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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.
Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners: The British Soldiers Deceived in the Russian Civil War
08 May 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
When Winston Churchill took over as Secretary of State for War in January 1919, his top priority was the overthrow of the Bolshevik...
73rd Annual Kermit Roosevelt Lecture
14 May 2019, 14:45RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
At a time when the United States and Britain are reorienting their armed forces from counter insurgency to peer competition, with a common...
Alfred Nobel and the Causes of Peace
18 June 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel, the arms manufacturer and deterrence enthusiast, signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian...
First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2019
15 May 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Royal Navy appears confident in its utility and its strategic messaging. 2017 was the Year of the Navy, in 2018 the Royal Navy Expanded its Maritime Horizons and this year’s intent is Delivering...
International Day of the Peacekeepers 17th Annual Conference: The Thin Blue Line
23 May 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Now in its 17th year, the conference will focus on challenges and opportunities that face contemporary UN peacekeeping as the Secretary General’s Action For Peacekeeping agenda is endorsed by a...
Modern Deterrence Conference 2019
29 May 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
To deter modern warfare techniques and other emerging threats, Western countries need comprehensive defence strategies and plans. Given that hybrid warfare (also known as threshold or grey zone...
The New Russian Empire: A discussion with Dr Agnia Grigas
11 July 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
In 2016 Dr Agnia Grigas asked how Russia will redraw post-Soviet borders in the wake of Russian expansionism. In Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire Dr Grigas illustrated how —for more than two decades—Moscow has consistently used its compatriots...
The UK Modernising Defence Programme
09 July 2018, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
Throughout 2018, the Ministry of Defence has been undertaking a defence review to match resources to requirements. This supposes that the government understands the range of obligations it has, the sort of operations towards which it might commit UK...
The India-Pakistan Deadlock
09 July 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
Please click 'Register Now' to book your place - if you are unable to do so, please register your attendance with Sajid Ali via SajidA@rusi.org. Please note, registration is mandatory for this event.Ceasefire violations, militancy, and diplomatic...
Prisoner's Voices in the Liberation Collection
09 July 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
The Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Collection is a comprehensive collection of books and pamphlets in French on the Second World War, the occupation and the liberation, published during a period of just over two years, from August 1944 to the end of...
Defence, Industry and UK Prosperity: A Report by Philip Dunne MP
09 July 2018, 11:30RUSI Whitehall
The Ministry of Defence's formal obligation to contribute to national prosperity is several years old and the Secretary of state recently asked Philip Dunne MP to prepare an independent report on what the MoD is doing and might do differently in...
Antonio Giustozzi on The Islamic State in Khorasan
05 July 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear that IS had a serious...
Reforming the SARs Regime: Legislative, Regulatory and Technical Challenges
05 July 2018, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
The system for reporting suspicious financial activity in the UK is recognised as not fitting the needs of the 21st century. The global standards on which the regime is based are several decades old. The emergence of public-private partnerships for...
Think Tanks in the 21st Century: Engaging Youth and Use of Technology
03 July 2018, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is the world's oldest independent think tank on international defence and security. Founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, RUSI has been providing forward thinking, free discussion and careful reflection on...
Rules for Modernising UK Defence: Enough of the Negativity
03 July 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
The Speech Thank you also to RUSI – to Peter and all the others here who have facilitated this event today. I have, over the last week, thought at length over what I was going to say today. I am enormously grateful to be given the chance by RUSI to...
Money Laundering and the London Property Market
02 July 2018, 10:30RUSI Whitehall
At the global Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016, PM David Cameron emphasised the need to “clean up our property market right here in London.” This turned attention to the role of professional services firms, especially lawyers, accountants and real...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture: Fear of Abandonment - Australia’s Response to Changing Global Orders
29 June 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In its recent Foreign Policy White Paper, the Australian Government described how the ‘significant forces of change’ buffeting the international system are reshaping Australia’s region ‘in ways without precedent’ in its modern history.Drawing on...
The Future of the Internet
28 June 2018, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
The importance of the Internet continues to grow. The emergence of social media has placed the Internet at the centre of social life and now the Internet of Things is connecting manifold objects and systems. However, the relentless move of commerce...
Estonian Defence Minister on European Security in the Run-Up to the NATO Summit
27 June 2018, 16:30RUSI Whitehall
The roundtable will focus on ‘European Security in the run-up to the NATO Summit,’ and will amongst others address the upcoming NATO Summit, European security, cybersecurity and European troops in Estonia.Speaker BiographyJüri Luik has been the...
The Future of Economic Crime: Public/Private Partnership in the Recovery of Criminal Assets
27 June 2018, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
A position paper with points to consider during the discussion will be made available prior to the event.The invitees include figures in government, law enforcement, the insurance and financial services industries, the criminal justice system, and...
Roots of Restraint in War
25 June 2018, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
The lack of respect of the Laws of Armed Conflict (LoAC), also known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), by numerous parties in today’s conflicts - whether by state or non-state actors - along with the proliferation of decentralized non-state...
Russia’s ‘Silent’ Occupation and Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
In Context podcast - Episode 11: Jane Marriott OBE
Mitigating Cyber Risks: Is There Room for Two?