Book Launch – The Merchant of Syria
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Artificial Intelligence, Prediction and Criminal Justice Decision-Making
02 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have enabled the development of sophisticated algorithmic tools underpinned by machine learning, which are used to support decision-making and risk...
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Nuclear Diplomacy in South Asia
03 May 2018, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
Dr. Yusuf will discuss high-stakes diplomacy between the two nuclear armed neighbours, India and Pakistan, and examine crisis management and specifically the role of international diplomacy in...
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Sir Simon McDonald on Delivering UK Foreign Policy
11 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
In his lecture, Sir Simon will discuss post-Brexit UK foreign policy, including promoting the influence of global Britain, strengthening our partnerships and supporting good governance, democracy,...
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The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History Award Ceremony
15 May 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The Royal United Services Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and the...
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The Iraq Election Results: What next for Iraq’s political stability?
16 May 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
On the 12th of May, Iraq will experience its fourth democratic Parliamentary election, the nation’s first since its near destruction at the hands of ISIS. Following the official end of the campaign...
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Roundtable: The State of Turkish-Israeli Relations
26 April 2018, 14:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Dr Louis Fishman, assistant professor of Modern Middle East history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York will discuss the state...
Understanding the Factors Contributing to Radicalisation Among Central Asian Labour Migrants in Russia
01 May 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The paper assesses the factors contributing to radicalisation, including the role of economic migration. The study also considers the...
Nuclear Diplomacy in South Asia
03 May 2018, 10:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Dr. Yusuf will discuss high-stakes diplomacy between the two nuclear armed neighbours, India and Pakistan, and examine crisis management...
Sir Simon McDonald on Delivering UK Foreign Policy
11 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In his lecture, Sir Simon will discuss post-Brexit UK foreign policy, including promoting the influence of global Britain, strengthening...
The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History Award Ceremony
15 May 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Royal United Services Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History, named in honour...
RUSI–The First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference 2018
24 May 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The conference will address the potential for human-machine combat teaming, implications for force design, disinvestment strategies and people from the year 2035. The emergence of autonomous and...
Missile Defence Conference 2018
30 May 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The 18th annual Conference in this series is very timely. It will address the North Korean nuclear threat and how it will have evolved and East Asian missile defence issues more widely. It will...
RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2018
19 June 2018, 9:00This year's conference will be held on 19-20 June at Church House in Westminster.Further details of the RUSI Land Warfare Conferences are available at RUSI.org/LandwarfareFor sponsorship...
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...
Breakfast Briefing: Future Security Challenges to British Business
05 April 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
UK PONI: Exploring the Impacts of Brexit on the UK Nuclear Industry
28 March 2018, 17:30At a time when the UK is embarking on new nuclear power stations and working to detangle itself from the EU, many have argued that withdrawing from Euratom is not necessary or advantageous for the UK.The debate on exiting Euratom along with the...
Breakfast Briefing: The Defence and Security Implications of Brexit
28 March 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
Breakfast Briefing: Russia – Latest Analysis from RUSI
20 March 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
Russia – Latest Analysis from RUSI Tuesday 20 March 2018Professor Malcolm Chalmers, RUSI Deputy Director-GeneralDr Jonathan Eyal, Associate Director for Strategic Research Partnerships.
Professor Matthew Jones on The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
15 March 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Drawing on material from the first two volumes of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Professor Jones will trace the story of why and how successive British governments endeavoured to build and then maintain an independent,...
A Conversation with Jaffar Hagi, Deputy Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament–Iraq
15 March 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
With the increasing role played by the forces of the Popular Mobilisation Forces and the dying embers of an ISIS insurgency, the direction of Iraq is still unclear. Dr Jaffar Hagi, the Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament of Iraq, will hold a...
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