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The Role of Information Systems
The fourth and final workshop in the Alternative Energy and Sustainability Series will discuss balance between the benefit that information systems ...
Military History Lecture - The Origins of the American Civil War: What Can We Learn from the Way a Society Remembers a War?
Long fascinated with the origins of the American Civil War, Professor Brian Holden Reid will address the various ways ‘blame’ has ...
The Future Defence Review: Red Teaming a Green Paper - Part of the RUSI Future Defence Review Event Series
Building on the success of the previous three RUSI conferences analysing the issues affecting the development of the United Kingdom’s Future ...
Turkish Foreign Policy; challenges and opportunities
RUSI welcomed Ali Babacan, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, for a speech on Turkey’s foreign policy preoccupations. ...
NATO Operations - Internal and External Challenges - General John Craddock
As NATO heads towards its sixtieth anniversary, the Alliance remains involved in Afghanistan, one of the most challenging stabilisation missions in ...
NATO's Contribution to Conflict Prevention in Europe
Despite the efforts which governments place on it, conflict prevention remains the most unglamorous, least documented and easily forgotten of diplomatic ...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture
In his annual lecture to the Royal United Services Institute in London, the Chief of the Defence Staff said the Taliban ...
Towards Zero: Britain’s role in furthering nuclear non-proliferation and multilateral approaches to disarmament
A high-profile conference on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. ...
Members' Lecture -The Challenges Facing Defence
A lecture by Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, UK. ...
Courage and Commitment: Doing the Job in Afghanistan, Supporting Personnel at Home
A lecture by the Rt. Hon. Bob Ainsworth MP, Secretary of State for Defence, UK. ...
The Strategic Defence and Security Review: A Conservative View of Defence and Future Challenges
A lecture by Dr Liam Fox MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and Conservative Member of Parliament for Woodspring. In ...
The Foreign Policy Framework of a New Conservative Government
An address by The Rt Hon William Hague MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet. As the ...
Modern Society, Military Traditions: Effective Armed Forces in Today’s Britain
A lecture by Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, UK. Defence is acting to reflect the values ...
Defence Information Superiority (formerly the RUSI C4ISTAR Conference)
29-30 June 2010
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RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference 2010
7-8 July 2010
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Working Paper Series
Number 1
Preparing for the Lean Years
How will British defence spending fare in an age of austerity?
By Malcolm Chalmers
Number 2
A Force for Honour
Military Strategic Options for the United Kingdom
By Michael Codner
Number 3
Multilateral Approaches to Security
Choices for defence
By Andrew Rathmell
Number 4
Jointery and the Emerging Defence Review
By Trevor Taylor
Number 5
Capability Cost Trends: Implications for the Defence Review
By Malcolm Chalmers
Number 6
The Defence Review: Capability Questions for the New Government
By Michael Codner
Number 7
A Question of Balance? The Deficit and Defence Priorities
By Malcolm Chalmers
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RUSI Journal: Terrorism: The New Wave
26 Aug 2010 by Professor Michael ClarkeA new wave of terrorists, highly motivated but lightly trained, are emerging, creating a new risk that has yet to be fully understood
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News: RUSI Journal article highlights major gap in current strategic security debate
23 Aug 2010 The Royal Navy is dangerously weak, risking the silent principles of the UK's national security unless the future fleet is restored and adequately sized, claims a new article in the latest Journal of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
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Analysis: Introduction: Reforming Defence
19 Aug 2010 by Dr Andrew SykLearning lessons from past Defence Reviews
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Analysis: Inter-service rivalry: British defence policy, 1956-1968
19 Aug 2010 As we enter an era of declining access on a global scale, the UK armed forces must learn from Cold War disjointery and end its historic inter-service rivalry.
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Analysis: Problems of Setting Strategic Priorities: The Inskip Defence Review of 1937-38
19 Aug 2010 With the balance of short- and long-term requirements increasingly relevant to current defence considerations, the Inskip Defence review provides a lesson in keeping doors open.
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Analysis: Learning from Haldane
19 Aug 2010 Can Richard Haldane’s reforms, responsible for the best organised expeditionary force of the twentieth century, provide a basis for the current Strategic Defence Review?
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Analysis: Dodging the Bullet and Ducking the Question: British Defence Policy and its Post-Imperial World Role
19 Aug 2010 Britain's imperialist mentality is outdated and overambitious: viewing the country as a global power is damaging, rather than benefiting, current defence policy.
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Analysis: Many questions remain about the direction of UK defence reform
13 Aug 2010 by Professor Trevor TaylorFollowing the Secretary of State for Defence’s speech on the future of UK defence, how many more questions have been raised than answered?
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Analysis: UK Defence reform: Watch assessment from Michael Codner
13 Aug 2010 by Michael Codner
RUSI's Michael Codner gives his assessment to the UK Defence Secretary's resolve to reform defence.Agenda for the New Government Defence Policy UK Europe
RUSI's Michael Codner gives his assessment to the UK Defence Secretary's resolve to reform defence.
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Analysis: Can we afford to renew Trident?
30 Jul 2010 by Professor Malcolm ChalmersThe Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced that funding for the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent must come from the Ministry of Defence's core budget. RUSI's Malcolm Chalmers assesses the ramifications of this announcement.
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