On 12th December, for our final event of 2023 and our Christmas drinks, GSF was delighted to host a panel of highly distinguished foreign policy experts drawn from our Advisory Board: the Rt Hon Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, Leader of the Continue reading
NEW PUBLICATION: GSF opinion piece by General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE – ‘Leadership On The Edge Of Extinction’
For a forthright and uncompromising examination of the state of our world at the end of 2023, how we got here and what might lie ahead for humankind, GSF Advisory Board member, General Sir Richard Barrons’ latest article, Leadership On The Continue reading
GSF November 2023 Event: ‘The India We Don’t Know’
On Wednesday 29th November, we were honoured to welcome to GSF, His Excellency Mr. Vikram K. Doraiswami, High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. He gave a lecture entitled ‘The India We Don’t Know’ in an event hosted by GSF’s Chairman, Lord Continue reading
GSF October 2023 Event – ‘Conflict: The Evolution Of Warfare From 1945 To Ukraine’
On Wednesday 4th October, for our first event of 2023-2024, we were delighted to welcome to GSF two leading authorities on warfare, both past and present: General David H. Petraeus, the former CIA director who commanded the US-led coalitions in Continue reading
NEW PUBLICATION: Article by His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal – ‘Encouraging The Will To Stay: A Sustainable Approach To Forced Displacement’ – 28th July 2023
We are delighted to publish the latest in our series of expert comment and analysis. In Encouraging The Will To Stay: A Sustainable Approach To Forced Displacement, GSF Advisory Board member, His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal makes a compelling Continue reading
GSF July 2023 Event II: ‘Changing Geopolitics Of The Middle East – A Jordanian Perspective’
On Wednesday 12th July, for our last event of our 2022-2023 programme, we were honoured to welcome to GSF, His Excellency Mr. Manar M. Dabbas, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Kingdom. He gave a lecture Continue reading
GSF July 2023 Event I: ‘Russia’s Enduring War In Ukraine: The Global Fallout & How Does It End?’
On Wednesday 5th July, we were very pleased to welcome to GSF Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG, President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge University; formerly UK Ambassador to Russia (2016-2020) and UK Ambassador to Afghanistan (2021) for a packed meeting at the National Liberal Club. Continue reading
GSF/SEESOX June 2023 Seminar – ‘After Turkey’s Elections: A Change Of Direction Or More Of The Same?’
We were delighted to welcome members of the South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX) programme at St Antony’s College back to GSF for an event which marked the 10th anniversary of our annual collaboration. This year, they gave a Continue reading
GSF June 2023 Event I – ‘How To Survive A Crisis: Lessons In Resilience And Avoiding Disaster’
On Wednesday 14th June 2023, we were delighted to welcome Professor Sir David Omand GCB back to GSF to give us his unique insights into how best to survive the multiplying crises of the future. From the outbreak of new wars, destructive cyber-attacks, catastrophic nuclear Continue reading
GSF/OMN May 2023 event: ‘Surviving The 21st Century: A World In Flux’
On Tuesday 23rd May, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Tom Fletcher CMG, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, and previously the foreign policy adviser to three UK Prime Ministers (2007-2011); the UK’s Ambassador to Lebanon (2011-2015), and author of Continue reading