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|website=https://www.rusi.org/ | |website=https://www.rusi.org/ | ||
|headquarters=London, United Kingdom | |headquarters=London, United Kingdom | ||
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| + | |type=Think tank | ||
|abbreviation=RUSI | |abbreviation=RUSI | ||
| + | |start=1831 | ||
| + | |founders=Arthur Wellesley | ||
| + | |sponsors=Institute for Strategic Dialogue | ||
| + | |powerbase=http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Royal_United_Services_Institute_for_Defence_Studies | ||
| + | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Royal_United_Services_Institute_for_Defence_Studies | ||
| + | |members=Prince Edward, Marcel Chirwa, David Petraeus, William Hague, John Scarlett, James Hay, John Hutton, Paul Lever, Rory McLean, David Omand, John Weston, Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Douglas Alexander, Catherine Ashton, Roger Bone, John Dowdy, Nik Gowing, Nick Houghton, Andrew Jamieson, Alison Levitt, Stephen Phipson, Ian Willis, James Arbuthnot, Jane Attwood, Menzies Campbell, Oleksandr Danylyuk, Robert Fry, Bob Keen, Sarah MacIntosh, Greg Mills, Andrew Parker, Kathryn Parsons, William Nye, Rhodri Williams, Rory Bremner, Harper Reed, David Giampaolo, Mark Fox, Michael Ridley, Mina Gerowin, Caroline Wyatt, Chris DiBona, Lowell Thomas, Chris Parson, Ralf Raddatz, Christopher Short, Patrick Chevallereau, Brian J. Edwards, Jeremy Blackham, Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, David Omand, Peter Keith Levene, Julian Oswald, David Veness, Gerald Grosvenor, John Weston, Paul Lever, Kamal Alam, Margaret Aldred, Simon Ancona, Roy Anderson, Henri Bentégeat, Robert Fulton, Lord Garden, Bruce George, Nik Gowing, Timothy Granville-Chapman, John Howe, John Kiszely, Jamie MacIntosh, Eliza Manningham-Buller, Susanna Mason, Mungo Melvin, Cornelia Meyer, Richard Myers, Pauline Neville-Jones, Edward Oakden, Kevin O'Donoghue, David Omand, Wolfgang Schneidehan, Julian Scopes, Andrew Sleigh, Nicholas Soames, Peter Spencer, Jock Stirrup, Ian Stopps, Hew Strachan, Ian Thomas, Richard Norton-Taylor, Chris Pope Richard Cobbold, Michael Clarke, Jonathan Eyal, Keith Hayward, Mark Joyce, Amyas Godfrey, Michael Rance, Kenneth W. Allen, Christopher Boucek, Humphry Crum Ewing, Ken Freeman, M. J. Gohel, Ellie Goldsworthy, John Hughes-Wilson, Tony Hulton, Irina Isakova, George Joffé, James Ker-Lindsay, David Kirkpatrick, Paul Latawski, Jon Marks, Graham Messervy-Whiting, Elizabeth Windsor, Igor Sutyagin,John Cockroft | ||
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| − | + | The '''Royal United Services Institute''' ('''RUSI''') is the oldest defence and security [[think tank]] in the world. | |
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| + | ==Official narrative== | ||
| + | The group's stated purpose is to "study, promote debate and provide options on all issues relating to national and international defence and security".<ref>RUSI [http://www.rusi.org/ Homepage]</ref> Published six times a year, the RUSI Journal is the Institute's flagship publication on national and international defence and security issues. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Founded in 1831 by | + | Founded in 1831 by [[Arthur Wellesley]] it is based in the centre of Whitehall. It states that "its original mission "was to study naval and military science, what Clausewitz called the art of war. It still does so." This has extende dinto areas of defence management and defense procurement. In recent years it has broadened it remit " to include all issues of defense and security, including "terrorism" and the ideologies which foster it." |
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| − | + | Its special guests in recent years have included President Bush, the Prime Minister, The [[secretary general of NATO]] and the [[Director General of the Security Service]]. The chief of Defence Staff traditionally speaks at RUSI once a year. | |
| − | + | ==Fellows== | |
| + | {{FA|Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies/Fellows}} | ||
| + | The RUSI has many interesting fellows, including many spooks, diplomats and military movers and shakers that are covered by Wikispooks.<ref>[http://www.rusi.org/about/staff/ Source]</ref> | ||
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Contents
Official narrative
The group's stated purpose is to "study, promote debate and provide options on all issues relating to national and international defence and security".[1] Published six times a year, the RUSI Journal is the Institute's flagship publication on national and international defence and security issues.
