Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture 2020
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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...
The Future of UK Security, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Co-operation with the European Union
04 February 2021, 16:00Post-Brexit, UK police and security agencies were keen to maintain access to SIS II, an EU database with real-time crime alerts, to the...
Launch of the Gender in Conflict and Security 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,...
Goodbye Britannia: The UK Challenged by Brexit
23 February 2021, 16:00The outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum sparked astonishment around the world and in the UK, widely regarded as the epitome of...
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 US Army and Great Power Competition: A Speech by the US Secretary of the Army
13 July 2020, 16:30The US Army has been radically altering its approach for the last 5 years, shifting from counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations to preparedness for high intensity conflict in an era of Great Power competition. Within this, the...
A New Model for Tackling Cyber-Enabled Fraud
06 July 2020, 12:00Cybercriminals are consistently targeting financial institutions and individuals by carrying out cyber-enabled and cyber-assisted fraud. This type of cybercrime should be high on the agenda for security teams and business leaders within all...
Book Launch - Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia
02 July 2020, 15:00Kaszeta was joined by Dr. Caitriona McLeish for an interactive discussion on the book, and explore what this historical review can teach us about managing chemical weapons risks today.Toxic is a dark and chilling story of the invention,...
Mapping a Pandemic: Managing Instability - The Pandemic from the Perspective of Civil Society
25 June 2020, 12:00In fragile and conflict affected environments, governments have struggled to provide healthcare, food security, education and safety for their citizens. With access and trusted relationships across communities, civil society leaders - including...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2020
25 June 2020, 9:00Click here for the text of the speech. His Excellency The Honourable George Brandis QC was appointed High Commissioner for Australia to the United Kingdom in May 2018. Mr Brandis has had a distinguished political career in Australia as a member of...
Africa in Perspective
24 June 2020, 12:00The African Union’s Agenda 2063, sets out seven aspirational commitments in its African development and transformation programme intended to enable Africa to fulfil its potential. However, across sub-Saharan Africa, crime, violent extremism,...
New Methods of Payment and Financial Crime
22 June 2020, 12:00The emergence of new financial services and methods of payment, from fintechs to cryptocurrencies, has brought greater variety and choice to communities. As is inevitable with most innovations, their advantages have not been lost on criminal groups...
Brexit and the UK-US Special Relationship
19 June 2020, 16:00Britain prides itself on its special relationship with the United States. Ties of history, language and culture matter; so, in recent decades, has London’s informal role as a go-between for Washington’s relations with Brussels, Berlin, and Paris....
Illicit Cigarette Consumption in the EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland
18 June 2020, 10:00The illicit cigarette trade does not respect borders nor laws, and affects different countries and regions alike around the world. The European Union is no exception. For the past 14 years, KPMG has been studying the illicit cigarette consumption in...
Whitehall Briefing: The New British Army Operating Concept
17 June 2020, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, western governments have been trying to adapt to a challenging new security environment. Persistent instability in the Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with the return...
Exclusive Online Briefing on NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence
16 June 2020, 15:00Jessica L. Cox, Director, Nuclear Policy Directorate at NATO HQ, was the author of an article on the continued relevance of nuclear deterrence to NATO security. The event was moderated by Tom Plant, Director, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy,...
Detecting and Seizing the Proceeds of Cybercrime
16 June 2020, 12:00Cybercrime is a major category of profit-driven criminality. With financial gain being the motivation behind most of cybercrime, disrupting cybercrime-related financial flows is a key vector of disrupting cybercriminal networks, especially since...
RUSI-Ecole de Guerre Series 2020
15 June 2020, 9:00European Defence: Time for a Private Solution? Major Nicolas Bourbigot, Major Nicolas Rocquet and Major Matthieu Toyer speak on contractorisation. This video is part of a series of presentations by officers studying at France's Ecole de Guerre on...
The Corona Lessons: Learning from Finland's Fight against Coronavirus
12 June 2020, 13:30To date Finland – a country with a population of 5.5 million -- has only had 6,743 coronavirus infections and 313 deaths. The country’s success rests on preparedness, early intervention and creativity. The country went into a lockdown before the...
Paper Launch: Performing Information Manoeuvre Through Persistent Engagement
11 June 2020, 15:30Military activity in the information domain has always been a key element of warfare. However today we face significant changes in the information operating environment that armed forces must adapt to meet. The density of information is increasing...
The Biden Administration’s First Steps and the UN
The Biden Presidency: What Role for the UK on Iran?
Episode Ten: Counter Terrorism Financing: Does the Current Global Approach Work?