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.
Israel’s Elections and Future Trajectory
21 January 2021, 14:00As Israelis head to the polls for their fourth general elections in less than two years, the country is confronted with critical policy...
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture: Building the Next Generation Royal Air Force – Beyond the Integrated Review
25 January 2021, 13:00The Integrated Review sets out to define the Government’s ambition for the UK’s role in the world and its long-term strategic aims for our...
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...
Launch of the Women in Conflict 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,...
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...
The COVID-19 Fraud-Organised Crime Nexus: Threats, Challenges and Responses
10 June 2020, 14:30As much of the UK continues to work from home, spending a greatly increased amount of time online, the demand for electronic devices to work and engage in social contact is booming; and companies and individuals are scouring the internet for scarce...
Unexplained Wealth Orders: A Game-Changer or a Distraction?
09 June 2020, 16:00It addressed how well do they match up to the challenges posed by the likes of complex holding structures and challenges of obtaining evidence from abroad? Are they attracting too much focus at the expense of other statutory powers in the fight...
UK Project On Nuclear Issues 10th Anniversary Annual Conference
09 June 2020, 13:009 June 1300-1800: Emerging Technology and Nuclear Proliferation: Closing Keynote 1700 – 1800: Dr Pippa Malmgren, Founder H Robotics10 June 1300-1800: Challenges and Solutions for Sustaining Nuclear Expertise in the Next GenerationClosing Keynote...
Covid-19: Implications for Industry
04 June 2020, 14:00Speakers: Prof. V. Sumantran is a business leader and academic, currently serving as Chairman of Celeris Technologies and an advisor to several Fortune 100 companies. He is the author of Faster, Smarter, Greener – the future of the Car and Urban...
Mapping a Pandemic: Kenya and Covid-19
04 June 2020, 12:00The arrival of Covid-19 in Kenya has accentuated a range of security challenges in the country. Tackling a public health crisis on this scale requires healthy finances, clear government policy and a measured approach from security agencies. In...
Strategic Communications in the Post-Truth World: Mis/Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories and Reading the Mood
03 June 2020, 14:00With state and non-state actors using sophisticated online and offline tools to spread disinformation, and a proliferation of sources of information in competition with traditional channels of communication, trust in liberal democratic...
Exploring Connections: Corruption, Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
29 May 2020, 14:00Corruption and terrorism do not only join forces in conflict-affected countries where criminal activities are likely to flourish. In any country where endemic corruption has made the country itself or its neighbours vulnerable to terrorist...
International Day of the UN Peacekeeper 2020 - Brigadier-General Maureen O'Brien
29 May 2020, 12:00In association with the United Nations Association UK.
Mapping a Pandemic: Managing Instability - The Pandemic and Conflict
28 May 2020, 14:00They will discuss the impact of Covid- 19 on the delivery of aid, working with warring parties and militias, and other security challenges. Confirmed Panellists include: General (Ret'd) James Cowan CBE DSO, Chief Executive Officer, The HALO...
The Corona Lessons: Learning from New Zealand's Fight Against Coronavirus
28 May 2020, 8:00New Zealand, with a population some five million, has only had 1,499 coronavirus infections and 21 deaths. That makes it a global standout performer in combatting the virus. It owes its success to early and strict intervention. On 15 May, with no...
Extreme Communication: Strategic Communications in the Contemporary International Landscape
27 May 2020, 14:00The challenge comes from extremist actors ranging from the Islamic State to far-right organisations, and their increasingly sophisticated use of tools and approaches both online and offline. In this online event, guest editor Alastair Reed spoke...
Royal Navy / RUSI Digital Seminar: The Role of the Navy in National Resilience
22 May 2020, 14:30The immediate ramifications of unforeseen disruptions as well as their second order effects with regards to trade and global stability will require navies to coordinate with civilian and non-governmental agencies to deliver a whole of government...
Mapping a Pandemic: Britain and Europe After The Pandemic
21 May 2020, 14:00Mapping the Pandemic Series For many opponents of Britain’s membership in the European Union, the chief argument in favour of Brexit was the EU’s alleged determination to transform itself into a “superstate”. But as the current coronavirus...
Covid-19: What’s next for financial crime policy and digital identity
19 May 2020, 15:00Overnight, the Covid-19 pandemic has fueled the flames of financial crime policy debates that have been burning for a number of years – including what effective identification should look like in a digital era. We now are faced with the question:...
RUSI Terrorism and Conflict Research Group Launch of the Prevention Project: A Seminar Series Exploring the Evidence Base for P/CVE
18 May 2020, 14:00Prevention is a vital pillar of counterterrorism (CT) strategies across the globe. Yet despite nearly 20 years of preventative initiatives this issue continues to be highly politicised, misunderstood and contested. To help address this, RUSI has...
Underwater Drone Incidents Point to China’s Expanding Intelligence Gathering
The UK Should Align with Biden in the Indo-Pacific
The UK and Afghanistan: Raising Our Voice