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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.
Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – The Persistent Online Presence: The Shift in Platform Exploitation Over Time
14 July 2020, 14:00How the Salafi-Jihadi movement has been able to exploit the internet to distribute their message has been a key concern of those seeking to...
The Ministry of Defence Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
15 July 2020, 13:00In his speech, the Minister for the Armed Forces will discuss the role of the Ministry of Defence in mitigating the Covid-19 crisis and how...
189th RUSI Annual General Meeting
16 July 2020, 16:00A notice of all business to be transacted at the meeting shall be posted on the Institute’s website, at least 14 days before the date of...
Launch of the Building Stronger Societies Webinar Series: Restricting Foreign Acquisitions for the Sake of National Security
17 July 2020, 11:00In the past few months, an increasing number of Western countries - including Poland, Italy, Sweden and the UK - have announced new...
VJ Day 75 Years On: Reflections on the UK-Japan Relationship
13 August 2020, 10:0015 August 2020 – VJ Day - marks both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. The conclusion of years of hardship,...
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
23 September 2020, 9:00The use of Chemical Weapons is a war crime. Yet chemical weapons have been used widely during the Syrian conflict, including the use of nerve agents, while in 2018 Russia conducted a nerve agent...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2020 Conference
21 October 2020, 9:00RUSI Modern Deterrence conference in partnership with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division.With threats and aggression facing liberal democracies increasing, national security is more important today...
European Defence: The Challenge of Strategic Autonomy
14 October 2019, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
Europe is increasingly required to assume greater responsibility for its own security. The debate about strengthening Europe’s abilities to use force in extreme situations or, more broadly, to act in defence of its own interests is increasingly...
A Conversation with HRH Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom
14 October 2019, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Tensions in the Gulf region have soared following a drone and missile attack on Saudi oil facilities, and the Kingdom is faced with a plethora of security challenges. These come at a time of extensive social and economic reforms inside the Kingdom....
Our Boys: The Story of a Falklands Paratrooper
12 October 2019, 18:00IIn her book Our Boys: The Story of a Falklands Paratrooper, Parr draws on the experiences of the people who were there and the personal story of her uncle David, who was killed during the conflict.She highlighted the prominent role of the Parachute...
NATO Beyond 70
10 October 2019, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
Fifty days before NATO’s Leaders Meeting in London, the Ambassadors to NATO of Estonia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reflected on NATO’s achievements as it turns seventy. They also considered how the Alliance should consolidate its...
Information, Security and Democracy
30 September 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
In a world of fake news, how important is the governance of the internet? And how significant is the digital aspect to modern-day activism? These and other questions will be addressed during this discussion, that will contemplate the significance of...
Innovation in Countering Illicit Finance: Exploring and Addressing Policy Tensions
26 September 2019, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
The fight against financial crime is on a transformational journey, one that seems to have accelerated over the past five years. The financial services industry continues to evolve, with new products, relationships, and payment methods creating new...
Australian Foreign Policy and the Indo-Pacific
26 September 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The Indo-Pacific is a region characterised by growth, dynamism and opportunity. It is also a region of strategic competition, and events in the Indo-Pacific will go some way to determining the shape of international relations globally.Speaker...
Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using persuasion rather than threats, that managed to recruit an extraordinary stable of clergy spies. Pastors,...
Foreign investments in cutting-edge tech: pure business or a national security matter?
25 September 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Non-European entities, including investors, are a common and welcome part of business in Europe. When it comes to investments in cutting-edge technology, however, the picture becomes less clear. European governments are increasingly concerned about...
Report Launch: The UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians - Insights for the Review Process
18 September 2019, 13:30RUSI Whitehall
The 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council adding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict to its agenda and the decision by the UK to review its 2010 strategy on Protection of Civilians provide an opportunity for the UK Government to play...
SOLD OUT: Breakfast Briefing - Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70
18 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
As the world’s most successful alliance turns 70, it remains the cornerstone of UK defence. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was founded on April 4 in 1949, with its first headquarters in Belgravia, London. Since then, the alliance has...
The Red Queen Problem: Technology Start-ups and National Security
12 September 2019, 8:30Technology start-ups have traditionally not been considered part of national defence – because technology within national defence has been provided by the government itself, or its major contractors. Conversely, tech start-ups often don’t have a...
Breakfast Briefing - How People Radicalise: The Anatomy of Violent Extremism
11 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Today, the world is facing an unprecedented wave of violent extremism by non-state actors of various types. The causes, in whose name they are willing to kill and die, are very different (including religion, ethnicity, social justice, among others)...
“Changing Times, Changing Treason?" A Lecture by the New Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
09 September 2019, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
This speech reflected on whether the UK’s treason law needs to be updated to address the phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters who are British citizens or residents, and questioned whether the law properly allows for the trial and punishment of a...
A Conversation with the US Secretary of Defense
06 September 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
In this wide-ranging discussion, Dr Esper addressed a number of key international defence and security challenges, including the importance of the critical transatlantic relationship. Dr Mark T. Esper became US Secretary of Defense on 23 July 2019....
Open Skies Clouded by Sham and Ambiguity
Western Way of War: Professor Frank Hoffman
The United Nations Charter: 75 Years On