Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2018
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Relationship: Quest for Regional Peace
24 September 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Eid ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban offered hope for the stagnated peace process in Afghanistan. However, the...
Cyber Strategy: The Evolving Character of Power and Coercion
01 October 2018, 10:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Are cyber operations as revolutionary as the headlines suggest? Do they compel rival states and alter international politics? By examining...
Soldiers of Character: Research Report
03 October 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Complementing work by the Jubilee Centre about virtues in professional practice and public service, the Soldiers of Character research...
Ukraine’s Security and Its Importance to the UK
08 October 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
“Our commitment to Ukraine remains unwavering”, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson told his hosts during his recent visit to Kyiv. And...
RUSI Whitehall Paper Launch - Security in Northern Europe: Deterrence, Defence and Dialogue
23 October 2018, 12:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The volume looks at how key NATO allies can respond to the changing strategic situation through a successful mix of effective deterrence, a...
Ukraine’s Security and Its Importance to the UK
08 October 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
“Our commitment to Ukraine remains unwavering”, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson told his hosts during his recent visit to Kyiv. And there is no doubt that Britain’s commitment to Ukrainehas been...
RUSI Modern Deterrence Conference 2018: Securing Societies
06 November 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The conference will launch RUSI’s Modern Deterrence programme, which will run over the next four years with the aim of better defining the concept. In recent months, the notion of Modern Deterrence...
Is Space the New Cyber? UK Dependencies and Vulnerabilities
16 January 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Conversations about space across the UK government are dominated by the military and industry. Despite broad agreement across other government departments on the importance of space, there seems to...
Missile Defence Conference 2019: Beyond Ballistic Missiles? Missile Defence in an Era of Great Power Competition
13 February 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The purpose of the conference will be to explore the ways in which missile defence programmes will have to adapt in an era where rogue states are not the bete noire of the international order. In...
UK PONI: The North Korea Nuclear Challenge
15 November 2017, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
North Korea's nuclear and missile programme has dominated global headlines for the past year: from the first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests and a likely thermonuclear test, to inflammatory exchanges of rhetoric with the United...
Global Terrorism Index Launch 2017
15 November 2017, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
It has never been a more critical time to examine the drivers of terrorism. Terrorism threatens two-thirds of all countries in the world. The human and financial cost is immense.Now in its fifth year, the index is the world's leading metric for...
John Garnett Lecture 2017: Leadership at the Strategic Level - Simple but Not Easy
14 November 2017, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
The annual John Garnett Lecture honours the legacy of Professor John Garnett as the first academic in the field of Strategic Studies worldwide. Professor Garnett pioneered Strategic Studies as an academic field at the University of Aberystwyth, the...
RUSI Paper Launch – Closing the Gap: Assessing Responses to Terrorist-Related Kidnap-for-Ransom
10 November 2017, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Governments continue to be concerned about kidnapping as a source of terrorist finance. A host of international commitments, underpinned by UN Security Council Resolutions and domestic laws, forbids the commercial resolution of terrorist-related...
British Foreign Policy After Brexit: An Independent Voice
10 November 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The authors will discuss how Britain’s global role and influence can be enhanced rather than diminished post-Brexit, with a diplomatic, security, development and trade agenda based on hard-headed realism, including a review of budgetary priorities....
POSTPONED Rogue Trading: Why Illicit and Illegal Trading is a Major Security Issue
10 November 2017, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Many people who consider themselves law-abiding citizens do not see a problem with buying things that are traded illicitly, from pirated intellectual property to counterfeit fashion goods. The illicit trade in counterfeit and smuggled goods is...
Book Launch: Power in Modern Russia
09 November 2017, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Given the Russian leadership's concerns about an unstable and increasingly competitive world, the Russian official and expert community often use the term 'mobilisation' to describe the measures that Moscow is increasingly resorting to in order to...
Sanctions 2018: Sanctions in an Era of Political Uncertainty
08 November 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The event will explore how political uncertainties may impact sanctions policy, how this policy misalignment may challenge the private sector, and how the sanctions landscape might evolve in 2018 amid new, emerging security threats and geopolitical...
Staging the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Conflict
08 November 2017, 18:00RUSI, the Atlantic Council and Central Saint Martins present an immersive event in which creatives, AI experts and military and policymakers will engage in open conversation about the challenges, opportunities, and realities of AI over the next...
Remembering “The Unremembered”: the forgotten workers of the First World War
07 November 2017, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
These men supplied the army with weapons and ammunition, food and fodder, water and fuel. They built and maintained roads and railways. Little is known about these men whose courage and contribution were vital to the war effort, but who never held...
Red Famine - Stalin’s War on Ukraine
06 November 2017, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine begins in 1917, with the Ukrainian revolution and the Ukrainian national movement that challenged Bolshevik rule. It ends in the present, with a discussion of the ongoing politics of memory in Ukraine. Red Famine...
Iran's role in Regional and Global Security - The view from Tehran and London
30 October 2017, 10:30RUSI Whitehall
Despite the hopes and expectations, more than two years after the announcement of the Iran deal in July 2015 tensions between the West and Iran remain high and, especially over the past few months, the risk that the deal will fail to translate into...
Armageddon & Paranoia with Sir Rodric Braithwaite
25 October 2017, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
On both sides of the Iron Curtain, dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature, dutiful military men planned to use the bomb in war, politicians contemplated an intolerable decision. Patriotic citizens acquiesced in the idea that their...
What Next in Syria?
25 October 2017, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Syria is the defining humanitarian crisis of our time with 400,000 Syrians killed and 10 million people - half of all Syrians - driven from their homes. Recent developments in conflict dynamics in Syria have contributed to a reduction of violence in...
POSTPONED: Social Media and Terrorist Finance: Vulnerabilities and Responses
25 October 2017, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
Social media companies face increased pressure from leaders to take a greater responsibility in the combating of terrorism and extremism. The debate has largely centred on the ease with which extremist content can be promoted and distributed on...
Cracking Down on China’s Distant Water Fishing Fleet: What Impacts Closer to Home?
Stabilising Pakistan’s Relations with the Gulf
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