On Monday 27th October, Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG (UK representative to the UN from 2003-2007) gave a lecture at Global Strategy Forum entitled ‘Is the UN’s future behind it?’ Following his remarks and the frank and absorbing Q&A session Continue reading →
Conservative Conference Event (Allegro Suite, Hyatt Regency) Sunday 28th September 12.30-2pm The audio transcript of the GSF event at the Conservative Party Conference entitled: ‘Might 12,000 nuclear weapons be more than we need? The case for multilateral nuclear disarmament’, at Continue reading →
The Shadow Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox MP, addressed Global Strategy Forum on Tuesday 14th October 2008. His lecture, entitled ‘General Overview of Conservative Defence Policy’, did just that and provided a comprehensive outline of what a future Conservative defence Continue reading →
On Monday 14th July, GSF’s chairman, Michael Ancram was joined by Alastair Crooke, founder and director of Conflicts Forum, to discuss ‘Isolation And Polarisation: The West’s Failing Agenda?’ They both underlined the need not only for engagement with the countries Continue reading →
For the last debate in our 2007-2008 series, we were delighted to be joined by Professor John Dumbrell, Bronwen Maddox, Dr Nao Matsukata and Andrew Tyrie MP on Thursday 17th July, for a debate entitled ‘How ‘Special’ Is The Special Relationship’, Continue reading →
On 10th June, Sir Hilary Synott KCMG, Minister Falah Mustapha Bakir, Mike Gapes MP and Huseyin Gun spoke in our second June debate , ‘Kurdistan Region In Iraq – What Prospects For The Future?’ which was chaired by Michael Ancram Continue reading →
Sir Gulam Noon, Lord Ahmed of Rotherham and Baroness Warsi took part in a debate entitled ‘Radicals v. Moderates: Does Islam In Britain Face A ‘War Within?” on Monday 9th June 2008. Each of the panellists brought a distinctly different Continue reading →
On 2nd June 2008, Sir Roderic Lyne KBE, CMG, delivered a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of our relationship with Russia, in which he concluded that we have no choice but to continue to deal realistially with Russia, as we do Continue reading →
Mehmet Ogutcu, Dr Shamil Yenikeyeff, Rt Hon the Lord Fraser QC and John Roberts discussed ‘Politics And Pipelines: Central Asia’s Role In European Energy Security’ on 6th May. Click here to download this article
In a fascinating lecture on 10th March 2008, Professor Michael Clarke, Director of RUSI analysed the new environment in which British security policy must be formulated. He believes that we are presently in a transitional period between two international systems: Continue reading →