Global Strategy Forum
Debate - Tuesday 10th March 2009
Oksana Antonenko, Bernard Jenkin MP (in the chair) and General Sir Garry Johnson
In our March debate, Oksana Antonenko of the IISS and General Sir Garry Johnson discussed the vexed question of Georgia's NATO aspirations. The event was chaired by Bernard Jenkin MP.
"Is Russia a 'strategic partner' and a worthy member of the G8?"
Sir Roderic Lyne, KBE, CMG - British Ambassador to Russia 2000-2004
On 2nd June 2008, Sir Roderic Lyne 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 realistically with Russia, as we do with China, for example, but that time must be factored into our thinking - it should not be forgotten that barely half a generation has passed since Russians experienced 'the most sudden and dramatic upheavals to affect any large nation in peace time in the modern era and it is going to take much longer than half a generation for that country to settle into its new pattern.'
