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Events: 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 ...

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 ...

Contacts: Dr Jonathan Eyal; Professor Malcolm Chalmers; Professor Michael Clarke; Margaret Gilmore

: Options for Britain's Defence and Security

: 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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Analysis by region

Featured analysis

Background Analysis on Afghanistan-Pakistan

Future Defence Review

Faisal Shahzad in court

RUSI Journal: Terrorism: The New Wave 26 Aug 2010 by Professor Michael Clarke
A new wave of terrorists, highly motivated but lightly trained, are emerging, creating a new risk that has yet to be fully understood

Journal 201008 Cover

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).

Maritime Forces

Military Personnel

WWII union jack

Analysis: Introduction: Reforming Defence 19 Aug 2010 by Dr Andrew Syk
Learning lessons from past Defence Reviews

Agenda for the New Government

Tiger Class

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.

Agenda for the New Government

Thomas Inskip

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.

Agenda for the New Government

Richard Haldane

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?

Agenda for the New Government

Winston Churchill

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.

Agenda for the New Government

Liam Fox MP

Analysis: Many questions remain about the direction of UK defence reform 13 Aug 2010 by Professor Trevor Taylor
Following the Secretary of State for Defence’s speech on the future of UK defence, how many more questions have been raised than answered?

Agenda for the New Government

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

Vanguard Class SSBN

Analysis: Can we afford to renew Trident? 30 Jul 2010 by Professor Malcolm Chalmers
The 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.

Maritime Forces

Agenda for the New Government

Defence Management

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General Petraeus at RUSI: Watch the ISAF commander deliver remarks on Afghanistan

Award-winning research: "deploying expertise, research and a new rigour"

New Benefits: A greater range of membership packages announced

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