//podcastplus.net/feed/rusi-analysis-podcasts~621af190 The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies is the podium of choice for world leaders and policymakers. This podcast features those events and other specialist podcasts. www.rusi.org Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:46:29 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Prince_Khalid_in_Conversation_Mixdown.mp3?dest-id=60072 Tensions in the Gulf region have soared following a drone and missile attack on Saudi oil facilities, and the Kingdom is faced with a plethora of security challenges. These come at a time of extensive social and economic reforms inside the Kingdom. Prince Khalid discussed all these questions and offered his views on the Kingdom’s security and prosperity in the years to come.   The conversation was on the record. Prince Khalid was appointed Ambassador to the UK in April this year. He was educated at Oxford University, where he obtained a degree in Oriental Studies, and then commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Previously, Prince Khalid has served in Berlin, New York and Washington. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:17:12 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Prince_Khalid_in_Conversation_Mixdown.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/RUSIAnalysis_BorisJohnsonGovernment.mp3?dest-id=60072 Professor Malcolm Chalmers and Dr Jonathan Eyal discuss the implications of the premiership of Boris Johnson and the impending Brexit deadline. Professor Malcolm Chalmers is Deputy Director General at RUSI, Dr Jonathan Eyal is the Associate Director, Strategic Research Partnerships. Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:26:58 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/RUSIAnalysis_BorisJohnsonGovernment.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/2018.06.27_-_The_Duke_of_Wellington_Medal_for_Military_History_Awards_2019.mp3?dest-id=60072 The panel of judges have exceptionally this year awarded two medals: John Hussey and Helen Parr received prizes for their books, Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815 and Our Boys respectively. The winners emerged from a strong shortlist of authors writing on military history. At the award ceremony the winning authors were given the medal by The Duke of Wellington, a member of the Judging Panel and the prime mover behind the establishment of the Medal in honour of the 1st Duke of Wellington, who founded the Institute. Helen Parr and John Hussey addressed the audience on their books, before taking questions from the audience. Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:31:09 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/2018.06.27_-_The_Duke_of_Wellington_Medal_for_Military_History_Awards_2019.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/2019.07.10_-_The_English_Job_Understanding_Iran.mp3?dest-id=60072 Recorded on 10 July 2019 at 18:15 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 with Iran, and why so many Iranians are obsessed with Britain’s role. Rather as we in the United Kingdom continue to define ourselves by what happened nearly eighty years ago at the start of the Second World War, modern Iranians define themselves by their bloody experience of the Iran–Iraq war of 1980–88, where the country had stood alone against Iraq. The conflict was an act of unprovoked aggression by Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq. The rest of the world – France, the Soviet Union, later the US and the UK – all piled in to support Iraq, with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States bankrolling Saddam. It was this experience that has helped define Iran’s view of the world, and its attitudes to both its local rivals ... Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:41:33 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/2019.07.10_-_The_English_Job_Understanding_Iran.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Reflections_on_the_First_World_War_Centenary.mp3?dest-id=60072 In this RUSI Analysis podcast, Dr Emma De Angelis interviews Richard Grayson, Professor of Twentieth Century History at Goldsmiths, University of London; Catriona Pennell, Associate Professor of History at the University of Exeter; and Santanu Das, Professor of English Literature at King’s College London. Together, they explore how the centenary of the First World War has been marked in Britain and beyond, and the role played by commemoration in British politics and society today. Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:33:32 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Reflections_on_the_First_World_War_Centenary.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/NATO_Round_Table__Podcast.mp4?dest-id=60072 A round table discussion on the up coming NATO summit between Jonathan Eyal, Malcolm Chalmers and Emily Winterbotham. Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:14:51 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/NATO_Round_Table__Podcast.mp4?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Syria-strike-12-4-18.mp3?dest-id=60072 RUSI experts Dr Peter Roberts, Dr Jonathan Eyal, Ewan Lawson, Michael Stephens and Justin Bronk discuss possible action against Syria in a week when the Assad regime is accused of using chemical weapons against its civilians. https://rusi.org/multimedia/attacking-assad-regime Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:08:55 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Syria-strike-12-4-18.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/KVH-BBCToday-090218.mp3?dest-id=60072 RUSI Director General Dr Karin von Hippel spoke on the Today programme offering her assessment on the Syrian Civil War and the prospects for peace. Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:26:17 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/KVH-BBCToday-090218.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Chalmers-today-241017.mp3?dest-id=60072 RUSI Deputy Director General discusses UK defence spending a month ahead of the Budget.  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:07:31 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Chalmers-today-241017.mp3?dest-id=60072 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Farrell-unwinnable-afghanistan-110917.mp3?dest-id=60072 RUSI hosted a panel to discuss Prof Theo Farrell’s new book ‘Unwinnable: Britain’s War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014’ - regarded as  the ‘definitive history’ of the UK’s intervention, drawing on military reports and government documents, as well as interviews with Western commanders, senior figures in the Taliban, Afghan civilians and British politicians. The panelists included Michael Clarke, Emily Winterbotham and Mark Urban The panel gave their perspective on the book and offered their own personal experiences from Afghanistan.  Theo Farrell is an Associate Fellow at RUSI. Theo was Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at City, University London and Head of War Studies at King’s College, London .    Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:49:52 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rusi/Farrell-unwinnable-afghanistan-110917.mp3?dest-id=60072