Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2018
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Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2018
04 September 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In this centenary year of the Royal Air Force, the world’s oldest independent air force, Air Marshal Stringer will reflect on what...
Members’ Event - UK Future Combat Air Strategy
24 October 2018, 17:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The government has been reviewing the future combat air strategy for the UK, based on the need to replace Typhoon in the 2030s. An...
Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule The World And How to Take It Back
09 November 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
From the passport-vendors of St Kitts and Nevis, to the secrecy vendors of Nevada, to the property vendors of Knightsbridge, it exposes a...
The Zinoviev Letter: A Century of Fake News?
27 November 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Zinoviev Letter of 1924, encouraging the British proletariat to greater revolutionary effort, was apparently sent by Grigori Zinoviev,...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture and RUSI Christmas Party
11 December 2018, 18:00The Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture is held annually at RUSI, covering key topical defence and security issues. This is followed by the...
Is Space the New Cyber?: UK Dependencies and Vulnerabilities
02 October 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
As well as outlining the space threat landscape, it will also provide an opportunity to explore current understanding of dependencies, vulnerabilities and solutions.Conversations about space across...
Prime Minister Erna Solberg on the Security Policy Challenges Facing Norway and Europe today
06 June 2018, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
In her address, Prime Minister Solberg reflected on some of the key security policy challenges facing Norway and Europe today, including relations with Russia and the role of NATO. She touched upon the future UK-Norway relationship, and the need for...
Nuclear Deterrence and Franco-British Cooperation: From the Second World War to Lancaster House
04 June 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Hosted throughout April and May at the Maison Française d'Oxford and developed by the Military Applications Division of the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA/DAM), this exhibition retraces the history of the French nuclear...
Accord Publication Launch: Issue 27 – Progressive peace in Afghanistan
01 June 2018, 16:45RUSI Whitehall
Contributions to Accord offer a unique compilation of experiences and insights by Afghan and international men and women from academia, the military, government, armed opposition and civil society. More than 25 articles explore lessons and...
Missile Defence Conference 2018
30 May 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
The 18th annual Conference in this series is very timely, with Missile Defence coming to the forefront of policymakers minds. The conference will address the North Korean nuclear threat and how it will have evolved and East Asian missile defence...
Strengthening the AML Response to Cyber Crime
30 May 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
On that basis, the objectives of this workshop are to develop a better understanding of money laundering techniques used by cyber criminals, identify how anti-money laundering (AML) responses can render cyber crime less lucrative, and examine the...
Tom Tugendhat on Defending the Rules
29 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
In his address, Mr Tugendhat discussed Britain’s place in the world and his vision for the UK’s foreign policy priorities post-Brexit. Drawing on his time working for the Chief of the Defence Staff and his work on the committee, he argued that a...
Breakfast Briefing: Artificial Intelligence – Latest Analysis from RUSI
29 May 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Recent developments in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have resulted in rapid advancements in the abilities of computers to learn automatically and improve from experience, and make decisions just like humans....
RUSI–The First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference 2018
24 May 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
First Sea Lord's Speech Read the speech here Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson The conference addressed the potential for human-machine combat teaming, implications for force design, disinvestment strategies and people from the year 2035. The...
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 16th Annual Conference
23 May 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
To read the closing remarks by Her Royal Highness Princess Tessy of Luxembourg, please click here. Now in its 16th year, the conference focussed on 'Politics, Partners and Protection’ and explored some of the key issues confronting contemporary...
Why We Fight: The Evolutionary Psychology of Warfare
22 May 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
From the pursuit of social status and belonging, to the rationalisation of violence through mechanisms such as morality, religion and shared ideology, this lecture will explore recent advances in the cognitive sciences, and demonstrate their...
Organised Crime/Terror Nexus Workshop
22 May 2018, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
The organised crime/terror nexus manifests at various levels. Organised crime groups and terrorists may converge, permanently or opportunistically. For instance, terrorist groups such as the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) are known to tax and extort...
Air Marshal Phil Osborn on Intelligence and Information Advantage in a Contested World
18 May 2018, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
The clarity of peace, transition to war, and war is fast disappearing. State-based competition and confrontation are now becoming the norm, played out across a multi-dimensional and multi-speed battlespace. For some, traditional levers of national...
Breakfast Briefing: Iran’s Nuclear Deal – What Next?
17 May 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
US President Donald Trump has until 12 May to decide whether or not to waive sanctions against Iran again, in line with the terms of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Back in January, President Trump stated that unless a series of...
Global Connectivity or Stitching Up the World: How Should We Understand the Belt and Road
16 May 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is Beijing’s dominant foreign policy narrative. But how should we understand it from a normative perspective from Beijing – is it about a community of shared destiny or is it rather an attempt to tie up international...
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 against ISIS in December 2017 and the start of the...
Imran Khan: The Captain Begins His Greatest Test Match
US Sanctions on Russia
Lessons from Down Under: The Soft Power Dividend of Financial Crime Technical Assistance