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RUSI report: Security response to climate change ‘slow and inadequate’ The international response to climate security threats has been ‘slow and inadequate’ and nations need to integrate climate change into their security policy to prepare for worst case scenarios, according to new research from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
23 Apr 2008

War Without Consequences To mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, the Royal United Services Institute has published a major retrospective on the conflict.
9 Apr 2008

Defence and security put ‘at risk’ by ignoring parliamentary government An independent analysis published in this month's Journal argues that defence and security need to be overseen in parallel by Government and Parliament
RUSI
15 Feb 2008

British Army Loses 'Batallion' a Year to Drug-Use Discharges The cost to the British Army of illegal drug-use is nearly the equivalent of losing one battalion a year, a cost higher than fatalities and serious casualties in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
RUSI Journal
14 Dec 2007

RUSI Qatar launched in Doha The Royal United Services Insititute opens its first international office in the Middle East.
10 Dec 2007

RUSI Launches British Security Programme RUSI announces a new programme devoted to the contemporary challanges facing British Security Policy.
RUSI
5 Oct 2007

General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker at RUSI General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker comes to RUSI to share their assessments on Iraq. General Petraeus warned of the devastating consequences from premature drawdown of forces.
RUSI
19 Sep 2007

Michael Clarke starts as new Director of Royal United Services Institute 3 Sep 2007

Obituary: Air Marshal The Lord Garden KCB FRUSI 15 Aug 2007

RUSI to establish a branch in Doha, Qatar The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) is delighted to announce that it will be establishing a branch of the Institute in Doha, Qatar.
25 Jun 2007

Chairman's Annual Report 2007 Sir Paul Lever presents RUSI's annual report for 2007
26 Apr 2007

2007 Annual General Meeting The 175th Annual General Meeting of The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies will be held at 16.00 on Thursday 26 April 2007 in the RUSI Library.
17 Apr 2007

RUSI report highlights lingering questions surrounding proposed renewal of the United Kingdom’s Independent Nuclear Deterrent Although the Government has presented a strong case advocating the renewal of the United Kingdom’s independent nuclear deterrent, there are still lingering questions that need to be addressed. This is the key finding of ‘The United Kingdom’s Independent Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: Observations on the 2006 White Paper and Issues for the Parliamentary Debate’, a new report published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
RUSI
28 Feb 2007

Now we can finally defeat the Taliban Redeploying troops from Iraq to Afghanistan makes perfect military and political sense
The Observer
26 Feb 2007

RUSI announces Professor Michael Clarke as new Director RUSI
21 Feb 2007

If prince serves, army may come under fire "I think the military will be very wary about getting it right--getting it right in the public eye," said Amyas Godfrey, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank.
Chicago Tribune
20 Feb 2007

Afghanistan Compact Hits Snags One Year After Signing Chosun Ilbo Korea
1 Feb 2007

Brown hints at a shift in the 'special relationship' International Herald Tribune
25 Jan 2007

In an uncertain world, unilateral disarmament would be folly It is likely that maintaining a minimum deterrent will be the policy recommendation that the government will put forward in the white paper, and perhaps it will be this policy which parliament will discuss and vote upon.
The Guardian
30 Nov 2006

Change in Washington, change in Iraq? But analyst Michael Williams of the UK-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, told CNN the Democrats could "make life very difficult" for U.S. President George W. Bush.
CNN
8 Nov 2006