Royal United Services Institute
The Royal United Services Institute is the world's oldest defence and security think tank, founded in 1831 by the first Duke of Wellington, based in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom.- Type: Government building
- Description: British defence and security think tank
- Also known as: “Naval and Military Museum”, “Royal United Service Institute for Defence and Security Studies”, “Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies”, “Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies”, “RUSI”, and “The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies”
- Address: Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Banqueting House.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Banqueting House
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.
Palace of Whitehall
Archaeological site
Photo: Hendrick Danckerts, Public domain.
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire. Palace of Whitehall is situated 410 feet east of Royal United Services Institute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
St James’s
Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
Royal United Services Institute
- Categories: organization, think tank, Undesirable foreign organization in Russia, museum, and building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50432° or 51° 30′ 16″ northLongitude
-0.1258° or 0° 7′ 33″ westLevels
5Open location code
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Q1464767
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Royal United Services Institute” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “王家三軍聯合國防研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家三军研究院”
- Chinese: “皇家三軍研究院”
- Chinese: “皇家国防安全联合军种研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家國防安全聯合軍種研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家联合军种研究院”
- Chinese: “皇家联合服务研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家聯合研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家聯合軍種研究所”
- Chinese: “皇家聯合軍種研究院”
- Chinese: “英国皇家三军研究所”
- Chinese: “英國皇家三軍研究所”
- Dutch: “Royal United Services Institute”
- French: “Royal United Service Institute”
- French: “Royal United Services Institute”
- German: “Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies”
- German: “Royal United Services Institute”
- German: “RUSI”
- Italian: “Royal United Services Institute”
- Japanese: “英国王立防衛安全保障研究所”
- Korean: “왕립합동군사연구소”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal United Services Institute”
- Norwegian: “Royal United Services Institute”
- Polish: “Royal United Services Institute”
- Russian: “RUSI”
- Russian: “Королевский объединённый институт оборонных исследований”
- Russian: “Королевский Объединённый институт оборонных исследований”
- Spanish: “Royal United Services Institute”
- Ukrainian: “RUSI”
- Ukrainian: “Королівський Об’єднаний інститут оборонних досліджень”
- “Royal United Services Institute”
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