Previous Events

Conference: RUSI - Guild of Battlefield Guides Event 09:45, 27 Jun 2008, RUSI
Presentations at this one day meeting will cover topics including the Burma Campaign in 1942, the Wehrmacht on D-Day and the Western Front, 1918-2008.

4th Annual Science and Technology for Homeland Security and Resilience Conference 2008 08:30, 25 Jun 2008, RUSI
2008's conference will draw upon leading government and private sector speakers to discuss the technological advances that have been made for enhancing national security.

Event: Perspectives on the Darfur Conflict and International Intervention 13:00, 24 Jun 2008, RUSI
Suleiman Jamous, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sudan Liberation Army, is one of the most knowledgeable and influential people on the Darfur crisis. Mr Jamous will discuss the history and current situation in Darfur, looking at both the humanitarian and conflict aspects.

Conference: The Second Lebanon War: Lessons for Modern Militaries 09:15, 20 Jun 2008, RUSI
This one-day conference will examine the lessons learned from Israel's 34-day campaign against the Lebanese insurgency in 2006. A distinguished group of speakers from Israel and elsewhere will explore the issues surrounding the Second Lebanon War.

Event: Policy Responses to Climate Change: MoD and FCO Perspectives 14:00, 19 Jun 2008, RUSI
This discussion will reflect on the national security strategy’s treatment of climate change and examine how climate security sits alongside other global instabilities.

Conference: Sustaining the Force – Soldier First: RUSI/DEM Future Land Warfare 08 09:00, 12 Jun 2008, Banqueting House
The conference will analyse the nature of complex crises in the world today and examine how to better support front line forces conceptually, morally and physically as they undertake operations in challenging environments.

Event: Islamism in Algeria and the Al-Qaeda Threat in North Africa 13:00, 9 Jun 2008, RUSI
How real is the present Al-Qa'ida threat in North Africa? How much is this a new front which threatens Europe? How should we respond? In posing these questions this RUSI Middle East Forum will trace the history and roots of Islamism in Algeria over the last twenty years.

Conference: Future Maritime Operations Conference 09:00, 3 Jun 2008, RUSI
The RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference 2008 will address the purpose of navies in the evolving security environment. It will consider surface combatants and their envisaged roles in contributing to military and political objectives. The catalyst for this conference is the output from a series of expert workshops held at RUSI over the past six months. The event will be particularly timely for the United Kingdom as the Royal Navy’s Surface Combatant programme emerges as a major force development issue.

Politics and Terrorism 08:30, 28 May 2008, RUSI
This year RUSI’s Politics and Terrorism Conference will offer a wide-spectrum outline of the developments in UK counter-terrorism policy.

Event: Military History Circle - The Rhodesian War: Thirty Years On 12:45, 23 May 2008, RUSI
Presentation by Professor Paul Moorcraft and Dr Peter McLaughlin based on their book, 'The Rhodesian War: A Military History', which provides a military analysis of the conflict in light of the modern tragedy in Zimbabwe. This was originally published twenty five years ago as 'Chimurenga: The War in Rhodesia', and was widely praised by military experts worldwide, becoming a standard text for the study of counter-insurgency, especially its application to the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Conference: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - 5th Annual Conference 10:00, 22 May 2008, RUSI
A conference to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, including the annual Folke Bernadotte lecture and a memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph. This event is in association with the United Nations Association, Westminster Branch and supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Event: Whitehall Dialogue - Policing the Metropolis: Current Challenges 12:45, 21 May 2008, RUSI
Presentation by Sir Ian Blair QPM MA, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the current operational requirements of the capital.

Event: Members' Lecture - Britain and Palestine, 1917-1948 12:45, 13 May 2008, RUSI
Sir Martin Gilbert CBE, official biographer of Winston Churchill, will discuss the British Mandate of Palestine, in light of the forthcoming 60th Anniversary of the declaration of the State of Israel.

Event: An address by General Xiong Guangkai 13:00, 9 May 2008, RUSI
As the balance of power in East Asia tips towards Beijing and China’s economic influence is felt world-wide, China’s military development has been subject to increasing scrutiny.

Conference: 2008 RUSI Air Power Conference - Air Power in the Joint Campaign 08:00, 7 May 2008, Banqueting House
The 2008 RUSI Air Power Conference is entitled ‘Air Power in the Joint Campaign’. Once again the event is being developed in close collaboration with the Royal Air Force and will be held in the Banqueting House and RUSI, Whitehall.

RUSI Annual General Meeting - Members Only 16:00, 1 May 2008, RUSI
The 177th Annual General Meeting of The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies will be held at the RUSI Library.

Event: 2008 Global Leadership Forum - America and the World Beyond 2008 09:00, 1 May 2008, RUSI
On 4 November 2008 the US will elect a new president. In January 2009, the new president will inherit a daunting array of international dangers, challenges and opportunities. How will he or she respond?

Event: Whitehall Dialogue - Russia: A Global Player and Partner? 12:45, 30 Apr 2008, RUSI
Presentation by His Excellency Mr Yury Fedotov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Court of St James's on Russia's active participation in carrying out and shaping the international agenda.

Event: Military History Circle - Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander 13:15, 25 Apr 2008, RUSI
A presentation by Dr David Cordingly, former Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions, National Maritime Museum, on the career of Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, as a frigate captain in the Napoleonic Wars and as commander of the navies of Chile and Brazil.

Event: Members' Lecture: Summits - Some 'Lessons' from History 18:30, 23 Apr 2008, RUSI
Presentation by Professor David Reynolds, Professor of International History, University of Cambridge, exploring themes from his recent book and BBC TV series about summit conferences, looking at twentieth century highlights and at some of the broader lessons that can be drawn for statesmen today.

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