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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.
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Transatlantic Relations on Iran After the US Elections
30 October 2020, 13:30Since the heralding of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed by the P5+1 group in 2015, the last four years have witnessed a schism emerge between the United States and Europe over...
UK PONI Members Only
UK PONI Introduction to Nuclear Technology Workshop
05 November 2020, 14:00UK PONI will hold an online workshop covering the basics of nuclear technology including fuel cycles, nuclear weapons and delivery systems aimed at early career professionals working in the nuclear...
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The African Soldiers of the First World War
11 November 2020, 16:00At 11am on the second Sunday in November, Britain holds Remembrance Sunday to commemorate its fallen soldiers. Up and down the country, crowds of people gather to pay their respects to those who...
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Haldane: The Forgotten Statesman Who Shaped Modern Britain
12 November 2020, 16:00As a philosopher-statesman, Haldane’s groundbreaking proposals on defence, education and government structure were astonishingly ahead of his time. He was the creator of the Territorial Army and the...
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Paper Launch - War by Others' Means
13 November 2020, 14:00Working with partnered forces may extend the reach of a small military, but how can access be converted into influence, training into improved capability, and what are the limits of transferring...
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How Spies Think: 10 Lessons in Intelligence
17 November 2020, 16:00Intelligence officers discern the truth. They gather information - often contradictory or incomplete - and, with it, they build the most accurate possible image of the world. With the stakes at their...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Rising Global Violence – Where, When, Why?
25 November 2020, 14:00Around the globe violence is on the rise. Fifty years of bipolar antagonism gave way to 20 years of the American Moment. Now that relative geopolitical certainty is fading as other states challenge...
RUSI Members Only
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two
09 December 2020, 16:00When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organisation set up clandestine routes which traversed Nazi-occupied Europe,...
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Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – Disrupting Networks of Influence
27 October 2020, 14:00Exploring the roots of Salafi-Jihadi resilience creates an opportunity for policymakers and tech professionals to consider data which can...
Building Stronger Societies: Involving Teenagers in National Security
29 October 2020, 16:00With national security threats growing, countries are looking increasingly to teenagers as a resource. Traditional conscription, as...
Haldane: The Forgotten Statesman Who Shaped Modern Britain
12 November 2020, 16:00As a philosopher-statesman, Haldane’s groundbreaking proposals on defence, education and government structure were astonishingly ahead of...
How Spies Think: 10 Lessons in Intelligence
17 November 2020, 16:00Intelligence officers discern the truth. They gather information - often contradictory or incomplete - and, with it, they build the most...
MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two
09 December 2020, 16:00When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organisation set up...
Corruption and Finance in the UK: A Reality Check
25 September 2020, 13:15Just four years after David Cameron’s vow to drive out corruption, the UK remains a destination of choice for money launderers across the globe. The Russia Report raised valid questions about the UK’s seemingly lax anti-corruption and illicit...
Africa in Perspective - Spotlight on West Africa
24 September 2020, 12:00The event will consider measures to tackle the root causes of economic underdevelopment, climate change, insecurity and the ongoing violent conflicts between the state and non-state actors. Particular attention will be given to initiatives to...
Ansar al Sunna: local trajectories of violent extremism in Kwale County, Kenya
24 September 2020, 9:00Kwale County on Kenya’s south coast has experienced frequent, if sporadic and low-level, extremist violence over the last decade. Much of this has been interpreted by the media as a three-way battle for supremacy between al Shabaab loyalists,...
CTF Online Symposium No. 3: Financial Intelligence in the Age of Lone Actor Terrorism
23 September 2020, 15:00CTF Online Symposium No. 4: Find out moreLone actor and small cell terrorists carry-out undetectably simple attacks without being directed or funded by larger organisations. In its current form, is the global architecture aimed at countering the...
Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
23 September 2020, 9:00ACCESS NOWThe 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 attack on British soil. Although there has...
US Elections and International Kleptocracy: What to Watch for
22 September 2020, 16:00This November, US citizens will choose the President who will lead the country during the next four years. As always, this American election is a global affair with far-reaching implications for other countries. This is especially so when it comes...
Bridging the Innovation Gap: How to Improve Cooperation Between Tech Startups and the National Security Community
22 September 2020, 15:00Despite efforts to bridge it, the gap between innovative tech startups and the national security community remains an enormous challenge for Western countries.It’s an especially serious issue as strategic competitors such as China can much more...
Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – Locating Meaning in Salafi Jihadi Content
22 September 2020, 14:00The research presented by Dr Ali Fisher and Dr Nico Prucha in this session is a synthesis of three studies which have respectively examined: the documents shared in the ‘Caliphate Library’ Telegram channel, a 300,000-page archive of Salafi-Jihadi...
Tom Tugendhat on Reappraising UK Foreign Policy Towards China
22 September 2020, 10:30The coronavirus crisis and the introduction of a new security law in Hong Kong has underlined the need for a better understanding of China's place in the world and an urgent reappraisal of the UK-China bilateral relationship. In his speech, Tom...
What role is there for media development in preventing and countering violent extremism? Observations from the STRIVE programme in Kenya
21 September 2020, 12:00Media development is rarely discussed in programming to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE). It sits uneasily alongside strategic communication and the use of alternative and counter narratives to respond to propagated narratives by...
Cyber Attacks – What Actual Harm Do They Cause?
18 September 2020, 14:00After six years leading the UK Government’s approach to cyber security, including as the founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin takes a fresh look at the impact of cyber-attacks on the UK, drawing on his personal...
Sino-Indian Crisis: Instability along the Line of Actual Control
17 September 2020, 12:00The Sino-Indian border is at its most volatile since the two countries went to war in 1962. The ongoing crisis has seen the first instances of fatalities and firing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since 1975, putting the region at risk of...
Extreme Threats to the UK
17 September 2020, 9:00The UK’s nuclear deterrent is intended to ensure its security against the most extreme threats. According to the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review, “it would be irresponsible to assume that the UK will not in...
Building Stronger Societies Webinar Series: Organising Ourselves for the Next Crisis
16 September 2020, 16:00When the coronavirus pandemic struck the world, a fact that had previously not been considered critical became obvious: most Western countries are ill-prepared for crises. While governments may have plans, crisis preparedness needs to involve the...
Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism (STRIVE II) Kenya: Project Closing Lessons Learned and Evaluation
16 September 2020, 9:00READ REPORT STRIVE II Kenya (Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism) is the follow-on programme to STRIVE Horn of Africa, the first EU funded countering violent extremism (CVE) programme in the region. The programme is coming to a close...
The Democratisation of Precision Strike in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Canada and the UK: A Long and Enduring Partnership
Japan’s Indo-Pacific Vision: What's Next After Abe?