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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 ...
International Initiatives in Alternative Energy and Sustainability for the Military
16-17 February 2010
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Ground Robotics: Lightening the Load, Enhancing Effectiveness and Delivering the Edge
18 February 2010
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UK Border Security
25 February 2010
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Analysis: Queen and Country: Ordinary people who pay an extraordinary price
4 Mar 2010 Soldiers don't talk very much about the dead, or the disfigured, or the battle stressed; except quietly to each other, not to the rest of us who will never really understand. Exhibitions like the work by the artist Steve McQueen go some way to redressing the balance between those who protect, and the rest of us.
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RUSI Defence Systems: Lean Thinking In An Uncertain Environment
4 Mar 2010 Lean thinking even in an uncertain environment can lead to a doubling of efficiency and a significant reduction in resources
Technology Defence Management UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Joint Fires - The Challenges To Come
4 Mar 2010 There is much more work to be done in order for UK forces to integrate air and land assets better
Aerospace Land Forces Defence Management UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Too Big to Fail: The A400M Bail Out
4 Mar 2010 by Bjoern SeibertWhen the A400M eventually becomes available, it will be more expensive, delayed and less capable than contractually agreed. The willingness of European Governments, and especially the UK’s, to bail out the programme is troubling.
Aerospace Defence Management UK Europe Technology
RUSI Defence Systems: 'Fast Acquisition': Streamlining Capability Delivery
4 Mar 2010 The Urgent Operations Requirements (UOR) process has delivered excellent equipment, saving lives, but is neither truly sustainable nor does it provide integrated ‘through life’ capability
Defence Management UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: The RDS Military Interview: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
3 Mar 2010 Sir Stephen Dalton was appointed Chief of the Air Staff, UK in July 2009. A fast-jet pilot, he was UK Director of the Eurofighter Programme and later Director General Typhoon. Until his current post, he was Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Personnel. He talked to Bill Kincaid on 5 January 2010.
Aerospace UK Europe Defence Management
RUSI Defence Systems: Review of Acquisition: The Gray Report
3 Mar 2010 The Gray Report ignores the Treasury view that analysis of past experience is the optimum way to realistically assess risk
Defence Management UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: The Conservative Prospect: Not an Easy Ride
3 Mar 2010 An in-coming Government would do well to learn the lessons of the previous SDR. UK security would not be well served by the Treasury dictating the terms
Defence Management General Election 2010 UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Doing Defence Acquisition Better: Making the Political Case
3 Mar 2010 Public pessimism over Britain's global counter-insurgency role not only must be tackled successfully, but can be, and a framework for acquisition reform needs to be constructed for implementation after the election
Defence Management General Election 2010 UK Europe
RUSI Defence Systems: Defence and the Growing Financial Challenge
3 Mar 2010 by Professor Trevor Taylor, Bill Kincaid CBEThe Ministry of Defence is in increasing financial difficulty as the financial needs of the MoD's Equipment Procurement Plan exceeds the potential financial resources. What are the likely solutions in the forthcoming Defence Review?
Defence Management UK Europe General Election 2010
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