GSF In The News
Here you will find a record of references to Global Strategy Forum, as published in the media. You will also find references to comments or opinions of some of our Advisory Board members.
Lord Howell of Guildford - letter in the Financial Times
19 December 2008
Click on the link below to read Lord Howell's letter, published in the FT on 19th December, on the need for Amerca's newly shaped foreign policy establishment to learn the art of partnership rather than leadership
Sir Ming Campbell - article in the Independent
30 August 2008
GSF Advisory Board member, Sir Ming Campbell, wrote an comment piece for the Independent, entitled 'Obama's search for the golden age', in which he analyses the recent Democratic Convention and questions what exactly underpins Barack Obama's rhetoric of change. The full article can be read by clicking on the link below:
Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP - article in The Times
21 March 2008
GSF Advisory Board member Sir Malcolm Rifkind wrote an comment piece for the Times, entitled 'Tibet: try the Hong Kong solution', in which he argues for the one country, two systems principle to be applied to China's relationship with Tibet. The full article can be read by clicking on the link below.
GSF President Johan Eliasch speaks at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC
31 January 2008
Johan Eliasch spoke at the Brookings Institution on 'Climate Change: the next Global Security Threat' in his capacity as Gordon Brown's special representative for deforestation and clean energy. For further details and the transcript of his address, click on the link.
Guest Speaker Lord Malloch-Brown on Pakistan
5 November 2007
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, speaking to a GSF audience said the government was "very distressed and concerned" by the events in Pakistan.
GSF Chairman's Conservative Home article reported on the BBC website
6 July 2007
BBC coverage of Michael Ancram's call on the Conservative Home website to engage with Hamas.
GSF Chairman on Conservative Home
6 July 2007
Conservative Home, the one-stop-news-shop for all things Conservative in the UK asked Michael Ancram to pen a short piece on why talks should be openned with Hamas. The blogging that follows makes for entertaining reading. Click on the 'Your Platform' icon to find Michael's article.
William Hague Middle East Speech to the Forum
2 July 2007
On Monday 2nd July the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague MP. To a packed audience he laid out Conservative Party policy towards the Middle East. A full copy of his speech can be downloaded from our website. The link below is that of the BBC.
GSF International Board Member joins Cameron's Shadow Cabinet
2 July 2007
Dame Pauline Neville-Jones has been appointed by Conservative Party Leader David Cameron MP to the Shadow Cabinet, with special responsibility for security issues. Dame Pauline has been a member of the Forum's Advisory Board since its inauguration in early 2006.
Michael Ancram letter to The Times newspaper
22 February 2007
Michael Ancram, chairman of Global Strategy Forum and one of those who did the ground-work for the Northern Ireland peace agreement pointed out the inconsistency between the American pressure on the British to open talks on Northern Ireland in the 1990s and their position now. Like all the best letters to newspapers, it is short, and well worth reading.
Global Strategy Forum in Lord's Hanard
22 February 2007
On Wednesday 21st February the House of Lords was presented with the Prime Minister's Statement on the troop draw-down in Iraq. The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos) read the Statement on behalf of the Government and Lord Howell of Guildford replied for the Opposition. We are indebted to Lord Howell for his reference to the Forum's debate of 20th February ''UK Defence Strategy: can it still be delivered?', delivered by General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE - Former Chief of the Defence Staff. The reference can be found in Column 1077 at 3:50pm.
Services in turmoil, says ex-chief - Daily Telegraph coverage of GSF defence Lecture
21 February 2007
Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent at the Daily Telegraph reported on the Forum's Defence Lecture given by General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank on Tuesday 21st February 2007.
