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.
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...
The Future of UK Security, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Co-operation with the European Union
04 February 2021, 16:00Post-Brexit, UK police and security agencies were keen to maintain access to SIS II, an EU database with real-time crime alerts, to the...
Launch of the Gender in Conflict and Security 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,...
Goodbye Britannia: The UK Challenged by Brexit
23 February 2021, 16:00The outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum sparked astonishment around the world and in the UK, widely regarded as the epitome of...
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...
Whitehall Briefing - UK Security Policy After Brexit
29 April 2020, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
The economic consequences of the UK leaving the European Union without a deal have received significant attention, but a no-deal Brexit would also have important security implications. Currently, as a member state, the UK is connected to the other...
UK PONI Virtual Table Top Exercise - Nuclear Disarmament
24 April 2020, 9:00Please note that application for places at this event has now closed.The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is often referred to as the cornerstone of the non-proliferation regime. It is underpinned by three pillars; non-proliferation, the...
Premier Perspectives: The Future of Politics
23 April 2020, 16:30RUSI has a proud history of convening unique discussions, meetings and events. Alongside our publicised schedule of open-to-all and member-only events, we often bring groups together in more intimate and discreet ways. These invitation-only events...
Mapping a Pandemic: Lasting Consequences For The UK's Defence And Security Posture
23 April 2020, 14:00Handling the coronavirus pandemic remains the British government’s key focus in the weeks and months ahead; it absorbs almost all of Whitehall’s policy and planning capacity. But what might be the lasting consequences of the pandemic on the UK’s...
Australia and the UK in the World’s Most Contested Region: A Conversation with Professor Rory Medcalf
22 April 2020, 10:00As the UK seeks to strengthen its global engagement, the Indo-Pacific will be a key region. Within this vast space, the UK will need to find a balance between its engagements – from strategic partnerships with Japan and India, to a mission to engage...
CTF Online Symposium No. 1: The Lebanese Hezbollah Financing Threat in Europe
21 April 2020, 14:30In this webinar, Dr Levitt presented a research briefing on Hezbollah’s financing operations in Europe, as well as the steps being taken by EU member states to tackle these fundraising efforts. Dr. Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Fellow at...
The Changing Nature of Cyber Attacks
20 April 2020, 9:00Speaker biography: Kevin Brown is Managing Director, BT Security. In this role, he makes sure that BT has the right policies and systems in place to keep the company’s assets – whether physical, logical or information – secure from attack. BT...
Mapping a Pandemic: East Africa and the Horn’s Conflict and Security Challenges in a Time of Pandemic
16 April 2020, 14:00The Covid-19 pandemic is emerging in East Africa and the Horn at a moment when the region is facing crucial conflict and security challenges. While hopes for peace and progress on regional cooperation were ignited by the election of Abiy Ahmed as...
“History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America” Book Launch with Bruno Maçães
15 April 2020, 16:00Popular consensus says that the US rose over two centuries to Cold War victory and world domination, and is now in slow decline. But is this right? History’s great civilisations have always lasted much longer, and for all its colossal power, the US...
Mapping the Pandemic: How Coronavirus is Affecting the Middle East
09 April 2020, 14:00While the pandemic has had the most devastating impact on Iran, coronavirus is affecting the rest of the Middle East as well. At this online event RUSI experts will offer their analysis on how different countries are dealing with the crisis and how...
Mapping a Pandemic: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus
02 April 2020, 14:00The coronavirus pandemic has come at a time when the global liberal order was already grappling with a severe challenge from populist politicians and movements, as well as from a broader backlash against globalisation, borderless trade and the...
Online Briefing with UN Panel of Experts on North Korea: New Trends in North Korean Proliferation Finance
01 April 2020, 12:00In this briefing, Mr. Arnold will provide an update on the panel’s forthcoming report, including new trends in North Korean illicit financing and cyber operations. The UN Panel of Experts on North Korea was set up to monitor the implementation of UN...
RUSI Paper Launch - The Challenge of Change: Acquiring Technologies for Defence in the UK
31 March 2020, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
ACCESS PAPER At a time when the Western world is placing emphasis on the importance of bringing more innovation to defence, this paper identifies seven contextual features that enhance the chances of successful innovations and suggests how these...
POSTPONED: A Conversation with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
25 March 2020, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
Will tomorrow’s wars be fought on the same terms as today's, and how will humanitarians need to adapt? How does the concept of ‘partnered warfare’ help mitigate the humanitarian impacts of modern conflict? Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and...
UK PONI Roundtable: Project SANDSTONE – using open-source methods to expose North Korea’s illicit smuggling networks
20 March 2020, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
North Korea’s continued development of their nuclear and ballistic missile programmes has led to the tightening of sanctions on the country. This includes a near complete ban on its main exports – such as coal, iron, lead and seafood – in an effort...
The Future Rules of Warfare
Poland’s Decisive Role in Cracking Enigma and Transforming the UK’s SIGINT Operations
Against the Clock: Can the EU’s New Strategy for Terrorist Content Removal Work?