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 , , United Kingdom.
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  • 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.

Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

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The , on in the , central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining.

Archaeological site
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The – also spelled White Hall – at 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 of 1622, were destroyed by fire. is situated 410 feet east of Royal United Services Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Quarter
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is the main settlement of the in , England. It extends from the to and has many famous landmarks, including the , , , , and much of the cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.

Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Royal United Services Institute

Latitude
51.50432° or 51° 30′ 16″ north
Longitude
-0.1258° or 0° 7′ 33″ west
Levels
5
Open location code
9C3XGV3F+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31117836
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Wiki­data ID
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”
  • Romanian: “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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