Rusi Analysis Podcasts

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup takes stock of issues affecting Britain's armed forces in his annual address to RUSI members as the Chief of the Defence Staff.

Ahead of a crucial Defence Ministerial in London, Secretary General of NATO, Mr Jaap de Hoop Scheffer spoke at RUSI and gave a wide-ranging exposition on the key issues facing the transatlantic alliance.

Rear Admiral Chris Parry, speaking at RUSI, discusses the extent to which UK strategic thinking, procurement and training are distorted by short-term perspectives and hampered by institutional practices that are highly resistant to innovation and change.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Owen delivers a lecture at RUSI detailing how some political leaders’ ill-conceived decisions are often connected to their own illnesses.

The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, explained the way in which the Army has not only adapted to the challenges that it faces today but also, how it will transform in contact to meet the challenges in ten years time.

General William ‘Kip’ Ward (Commander, AFRICOM) delivered the keynote address which opened the AFRICOM and US-Africa Relations conference, 18 February 2008, hosted by the Royal United Services Institute.

Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf spoke at RUSI about the challenges Pakistan has faced in recent years and how he envisioned the future of his country and the region. The speech was given while Mr Musharraf was President of Pakistan.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup takes stock of issues affecting Britain's armed forces in his annual address to RUSI members as the Chief of the Defence Staff.

RUSI Director Michael Clarke's Inaugural Lecture analyses the themes underlying a decade of Labour's security policy and the vacillating perceptions of its success and failure, and suggests some of the directions that security policy might take.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's speech at RUSI concerning key policy perspectives UK national security. The Prime Minister urged a united, resolute, and long-term stance against terrorism. However, a tough approach to combat terror using new powers also demanded stringent accountability to Parliament.