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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.
“Changing Times, Changing Treason?" A Lecture by the New Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
09 September 2019, 17:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
This speech will reflect on whether the UK’s treason law needs to be updated to address the phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters who...
Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using...
Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
30 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Admiral Tony Radakin CB ADC was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019. Commissioned in 1990, his operational...
Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2019
18 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
He will also discuss the need for maintaining and enhancing military capability across defence in an ever-changing operational environment...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 Conference
13 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 conference will examine the connection between defence and offence in deterring greyzone threats; it will also examine deterrence of aggression triggered by climate...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Mafiaround: The Fight Against Italian Mafias beyond Italy
29 November 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
Sharing practices and insights will be the primary goal, but rather than just listening to each other’s experiences and knowledge, the workshop will be organised around a number of thematic sessions including, but not limited to:How to recognise and...
The Evolving Role of the Military during non-discretionary National Crises
28 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Brigadier Ridge will further reflect on what this means for the nature and construct of military deployments and how this has been reflected in recent British efforts. He will also offer some insights and thoughts as to what this might mean in the...
The Zinoviev Letter: A Century of Fake News?
27 November 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The Zinoviev Letter of 1924, encouraging the British proletariat to greater revolutionary effort, was apparently sent by Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Bolshevik propaganda organisation, to the British Communist Party in September 1924. Received in...
Introducing the Royal United Services Institute
21 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies is one of the UK's leading think-tanks on defence and security, and was established in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington. As a think tank it analyses the latest issued affecting the...
Leadership in the Non-Proliferation Treaty
20 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The NPT process is currently under significant pressure. As the 2020 Review Conference draws closer, achieving consensus on a final document remains unlikely. There are divisions within the NPT community and frustrations over the slow progress of...
Annual John Garnett Memorial Lecture
14 November 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
The annual John Garnett Memorial Lecture honours the legacy of Professor John Garnett as the first academic in the field of Strategic Studies worldwide. Professor Garnett pioneered Strategic Studies as an academic field at the University of...
A Conversation with Professor Yuval Noah Harari
13 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
In a lively and wide-ranging conversation, they confronted some of the most urgent questions for the modern world and their implications for policy makers and the societies they serve. Why is liberal democracy in crisis? How do the forces of...
UK PONI Roundtable: The INF Treaty
12 November 2018, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
Signed in 1987, the INF Treaty required the U.S. and Soviet Union to eliminate an entire class of nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles, those with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. This arms control...
Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule The World And How to Take It Back
09 November 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
From the passport-vendors of St Kitts and Nevis, to the secrecy vendors of Nevada, to the property vendors of Knightsbridge, it exposes a system where, if you're rich enough, whoever you are, wherever you come from, the laws do not apply to you.In...
Sold Out - Breakfast Briefing: The US Mid-term Elections 2018
08 November 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
President Donald Trump’s ability to govern in the final two years of his first term will hinge upon the outcome of the 6 November US mid-term elections. This briefing will reflect on the current state of US party politics, the likely 'Trump effect’...
Lethal AI and Autonomy Conference
07 November 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
Artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy continue to hit the headlines of major media outlets, yet few of these deal with the specific considerations of military use: what does the arrival of such systems mean when they are designed to kill people...
RUSI Modern Deterrence Conference 2018: Securing Societies
06 November 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
The conference will launch RUSI’s Modern Deterrence programme, which will run over the next four years with the aim of better defining the concept. In recent months, the notion of Modern Deterrence has been gaining attention among many governments....
Iraq, Iran and the US: Economic trends in the wake of sanctions
31 October 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
On 4 November US-led sanctions will once again target the Islamic Republic of Iran. With Iran as its foremost trading partner, there are potentially lasting consequences for the Iraqi economy. Meanwhile the political implications for Iraq are...
UK PONI Roundtable: Denuclearising North Korea
31 October 2018, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
North Korea has continued to feature in global headlines throughout 2018. However the focus this year has shifted from provocation and high tensions, to diplomatic initiatives in support of denuclearisation. So far progress in this area has been...
India’s Strategic Outlook
31 October 2018, 10:30RUSI Whitehall
As India’s economic and political clout expand, so do its desire to play a larger role in the international arena. Among the broader international community, India has increasingly been viewed as a like-minded emerging power capable of balancing...
Turkey, the US and the S-400: A Counter-Narrative
India Tightens Control Over Jammu and Kashmir
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