Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture 2020
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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.
Israel’s Elections and Future Trajectory
21 January 2021, 14:00As Israelis head to the polls for their fourth general elections in less than two years, the country is confronted with critical policy...
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture: Building the Next Generation Royal Air Force – Beyond the Integrated Review
25 January 2021, 13:00The Integrated Review sets out to define the Government’s ambition for the UK’s role in the world and its long-term strategic aims for our...
Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: The Tank in World War One – Did Haig Help or Hinder its Development?
29 January 2021, 13:00Major General J.F.C. Fuller, Chief of Staff of the Tank Corps from 1916 to mid-1918 and a key player in its successes, wrote in his memoirs...
Launch of the Women in Conflict Webinar Series - Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women
08 February 2021, 16:00The war crime few want to talk about: rape is used as a weapon to humiliate, oppress, seize territory, and carry out ethnic cleansing....
Transatlantic Perspectives on Cyber Security: Challenges and Opportunities
16 February 2021, 16:00Cyber security has become a priority issue globally, a fact further underscored by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this wide-ranging discussion,...
Combat Air Power 2021: Competing Visions for the Future
24 March 2021, 9:30Evolving peer threats, new budgetary pressures and national industrial imperatives are fuelling fierce competition. This online conference will examine the key next-generation combat air approaches...
Leadership, Culture and Performance
18 October 2004, 23:00The Third RUSI/MTC AustralAsia Performance Management SymposiumWith the Defence Procurement Agency, UKKeynote Address: Sir Kevin Tebbitt (Permanent Undersecretary, UK Ministry of Defence)The last decade has witnessed the rapid global growth of...
RUSI Defence Industry Symposium 2004
12 October 2004, 23:00The aim of this event is to bring together a strong gathering of people who have a real interest in the key defence industrial issues that are active today. This event will be a short, sharp look at four specific areas of interest to the defence...
Democracy, Security and the Rule of Law in Latin America
30 September 2004, 23:00Lunch at 1200Discussion Panel at 1230 Dr Richard Millett, Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, USA Roberto EspindolaDeputy Director, Centre for European Studies, University of Bradford Dr Eduardo Vallarino ArjonaFormer Presidencial...
International Admiral Sir John Fisher Conference
28 September 2004, 23:00A conference marking the centenary of Jacky Fisher's accession to the post of First Sea Lord Speakers include: Adm Sir Jonathon Band Dr John Brooks Adm Sir Ian Forbes (tbc) Cdre James Goldrick RAN Dr Eric Grove Prof Holger Herwig Prof...
Exploiting Information for Military Effect: C4ISTAR in Networked Warfare
26 September 2004, 23:00On C4ISTARwww.rusi.org/C4ISTAR On Transformationwww.rusi.org/transformation RUSI Military Sciences Departmentwww.rusi.org/militarysciences The 2004 RUSI Malvern C4ISTAR delivered up-to-date briefings on the critical issues relating to the use...
Security in Iraq
22 September 2004, 23:00Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG Formerly, UK Special Representative for Iraq Refreshments at 1700 Lecture at 1730
Communications Interoperability in a Crisis
20 September 2004, 23:00To deliver the emergency response expected by the public and demanded by the government a fully interoperable communciations system for the three blue-light services is vital. Some suggest that the only way to achieve this is by making everyone...
Identity and Security: The Issues
19 September 2004, 23:00There is a general consensus that a compulsory ID card scheme within the UK has the potential to deliver real benefits. Areas where significant contributions are expected include the tackling organised crime, terrorism, illegal working and illegal...
Technical Development and Effects Based Operations
16 September 2004, 23:00Lunch at 1215 Lecture at 1300 Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2004 Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge KCB CBE ADC RAF Commander-in-Chief, Headquarters Strike Command Royal Air Force Please email Sabrina Downey if you would like to attend the...
The Silent Alliance - 300 Years of Anglo-German Co-operation
06 September 2004, 23:00In association with the British-German Officers’ Association, the British Army’s Strategic & Combat Studies Institute and the German Armed Forces Military History Research Institute to mark the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Blenheim.The aim...
Lunch With The Chief of Defence Intelligence
26 July 2004, 23:00<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />The Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Andrew Ridgway will speak at a lunch to the Dubai Society, which is open to members of RUSI. General Ridgway is...
The West and Islam: Objectives, Policies and Peace Initiatives
26 July 2004, 23:00Jointly organised by the Royal United Services Institute and the Institute for the Study of Indo-Pakistan Relations, University of Leicester.The debate on the supposed inevitability of a ‘clash of civilizations’ between Islam and the West has gained...
Current Issues in Humanitarian Law and Military Ethics
05 July 2004, 23:00This conference will examine contemporary Humanitarian Law including issues surrounding the use of force in international relations, the politics of the international legal system and asymmetric warfare and humanitarian law. It will also discuss...
Emergency Planning, Security & Business Continuity
30 June 2004, 23:00One of the most important factors that has arisen since 9/11 and more recent attacks, such as Madrid, is the fact that due to living in an interdependent, highly connected and technology dependent, but socially and politically open society, we are...
Transformation in Ground Combat Vehicles
25 June 2004, 23:00Key speakers for 2004 include: - General Sir Mike Jackson KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen (Chief of the General Staff, British Army) - General Peter J. Schoomaker United States Army (Chief of Staff, United States Army) - General Bernard Thorette (Chief of the...
Underwater Drone Incidents Point to China’s Expanding Intelligence Gathering
The UK Should Align with Biden in the Indo-Pacific
The UK and Afghanistan: Raising Our Voice