History
Founded in 1831 by Arthur Wellesley it is based in the centre of Whitehall. It states that "its original mission "was to study naval and military science, what Clausewitz called the art of war. It still does so." This has extende dinto areas of defence management and defense procurement. In recent years it has broadened it remit " to include all issues of defense and security, including "terrorism" and the ideologies which foster it."
Its special guests in recent years have included President Bush, the Prime Minister, The secretary general of NATO and the Director General of the Security Service. The chief of Defence Staff traditionally speaks at RUSI once a year.
Fellows
The RUSI has many interesting fellows, including many spooks, diplomats and military movers and shakers that are covered by Wikispooks.[2]
Employees on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin von Hippel | Royal United Services Institute/Director-General | 30 November 2015 | ||
| James Sherr | Royal United Services Institute/Director-General | 1983 | 1985 | |
| Harry Tuzo | Chairman | 1980 | 1983 | Attended Bilderberg/1980 |
| Richard Walton | Senior Associate Fellow | January 2016 |
Known members
32 of the 109 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Kamal Alam | Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft, |
| James Arbuthnot | British Conservative Party politician with intelligence/deep state ties. |
| Catherine Ashton | A woman with zero qualification or experience of foreign affairs who, in 2009, was made 'High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security policy' in a deal which finally recognised that the position was NOT going to be given to Tony Blair |
| Roger Bone | Former UK diplomat who went over to the military-industrial complex as President of Boeing UK. He is also a Trustee of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). |
| Thomas Boyd-Carpenter | |
| Marcel Chirwa | Malawian soldier mentioned in a file of the Integrity Initiative Leak, RUSI. |
| Michael Clarke | UK academic and "terror expert" |
| John Cockroft | UK politician and financial journalist. Board of the European Movement (UK) 1973-74. Attended 1971 Bilderberg meeting. |
| Oleksandr Danylyuk | Ukrainian member of the Institute for Statecraft |
| Bruce George | Member of the Privy Council since 2001, MICC connected MP |
| Nik Gowing | UK Deep state connected TV journalist |
| Nicholas Houghton | Senior UK soldier, House of Lords, Sandhurst |
| John Hughes-Wilson | Author and broadcaster specialising in military-historical and intelligence matters |
| John Hutton | UK Secretary of State for Defence 2008-2009 |
| Peter Levene | Chief of Defence Procurement, then over to private banking. |
| Paul Lever | |
| Sarah MacIntosh | UK diplomat, RUSI |
| Eliza Manningham-Buller | |
| Mungo Melvin | Major-General and "outstanding intellectual" at the Institute for Statecraft |
| Pauline Neville-Jones | BBC governor, Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee |
| Richard Norton-Taylor | Writer for The Guardian on defence and security matters |
| David Omand | A former head of GCHQ. |
| Julian Oswald | First Sea Lord and Chief of UK Naval Staff in the early 1990s. |
| Andrew Parker | Head of MI5, promoting fear of 'jihadis'. |
| David Petraeus | Spooky general, DCIA, Multi-Bilderberg |
| John Scarlett | MI6 chief 2004-2009 |
| Nicholas Soames | UK politician and businessman. |
| Hew Strachan | Military historian with an active interest in the amount of UK defence spending. Institute for Statecraft advisor. |
| Igor Sutyagin | Russian exposed as a member of the Integrity Initiative's Inner Core cluster. |
| David Veness | The UK senior policeman/ "counter terrorist" who sat on the Mishcon Note. |
| John Weston | |
| Elizabeth Windsor | Longest reigning monarch during her reign, during her time she befriended VIPedophiles Jimmy Saville and protected Prince Andrew. In the 2000s remarked "there are powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge". |
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Carnegie Corporation | Established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911, with large grants especially to form the education sector. Lots of grants to "security" think tanks too. |
| Smith Richardson Foundation | CIA front organization that funds select projects with $$$ |
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