Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
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Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2019
18 November 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
He will also discuss the need for maintaining and enhancing military capability across defence in an ever-changing operational environment....
Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s
26 November 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Britain is facing unprecedented security challenges in the 2020s. The decade to come will not be as favourable as the two past decades. For...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture and RUSI Christmas Party 2019
05 December 2019, 18:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture is held annually at RUSI, covering key topical defence and security issues. This is followed by the...
Professor Azar Gat on Has War been Declining: Why and Where?
27 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
While the world has become more peaceful than ever before, there is still much to worry about in terms of security and no place for...
Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath, 1919
31 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
On 11 November 1918, Douglas Haig must have welcomed his imminent release from the immense burdens he had stoically borne for three years....
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture 2018
11 December 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The Speech Good evening – it’s a great privilege to be with you this evening to give my first annual Chief of the Defence Staff lecture precisely six months after I started in the job. And without getting overly excited I guess there’s never been a...
New Technologies and Nuclear Risks: A Discussion with UN Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu
11 December 2018, 15:00RUSI Whitehall
This agenda devoted significant attention to the consequences for human security of emerging means and methods of warfare, and many of the 116 steps and activities that the agenda outlined addressed related issues: the responsible use of technology...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Measuring the Scale of Money Laundering in the UK
10 December 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
There are a number of broad estimates on the scale of money laundering in the UK, some of them referring to hundreds of billions of pounds per annum. Due to the hidden nature of money laundering, it is very hard to produce a robust measurement. Yet...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Measuring the Scale of Money Laundering in the UK
10 December 2018, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
There are a number of broad estimates on the scale of money laundering in the UK, some of them referring to hundreds of billions of pounds per annum. Due to the hidden nature of money laundering, it is very hard to produce a robust measurement. Yet...
Breakfast Briefing - Controlling China: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence are Xi Jinping's 'Fourth Magic Weapon'
10 December 2018, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Artificial intelligence and big data may represent an industrial revolution, but combined with recognition technologies and existing systems of social control they may also usher in a revolution in the Communist Party's ability to reinforce its...
Reinstating national service: Lithuania's experience
06 December 2018, 8:15In cooperation with the Embassy of Lithuania, RUSI's Modern Deterrence project is pleased to invite you to an executive briefing by Gedrimas Jeglinskas, Lithuania's Vice Minister of Defence. Minister Jeglinskas, a graduate of the US Military Academy...
Have I Got Nukes for You: The UK PONI Christmas Quiz
04 December 2018, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
Get ready to pull on those Christmas jumpers and join other UK PONI members for an evening of friendly competition and quiz fun! Prizes will also be awarded for the best team name (last year’s winner was ‘Gold, Frankincense and MIRV’).UK PONI...
UK PONI Networking Event: Women in Nuclear
04 December 2018, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
Through an informal activity, participants will engage with the leaders on an array of topics, including current nuclear issues and their unique experiences in the nuclear discipline. Come ready to chat and learn!For UK PONI members travelling from...
RUSI Paper Launch – Targeting the Finances of Cybercrime
04 December 2018, 8:00RUSI Whitehall
UK law enforcement agencies already seek to ‘follow the money’ to identify cybercriminals, as well as to confiscate the proceeds of cybercrime. Financial institutions are a crucial partner in those efforts, especially in cases involving ‘money mule...
Book Launch: The Hall of Mirrors by Jim Storr
29 November 2018, 17:30What can we learn from war, and warfare, in the 20th century? Surprisingly, the question has not been addressed.After the First World War, four empires ceased to exist and eight new countries were born in Europe. Following the Second World War,...
BY INVITATION ONLY: Mafiaround: The Fight Against Italian Mafias beyond Italy
29 November 2018, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
Sharing practices and insights will be the primary goal, but rather than just listening to each other’s experiences and knowledge, the workshop will be organised around a number of thematic sessions including, but not limited to:How to recognise and...
The Evolving Role of the Military during non-discretionary National Crises
28 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
Brigadier Ridge will further reflect on what this means for the nature and construct of military deployments and how this has been reflected in recent British efforts. He will also offer some insights and thoughts as to what this might mean in the...
The Zinoviev Letter: A Century of Fake News?
27 November 2018, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
The Zinoviev Letter of 1924, encouraging the British proletariat to greater revolutionary effort, was apparently sent by Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Bolshevik propaganda organisation, to the British Communist Party in September 1924. Received in...
Introducing the Royal United Services Institute
21 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies is one of the UK's leading think-tanks on defence and security, and was established in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington. As a think tank it analyses the latest issued affecting the...
Leadership in the Non-Proliferation Treaty
20 November 2018, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
The NPT process is currently under significant pressure. As the 2020 Review Conference draws closer, achieving consensus on a final document remains unlikely. There are divisions within the NPT community and frustrations over the slow progress of...
Planning for the Next Strategic Defence and Security Review – A Much-Needed Peg in the Ground
France and NATO: President Macron Gets Clinical
Episode 05: Rethinking the Problem