Western countries need comprehensive defence strategies and plans. Given that hybrid warfare (also known as threshold or grey zone...
Virtual Currencies and Financial Crime: Assessing the Risk and Evaluating the Response
02 May 2018, 15:30RUSI Whitehall
Virtual currencies (VCs) including Bitcoin are new technologies that have been hailed as vehicles for innovation in payments services; financial inclusion; and enabling greater speed and efficiency in cross-border value transfer. As with other...
Artificial Intelligence, Prediction and Criminal Justice Decision-Making
02 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
Advances in AI technology have enabled the development of sophisticated algorithmic tools underpinned by machine learning, which are used to support decision-making and risk assessment for policing and criminal justice purposes. While these...
Breakfast Briefing: Financial and Security Responses to Russia
02 May 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
In the aftermath of the Salisbury attack and the retaliatory strikes by the USA, France and the UK against the Syrian regime after its use of chemical weapons in Douma, tensions between Russia and the UK remain extremely high. The UK has not yet...
Understanding the Factors Contributing to Radicalisation Among Central Asian Labour Migrants in Russia
01 May 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
The paper assesses the factors contributing to radicalisation, including the role of economic migration. The study also considers the resilience in place constraining further radicalisation. It has recommendations for Russia and and Central Asian...
Book Launch – The Merchant of Syria
30 April 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
The book goes well beyond an intimate view of the merchant’s extraordinary life, to explore Syria’s long mercantile tradition, and to contextualise the turbulent backdrop against which his life was lived. It considers his business ethic and...
Roundtable: The State of Turkish-Israeli Relations
26 April 2018, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Dr Louis Fishman, assistant professor of Modern Middle East history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York will discuss the state of relations and what it means for the Middle East at a time of heightened tensions across the region. The...
James Holland on the War in the West: A Reassessment
24 April 2018, 11:30RUSI Whitehall
The Second World War remains enduringly compelling and the subject of new generations of computer games, movies, documentary films and, of course, books. Yet so much of the narrative as depicted remains mired in myth and assumed knowledge. In this...
Cyber Crime – The Challenges for UK Business
20 April 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
Cyber criminals are broadening their efforts and expanding their strategic modus operandi to achieve higher value pay-outs from UK citizens, organisations and institutions. Even when key individuals responsible for the most damaging cyber criminal...
Services' Family Accommodation: The Home Front
19 April 2018, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
Professor Louth, Professor Taylor, Dr Twort and Dr Thompson from King’s College, London, have spent 18 months researching the intent of the Ministry of Defence’s Future Accommodation Model and the drivers for Service families’ accommodation...
Strategic Alliance or Axis of Convenience: Can Moscow use Beijing as a Counterpoint to its Confrontation with the West?
19 April 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
One option that is increasingly being made prominent once again is Moscow’s relationship with Beijing. During recent visits to Moscow, both the Defence and Foreign Minister’s highlighted the strength of their relationship, while Defence Minister Wei...
POSTPONED - Film Showing: Les Chevaliers Du Ciel (Sky Fighters)
18 April 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
In the English speaking world, fans of air combat in mainstream films have essentially had to rely on the classic 1980s Top Gun.Few have seen the 2005 French film Les Chevaliers Du Ciel by Gérard Pirès which features even more spectacular and far...
Ending the Suffering in Yemen: What Can Be Done?
17 April 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
The Yemen conflict has entered its fourth year, creating what the UN has called the world’s largest humanitarian emergency. With 22 million people requiring lifesaving assistance and ongoing attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure by...
Transatlantic Traumas: A discussion with Professor Stanley R. Sloan on the future of the West
16 April 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
These are traumatic times for transatlantic relations and particularly for those who believe in liberal democracy and the concept and values represented by “the West.” In his latest book, Transatlantic traumas: Has illiberalism brought the West to...
What next for NATO? Perspectives before the Brussels Summit
10 April 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In this discussion, Ambassador Hutchison and Ambassador MacIntosh considered the changes since the Wales and Warsaw summits, and the issues and challenges to be considered at NATO’s July Summit. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison was sworn in as the...
Professor Hugo de Burgh and Professor Daya Thussu on the Globalisation of Chinese Media
10 April 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
The Chinese media are going global to a purpose, which is intimately connected with their history and the culture from which they emerge. President Xi Jinping is insisting on them performing roles traditional in Chinese culture, as part of his...
Episode 8 – Janice Charette
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
Malcolm Chalmers assesses Defence Secretary's Speech at RUSI