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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.
Progressive Terrorism Studies Webinar Series – The Persistent Online Presence: The Shift in Platform Exploitation Over Time
14 July 2020, 14:00How the Salafi-Jihadi movement has been able to exploit the internet to distribute their message has been a key concern of those seeking to...
The Ministry of Defence Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
15 July 2020, 13:00In his speech, the Minister for the Armed Forces will discuss the role of the Ministry of Defence in mitigating the Covid-19 crisis and how...
189th RUSI Annual General Meeting
16 July 2020, 16:00A notice of all business to be transacted at the meeting shall be posted on the Institute’s website, at least 14 days before the date of...
Launch of the Building Stronger Societies Webinar Series: Restricting Foreign Acquisitions for the Sake of National Security
17 July 2020, 11:00In the past few months, an increasing number of Western countries - including Poland, Italy, Sweden and the UK - have announced new...
VJ Day 75 Years On: Reflections on the UK-Japan Relationship
13 August 2020, 10:0015 August 2020 – VJ Day - marks both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War. The conclusion of years of hardship,...
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: Countering CBRN At Home and Abroad
23 September 2020, 9:00The 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...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2020 Conference
21 October 2020, 9:00RUSI Modern Deterrence conference in partnership with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division.With threats and aggression facing liberal democracies increasing, national security is more important today...
“Changing Times, Changing Treason?" A Lecture by the New Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
09 September 2019, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
This speech reflected on whether the UK’s treason law needs to be updated to address the phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters who are British citizens or residents, and questioned whether the law properly allows for the trial and punishment of a...
A Conversation with the US Secretary of Defense
06 September 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
In this wide-ranging discussion, Dr Esper addressed a number of key international defence and security challenges, including the importance of the critical transatlantic relationship. Dr Mark T. Esper became US Secretary of Defense on 23 July 2019....
Project Sandstone: On the Trail of the Tae Yang - AIS Spoofing and North Korean Coal Smuggling
01 August 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Project Sandstone is a new initiative looking to analyse and disrupt North Korean illicit shipping networks using Open Source Intelligence. Their latest report focuses on the Tae Yang, a DPRK flagged coal vessel spoofing its AIS to cloak its illicit...
HM Government Economic Crime Plan Publication
25 July 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
The ECSB commissioned officials to draw up a public-private action plan to tackle the threat posed by economic crime in all its forms.At this event officials will present the government’s agreed Economic Crime Plan, which sets out in detail the...
What makes a crime-terror nexus? Evidence from 11 EU countries
22 July 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
GLOBSEC has assembled a database of 350 individuals either arrested for terrorism offences, fugitives from justice, or attackers who died while staging terrorist attacks during 2015, a peak year of jihadism in Europe. The team investigated the...
188th RUSI Annual General Meeting
18 July 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
AGENDAThe agenda is available to download below.
The English Job: Understanding Iran
10 July 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall
In 2001, Jack Straw became the first senior British government minister to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution and has developed a growing interest in the country ever since. His latest book examines Britain’s extraordinary and tangled relationship...
Lieutenant General Christian Badia on European Military Capability Development: A Way Forward
09 July 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Today, the European Union (EU) is facing a variety of challenges. In addition to internal restructuring, the enlargement of the EU or Brexit, there is a call for more European effort in the sector of security and defence as the world is facing new...
Breakfast Briefing - Money Laundering and the Markets
04 July 2019, 8:15Money laundering and the related responses from government authorities have, for some time, been viewed as areas dominated by policymakers and international organisations such as the Financial Action Task Force. More recently, as money laundering...
The UK in the Middle East: Strategy in a Changing Region
02 July 2019, 9:15RUSI Whitehall
Brexit will force the UK into a critical re-examination of its place on the international stage. This includes a reconsideration of the UK’s strategy in the Middle East. As tensions between the US and Iran are rising again, it vital to assess how...
Logistics and Total Defence: How Successful was Trident Juncture 2018?
01 July 2019, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
The Norwegian armed forces, which were responsible for planning all logistics and total defence and has just finished their evaluation of the exercise, will present the results of the evaluation in this invitation-only event.Trident Juncture 2018,...
Young Professionals in Defence - Summer Networking Reception
28 June 2019, 12:45You can now sign up to our collaborative Summer Networking Reception, held on 28th June.This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your network and to understand more about the wider opportunities available within the industry. The event is attended...
The Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History Awards 2019
27 June 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The panel of judges have exceptionally this year awarded two medals: John Hussey and Helen Parr received prizes for their books, Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815 and Our Boys respectively. The winners emerged from a strong shortlist of authors...
Emerging Security Issues in the Horn of Africa
27 June 2019, 12:45RUSI Whitehall
RUSI’s National Security Studies group hosted a lecture with Amb. Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya since February 2018. Speaker biography Ambassador (Dr) Monica Juma is the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of...
Breakfast Briefing - UK Defence Reform
27 June 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has, since its inception, been subjected to almost continuous review. In 2011, Lord Levene issued his report into the structure and management of the MOD. The government accepted his findings and he has ceased his...
Western Way of War: Air Marshal Philip Osborne
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border
Ethnic Hungarian Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe: Normalisation in Sight?