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RUSI is the podium of choice for world leaders and senior policymakers, and is ideally placed to attract high-quality speakers and participants at its events. These vary in size and format from set-piece lectures to conferences and seminars.
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Insurance Gaps: A Growing Vulnerability
28 January 2020, 8:30Though insurance gaps is a little-known term outside the insurance industry, and one not associated with national security, it is becoming a national security issue. According to a new report by...
RUSI Members Only
Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath
31 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
On 11 November 1918, Douglas Haig must have welcomed his imminent release from the immense burdens he had stoically borne for three years. He appreciated, however, that he would not yet be able to...
Major Corporate Level Members and Above
Breakfast Briefing: Countering Cyber Risk - Threats, Responses and Future Trends
05 February 2020, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
Recent research suggests that business leaders now see cyber security as the top risk to their businesses, and the British Government has publicly stated that cyber is one of only three top tier...
RUSI Members Only
Britain in the World
10 February 2020, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
The UK in a Changing Europe RegistrationIf you are registering for this conference from The UK in a Changing Europe then please note that you will need to create a RUSI.org account in order to...
UK PONI Members Only
UK PONI Workshop: Introduction to Nuclear Weapons Policy
11 February 2020, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
UK PONI will hold a one-day workshop comprising a series of seminars from RUSI staff on nuclear policy basics, covering deterrence, disarmament, proliferation and nuclear programmes worldwide. This...
RUSI Members Only
Fighting with Pride: LGBTQ+ in the British Armed Forces
17 February 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
In this wide-ranging discussion, LGBTQ+ servicemen and women who have served in the British Armed Forces since the Second World War will discuss their remarkable lives. These are stories and...
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UK Strategic Command Conference
18 February 2020, 9:00RUSI Whitehall
In 2012, the UK formed the Joint Forces Command to manage and deliver specific joint capabilities and lead on the conceptual component for Defence.Seven years later in December 2019, Joint Forces...
UK PONI Members Only
UK PONI Roundtable: Lessons from the 1960s (TSR2 and Polaris) for the contemporary Defence Nuclear Enterprise.
20 February 2020, 10:30RUSI Whitehall
This event is for UK PONI members only. To become a member please email ukponi@rusi.orgDuring this period, Polaris missiles and Resolution class submarines were procured, with Polaris later upgraded...
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Protecting Advanced Economies Against Cyber Attacks
25 February 2020, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
Dr Samantha Ravich, a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission – a bipartisan commission mandated by the US Congress, comprising leaders of federal security agencies as well as congressional...
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Douglas Haig Fellowship Lecture: Haig and the Aftermath
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....
Britain in the World
10 February 2020, 8:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The UK in a Changing Europe RegistrationIf you are registering for this conference from The UK in a Changing Europe then please note that...
Fighting with Pride: LGBTQ+ in the British Armed Forces
17 February 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
In this wide-ranging discussion, LGBTQ+ servicemen and women who have served in the British Armed Forces since the Second World War will...
The Future of Economic Crime Policing in the UK
25 February 2020, 16:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
This culminated in the launch of the first ever cross-government, public-private Economic Crime Plan in July 2019, which sought to get a...
Secret Alliances: Special Operations and Intelligence in Norway 1940-1945 - The British Perspective
16 March 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
After the events of World War Two, General Eisenhower commented that there had never before been a war where resistance forces were so...
Britain in the World
10 February 2020, 8:30RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The UK in a Changing Europe RegistrationIf you are registering for this conference from The UK in a Changing Europe then please note that you will need to create a RUSI.org account in order to...
Modern Deterrence Conference Spring 2020
13 May 2020, 8:00RUSI Whitehall London, SW1A 2ET
The RUSI Modern Deterrence Conference Spring 2020 will take place on the 13 May 2020. More details and speakers will be announced closer to date
Professor Azar Gat on Has War been Declining: Why and Where?
27 January 2020, 13:00RUSI Whitehall
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 complacency. Recent years have seen vicious wars in south and Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the rise of...
Breakfast Briefing: What Works (and What Doesn’t) in Efforts to Prevent or Counter Violent Extremism?
