On Tuesday 7th November, Sir Vincent Fean KCVO, Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14); Professor Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford and Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College, Oxford; and Lord Turnberg, author of ‘Beyond the Continue reading →
On Wednesday 1st November, we were delighted to have the opportunity to host two eminent foreign affairs experts, Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times; and GSF Advisory Board member, the Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC, Foreign Secretary Continue reading →
On Tuesday 17th October, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Dr Michael Spindelegger, Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (2011-2014); and Austrian Federal Minister of European and International Affairs (2008-2013). Continue reading →
Our final lunchtime event of our 2016-2017 series took place on Tuesday 18th July. We were delighted to welcome to GSF three highly distinguished and expert members of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations. To a packed Continue reading →
On Wednesday 5th July, we were delighted to welcome Stephen D. King, Economist, Author and Senior Economic Adviser at HSBC back to GSF to give our July 2017 lecture. He spoke on the themes of his new book, ‘Grave New World: The Continue reading →
On Tuesday 20th June 2017, we were delighted to welcome to GSF Mr Max Hill QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, who spoke on the subject of ‘Dogma Or Demons? The Media’s Portrayal Of A Modern Terrorist’. The veteran BBC journalist, Peter Taylor, acted Continue reading →
On Wednesday 14th June, we were delighted to welcome a panel of distinguished experts to GSF to discuss the topic of ‘Brexit: You Looking At Me, Looking At You – The View From Europe’ in the second part of a Continue reading →
On Tuesday 23rd May, the Rt Hon Baroness Warsi gave our May 2017 lecture, on the themes of her new book, ‘The Enemy Within: A Tale Of Muslim Britain’. The event which was chaired by Lord Lothian and took place in the National Liberal Club. Continue reading →
On Wednesday 10th May, John Everard (UK Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2006-2008) and Shashank Joshi (Senior Research Fellow at RUSI) spoke in a discussion entitled ‘North Korea And The West: On The Brink Of War?’, which was chaired by Lord Continue reading →
On Wednesday 3rd May, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Mr Brian Lord (former Deputy Director of GCHQ responsible for Intelligence and Cyber Operations); The Earl of Oxford and Asquith OBE; and Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Director of the Centre on Conflict, Continue reading →