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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.
“Changing Times, Changing Treason?" A Lecture by the New Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
09 September 2019, 17:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
This speech will reflect on whether the UK’s treason law needs to be updated to address the phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters who...
Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using...
Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
30 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Admiral Tony Radakin CB ADC was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019. Commissioned in 1990, his operational...
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2019
18 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
He will also discuss the need for maintaining and enhancing military capability across defence in an ever-changing operational environment...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 Conference
13 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 conference will examine the connection between defence and offence in deterring greyzone threats; it will also examine deterrence of aggression triggered by climate...
Breaking the Ice – Russia and the West in 2019
09 January 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
This RUSI Under35's Forum event will explore the increasingly complex relationship between Russia and the West, including the state of the current relationship and how and if this could be improved.RUSI Research Fellow Emily Ferris will outline how...
How government agencies can identify and counter malign influence activities: Sweden’s pioneering approach
09 January 2019, 8:45RUSI Whitehall
The MSB has, together with specialists at Lund University, developed a pioneering handbook in how to counter malign influence. The handbook, which will be published this month, is designed to assist communicators in government departments and...
Leaning in: Advancing the Role of Finance Against Modern Slavery
17 December 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
Access paper hereIn recent years, the financial sector has become an increasingly high-profile contributor to efforts to identify and disrupt modern slavery and human trafficking. Specific financial sector-led initiatives have emerged; and...
Armed Drones in the Middle East: Proliferation and Norms in the Region
17 December 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The outputs of the project, an Occasional Paper and an interactive website, will be presented by the two lead researchers, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi and Justin Bronk, who will provide an overview of the context, methodology and key findings, as well...
Implementing North Korea Sanctions in Practice (with C4ADS)
12 December 2018, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
Managing North Korean sanctions risk has become significantly more complex in recent years, especially in the maritime space. Despite international sanctions requirements seeking to prevent illegal DPRK-linked activity, between January and May 2018...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture 2018
11 December 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The Speech Good evening – it’s a great privilege to be with you this evening to give my first annual Chief of the Defence Staff lecture precisely six months after I started in the job. And without getting overly excited I guess there’s never been a...
New Technologies and Nuclear Risks: A Discussion with UN Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu
11 December 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
This agenda devoted significant attention to the consequences for human security of emerging means and methods of warfare, and many of the 116 steps and activities that the agenda outlined addressed related issues: the responsible use of technology...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Measuring the Scale of Money Laundering in the UK
10 December 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
There are a number of broad estimates on the scale of money laundering in the UK, some of them referring to hundreds of billions of pounds per annum. Due to the hidden nature of money laundering, it is very hard to produce a robust measurement. Yet...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Measuring the Scale of Money Laundering in the UK
10 December 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
There are a number of broad estimates on the scale of money laundering in the UK, some of them referring to hundreds of billions of pounds per annum. Due to the hidden nature of money laundering, it is very hard to produce a robust measurement. Yet...
Breakfast Briefing - Controlling China: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence are Xi Jinping's 'Fourth Magic Weapon'
10 December 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Artificial intelligence and big data may represent an industrial revolution, but combined with recognition technologies and existing systems of social control they may also usher in a revolution in the Communist Party's ability to reinforce its...
Reinstating national service: Lithuania's experience
06 December 2018, 8:15In cooperation with the Embassy of Lithuania, RUSI's Modern Deterrence project is pleased to invite you to an executive briefing by Gedrimas Jeglinskas, Lithuania's Vice Minister of Defence. Minister Jeglinskas, a graduate of the US Military Academy...
Have I Got Nukes for You: The UK PONI Christmas Quiz
04 December 2018, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
Get ready to pull on those Christmas jumpers and join other UK PONI members for an evening of friendly competition and quiz fun! Prizes will also be awarded for the best team name (last year’s winner was ‘Gold, Frankincense and MIRV’).UK PONI...
UK PONI Networking Event: Women in Nuclear
04 December 2018, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Through an informal activity, participants will engage with the leaders on an array of topics, including current nuclear issues and their unique experiences in the nuclear discipline. Come ready to chat and learn!For UK PONI members travelling from...
RUSI Paper Launch – Targeting the Finances of Cybercrime
04 December 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
UK law enforcement agencies already seek to ‘follow the money’ to identify cybercriminals, as well as to confiscate the proceeds of cybercrime. Financial institutions are a crucial partner in those efforts, especially in cases involving ‘money mule...
Book Launch: The Hall of Mirrors by Jim Storr
29 November 2018, 17:30What can we learn from war, and warfare, in the 20th century? Surprisingly, the question has not been addressed.After the First World War, four empires ceased to exist and eight new countries were born in Europe. Following the Second World War,...
Turkey, the US and the S-400: A Counter-Narrative
India Tightens Control Over Jammu and Kashmir
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