24 January 2020, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
One of the most important lessons of the last two decades is that military and security-focused operations – in isolation – do not end terrorist movements. Efforts to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE) have therefore become an intrinsic...
Ecole de Guerre Public Debate
10 December 2019, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
In 2010, the Lancaster House Treaties set France on a path of pursuing greater interoperability with Britain in defence-related matters. As the agreement approaches its tenth birthday, however, two largely unexpected developments have arisen which...
Tech innovation: the potential for startup-government collaboration
10 December 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
There is a major divide between the tech industry and the armed forces. In 2018 Google, for example, ended an artificial intelligence project for the Pentagon. This divide is troubling, because governments rely on the tech industry for innovative...
Have I Got Nukes for You: The UK PONI Christmas Quiz
09 December 2019, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
Given the success of our previous UK PONI Christmas quizzes, we’re back for a fourth year! 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...
Annual Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture and RUSI Christmas Party 2019
05 December 2019, 18:30RUSI Whitehall
Gen, Chief of the Defence Staff, UK Ministry of Defence. The Chief of the Defence Staff Lecture is held annually at RUSI, covering key topical defence and security issues. The Speech Excellencies, my lords, ladies and gentlemen – it’s a great...
Breakfast Briefing: Intelligence Assessment and Policymaking: Learning the Lessons of the Past Fifteen Years
04 December 2019, 8:15RUSI Whitehall
In the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a Committee of Privy Counsellors under Lord Butler of Brockwell was asked to review the pre-war intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and to ‘make recommendations on the gathering,...
The Future of Fires: Report Launch
29 November 2019, 10:00RUSI Whitehall
The paper is available here.The increasing density and sophistication of Russia’s Integrated Air Defence System promises to rob NATO ground forces of air support in the first weeks of any high intensity conflict in Eastern Europe. NATO ground forces...
Beyond 2020: the next 50 years of the NPT
29 November 2019, 9:30RUSI Whitehall
As part of the preparations for the 2020 Review Conference for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, President-Designate Rafael Grossi has launched the “Beyond 2020: The Next 50 Years of the NPT” project. This initiative is designed to foster a dialogue and...
Pre-election Defence Debate
28 November 2019, 12:30RUSI Whitehall
While Brexit may well form the backdrop for the General Election, the next government must also deal with the future of defence policy and the possibility of a Strategic Defence and Security Review after the UK leaves the European Union. Speakers:...
Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s
26 November 2019, 18:15RUSI Whitehall
Britain is facing unprecedented security challenges in the 2020s. The decade to come will not be as favourable as the two past decades. For a country as 'globalised' as Britain, security challenges cover a wide spectrum - from terrorism,...
Challenges to a free and open maritime security strategy in the Indo-Pacific
25 November 2019, 11:00RUSI Whitehall
Admiral (rtd) Tomohisa Takei, formerly of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, delievered a lecture on contemporary maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific region, from the overall strategic environment to the implications of China's rising...
The Future of Amphibious Operations, Report Launch
20 November 2019, 14:00RUSI Whitehall
Read the ReportIf you can’t get to the fight, the number of tanks, and the skill of soldiers is irrelevant. Theatre access is a critical prerequisite for power projection.Traditional methods of theatre access however are becoming harder. The...
Tech as a Virtue: Ethical Technology as a Source of Societal Strength
20 November 2019, 8:30RUSI Whitehall
The current debate about technology and national security in liberal democracies focuses on the vulnerabilities created by technology. Given how strategic competitors and adversaries exploit Western societies’ technology-based vulnerabilities, for...
POSTPONED - UK Defence Estate: Strategic Asset and National Endowment Paper Launch
19 November 2019, 17:00RUSI Whitehall
The Defence Training Estate in the United Kingdom exists to enable the training of Service personnel to Single Service and joint operational readiness standards of military effectiveness. It is utilised daily and the management of the Estate is far...
Huawei, Not All the Way
Death of Qassem Soleimani: What to Expect in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Britain’s Nuclear Projects: Less Bang and More Whimper