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Foreign investments in cutting-edge tech: pure business or a national security matter?
25 September 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Non-European entities, including investors, are a common and welcome part of business in Europe. When it comes to investments in cutting-edge technology, however, the picture becomes less clear....
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Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using persuasion rather than threats, that managed to recruit an...
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Australian Foreign Policy and the Indo-Pacific
26 September 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The Indo-Pacific is a region characterised by growth, dynamism and opportunity. It is also a region of strategic competition, and events in the Indo-Pacific will go some way to determining the shape...
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Innovation in Countering Illicit Finance: Exploring and Addressing Policy Tensions
26 September 2019, 12:00RUSI Whitehall
The fight against financial crime is on a transformational journey, one that seems to have accelerated over the past five years. The financial services industry continues to evolve, with new...
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Information, Security and Democracy
30 September 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall
In a world of fake news, how important is the governance of the internet? And how significant is the digital aspect to modern-day activism? These and other questions will be addressed during this...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing: Policing the UK in an Evolving Threat Landscape
15 October 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
In this briefing, Lord Hogan-Howe will discuss how UK policing needs to adapt to the changing nature of international security threats. He will also consider what reforms may be needed to ensure the...
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Tech as a virtue: ethical technology as a source of societal strength
23 October 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Please note that this is an invitation-only event.Tea, coffee and pastries will be available from 08:15.For any questions regarding this event, please contact Allana Howard, Venue and Events Manager...
UK PONI Members Only
UK PONI Nuclear Technology Workshop
23 October 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
UK PONI will hold a one-day workshop covering the basics of nuclear technology including fuel cycles, nuclear weapons and delivery systems aimed at early career professionals working in the nuclear...
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Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now moved online. In her lecture, Megan will discuss how the FCA is...
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Elisabeth Braw on the Stasi’s Cold War Espionage Campaign inside the Church
25 September 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
East Germany only existed for a short forty years but in that time the Stasi developed a highly successful ‘church department’, using...
Australian Foreign Policy and the Indo-Pacific
26 September 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Indo-Pacific is a region characterised by growth, dynamism and opportunity. It is also a region of strategic competition, and events in...
Information, Security and Democracy
30 September 2019, 18:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In a world of fake news, how important is the governance of the internet? And how significant is the digital aspect to modern-day activism...
Megan Butler on Turning Technology Against Financial Crime
23 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Technology has brought about a step change in how financial crime is committed, with much of the direct threat to customers having now...
Gallipoli Memorial Lecture 2019
30 October 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
Admiral Tony Radakin CB ADC was appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2019. Commissioned in 1990, his operational...
Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 Conference
13 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The Modern Deterrence Autumn 2019 conference will examine the connection between defence and offence in deterring greyzone threats; it will also examine deterrence of aggression triggered by climate...
Report Launch: The UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians - Insights for the Review Process
18 September 2019, 13:30RUSI Whitehall
The 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council adding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict to its agenda and the decision by the UK to review its 2010 strategy on Protection of Civilians provide an opportunity for the UK Government to play...
SOLD OUT: Breakfast Briefing - Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70
18 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
As the world’s most successful alliance turns 70, it remains the cornerstone of UK defence. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was founded on April 4 in 1949, with its first headquarters in Belgravia, London. Since then, the alliance has...
The Red Queen Problem: Technology Start-ups and National Security
12 September 2019, 8:30Technology start-ups have traditionally not been considered part of national defence – because technology within national defence has been provided by the government itself, or its major contractors. Conversely, tech start-ups often don’t have a...
Breakfast Briefing - How People Radicalise: The Anatomy of Violent Extremism
11 September 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Today, the world is facing an unprecedented wave of violent extremism by non-state actors of various types. The causes, in whose name they are willing to kill and die, are very different (including religion, ethnicity, social justice, among others)...
“Changing Times, Changing Treason?" A Lecture by the New Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
09 September 2019, 17:30RUSI Whitehall
This speech reflected on whether the UK’s treason law needs to be updated to address the phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters who are British citizens or residents, and questioned whether the law properly allows for the trial and punishment of a...
A Conversation with the US Secretary of Defense
06 September 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
In this wide-ranging discussion, Dr Esper addressed a number of key international defence and security challenges, including the importance of the critical transatlantic relationship. Dr Mark T. Esper became US Secretary of Defense on 23 July 2019....
Project Sandstone: On the Trail of the Tae Yang - AIS Spoofing and North Korean Coal Smuggling
01 August 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Project Sandstone is a new initiative looking to analyse and disrupt North Korean illicit shipping networks using Open Source Intelligence. Their latest report focuses on the Tae Yang, a DPRK flagged coal vessel spoofing its AIS to cloak its illicit...
HM Government Economic Crime Plan Publication
25 July 2019, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
The ECSB commissioned officials to draw up a public-private action plan to tackle the threat posed by economic crime in all its forms.At this event officials will present the government’s agreed Economic Crime Plan, which sets out in detail the...
What makes a crime-terror nexus? Evidence from 11 EU countries
22 July 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
GLOBSEC has assembled a database of 350 individuals either arrested for terrorism offences, fugitives from justice, or attackers who died while staging terrorist attacks during 2015, a peak year of jihadism in Europe. The team investigated the...
188th RUSI Annual General Meeting
18 July 2019, 16:00RUSI Whitehall
AGENDAThe agenda is available to download below.
The English Job: Understanding Iran
10 July 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall
In 2001, Jack Straw became the first senior British government minister to visit Iran since the 1979 revolution and has developed a growing interest in the country ever since. His latest book examines Britain’s extraordinary and tangled relationship...
Lieutenant General Christian Badia on European Military Capability Development: A Way Forward
09 July 2019, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
Today, the European Union (EU) is facing a variety of challenges. In addition to internal restructuring, the enlargement of the EU or Brexit, there is a call for more European effort in the sector of security and defence as the world is facing new...
Breakfast Briefing - Money Laundering and the Markets
04 July 2019, 8:15Money laundering and the related responses from government authorities have, for some time, been viewed as areas dominated by policymakers and international organisations such as the Financial Action Task Force. More recently, as money laundering...
The UK in the Middle East: Strategy in a Changing Region
02 July 2019, 9:15RUSI Whitehall
Brexit will force the UK into a critical re-examination of its place on the international stage. This includes a reconsideration of the UK’s strategy in the Middle East. As tensions between the US and Iran are rising again, it vital to assess how...
Logistics and Total Defence: How Successful was Trident Juncture 2018?
01 July 2019, 14:30RUSI Whitehall
The Norwegian armed forces, which were responsible for planning all logistics and total defence and has just finished their evaluation of the exercise, will present the results of the evaluation in this invitation-only event.Trident Juncture 2018,...
No Prime Minister: The Deteriorating Security Environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saudi Arabia Under Attack
Episode 1: The Suspicious Transaction Report