For our first February lecture on Tuesday 5th February, we were delighted to welcome to GSF Mr Matthew Rycroft CBE, Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development. He gave a lecture entitled ‘International Development In An Age Of Global Britain’, in an event which was Continue reading
The January 2019 Conference: Radicalisation And Violent Extremism In The Western Balkans?’
On Tuesday 29th January 2019, Global Strategy Forum co-hosted a morning Conference in the David Lloyd George Room of the National Liberal Club entitled ‘Radicalisation And Violent Extremism In The Western Balkans?’ with the British Council. The Conference was co-chaired by Continue reading
The January 2019 Lecture I: ‘Denuclearization And Peace-building On The Korean Peninsula’
We were delighted to welcome to GSF Professor Yoon Young-kwan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea (2003-2004). On Tuesday 22ndJanuary, he opened our 2019 events programme with Continue reading
The January 2019 Lecture II: ‘Western Defence And The Global Order: Where Now?’
On Wednesday 23rd January, for our second lecture of 2019, we welcomed Dr Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of Safe Passage: The Transition From British To American Hegemony. She gave a lecture entitled ‘Western Continue reading
GSF 2018 Christmas Drinks and December Lecture: ‘The Spy And The Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story Of The Cold War’
The David Lloyd George Room at the National Liberal Club was packed on Tuesday 11th December, as Ben Macintyre, Columnist and Associate Editor at The Times gave an outstanding lecture to GSF on his new book, The Spy And The Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story Of Continue reading
The November 2018 Lecture II: ‘Is There Hope For Yemen?’
On Tuesday 27th November, we were delighted to have the opportunity to welcome to GSF Professor Charles Garraway CBE, Fellow at the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex; and Member of the UN Group of Eminent Experts for Yemen. He gave a Continue reading
The November 2018 Discussion: ‘Two Years’ In: Trump And The Global Order – The Trajectory Of American Foreign Policy?’
On Tuesday 20thNovember, we welcomed Dr Brian Klaas, Assistant Professor of Global Politics at University College London and a weekly columnist for The Washington Post; and Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) to GSF. They spoke in a discussion entitled ‘Two Years’ In: Continue reading
The November 2018 Lecture I: ‘Britain’s Struggle With America To Dominate The Post-War Middle East’
On Wednesday 14th November, we were delighted to have the opportunity to welcome James Barr, Visiting Fellow, King’s College London; and author of ‘Lords Of The Desert’ to GSF. He gave a lecture entitled ‘Britain’s Struggle With America To Dominate The Post-War Middle Continue reading
The October 2018 Lecture II: ”Global Britain’: The Implications For Foreign Policy?’
On Wednesday 24th October, we were delighted to welcome the Rt Hon Sir John Chilcot GCB PC (Chairman, The Iraq Inquiry 2009-2016; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 1990-1997; and GSF Advisory Board member) to open our special series of events to enlarge on Continue reading
The October 2018 Lecture I: ‘EU Foreign Policy, Security And Defence After Brexit: The View From Europe’
On Wednesday 17th October, we were highly honoured to welcome to GSF Mr. Radosław Sikorski, Poland’s Minister of Defence (2005-2007), Foreign Minister (2007-2014) and Speaker of Parliament (2014-2015). To a packed David Lloyd George Room in the National Liberal Club, he opened our Continue reading