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New article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'Embattled Assad Enjoys a Stroke of Luck', click on the link above.
Confirmation of Chuck Hagel as US Secretary of Defense on 26th February
Global Strategy Forum would like to congratulate Chuck Hagel on his confirmation as the 24th US Secretary of Defense. Secretary Hagel, who has stepped down from GSF's Advisory Board with immediate effect, had served as a Board member since 2012.
Article by the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, former Foreign Secretary and GSF Advisory Board member
To read Jack Straw's article in the Daily Telegraph on 25th February, 'Even if Iran gets the Bomb, it won't be worth going to war', in which he argues that containment is a better response than conflict to dealing with Iran, a country we have long mishandled, click above
New article by Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives and a Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
To read Aaron David Miller's advice for the new Secretary of State on Israeli-Palestinian relations, published in the New Republic, click above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'A New Phase in the Struggle for Syria, click on the link above.
Jack Straw MP at Prime Minister's Questions, Wednesday 23rd January 2013
GSF Advisory Board member Jack Straw said at PMQs that rising security threats presented an "overwhelming case" for reviewing the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). To read more, click above.
House of Lords debate on the Intelligence and Security Committee: Annual Report 2011-12
To read the debate on the Grand Committee Motion To Take Note of the Intelligence and Security Committee: Annual Report 2011-12, in the House of Lords on Monday 21st January, click here.
GSF Chairman Lord Lothian Speaks At Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
Michael Lothian gave a presentation at the Wilson Center on Tuesday 15th January, entitled US Foreign Policy - A Time To Stop Drifting: A British Perspective.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'Yemen Seeks To Talk Its Way Out Of Chaos', click on the link above.
New GSF publication available - GSF Annual Lecture Series 2011-2012
GSF's annual lecture series 2011-2012 was published on 16th October and is available for download by clicking above.
Senator Chuck Hagel, GSF Advisory Board member, nominated for US Secretary of Defense
On 7th January, President Obama nominated Senator Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'Obama's Big Foreign Policy Headaches', click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'Grim Prospects for the Middle East in 2013', click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'How to Bring Peace to Mali and Avoid War', click on the link above.
Interview in the Independent with Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP
To read GSF Advisory Board member Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP's comments in The Independent on Thursday 6th December on the US Senate's vote to name Russian officials involved in corruption and to ban them from travelling to the US following the Magnitsky affair, click above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'Obama Is Courting Danger in the Middle East?', click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, 'What Can the Arabs Do About Gaza?', click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, The Coming Obama-Netanyahu Deal, click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's article, Why the Middle East is in Torment, click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
To read Patrick Seale's most recent article, Time for National Reconciliation in Syria, click on the link above.
Article by Patrick Seale
Patrick Seale's latest article, 'Can the US Change Course In The Middle East?' can be read by clicking above.
The latest GSF publication is now available
GSF's latest publication, the proceedings from the seminar 'One Year On: Turmoil And Transition - The Arab Uprisings And The Path Ahead' is now available.
The latest GSF publication is now available
'Views on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Debate - The Critical Issue Of Our Time?' is a new collection of essays, lectures and debates published by Global Strategy Forum.
Publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report 2011-2012
On 12th July, the ISC's Annual Report for 2011-2012 was laid before Parliament by the Prime Minister. GSF Advisory Board members Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP (ISC Chairman) and GSF's Chairman, Lord Lothian, sit on the ISC. Click above for a link to the Report.
GSF Autumn 2012-2013 Events Series
GSF's lecture, debate and seminar series will return in October 2012. Details will be posted here in September.
Remarks by Senator Hagel on Memorial Day, 28th May 2012
Senator Hagel's remarks and introduction of President Obama on Memorial Day at the Announcement and Proclamation of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, can be read by clicking the link above. Senator Hagel is a GSF Board member.
Article by John Lough in the Moscow Times
Click above to read an article by John Lough, Associate Fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, based on his remarks to Global Strategy Forum on 6th March, published in the Moscow Times
'The Disappearing Atlantic Bridge' - New Lecture by Lord Lothian, Chairman of GSF
Lord Lothian gave a lecture at the Center for Naval Analyses on Wednesday 18th January 2012, in an event chaired by Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, in which he examines the US 'pivot' to the Pacific and the implications for Europe and NATO.
Article on the Russian elections by Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP, GSF Advisory Board member
Sir Malcolm Rifkind analyses the likely impact of Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian presidential elections in an article for the Telegraph on Monday 5th March.
GSF Advisory Board Member Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP and former GSF speaker Sir Richard Dalton on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
Click above to listen to Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP and Sir Richard Dalton, former UK Ambassador to Iran, commenting on the IAEA report detailing its 'serious concerns' about Iran's nuclear programme.
Two articles on Russia by Professor Anatol Lieven, past speaker at GSF
Anatol Lieven's most recent articles on Russia are available for download by clicking above.
Article by Mehmet Ögütçü, past speaker at GSF
Mehmet Ögütçü's new article making the case that as eastern Mediterranean's waters heat up, Turkey should lead an OSCE-type initiative in the Middle East, is published here.
Article by GSF Advisory Board member, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Read HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan's article, 'A Seat at the Table is Too Much to Ask for Palestine?', in the Globe and Mail (23rd September 2011) here.
GSF Chairman Lord Lothian quoted on the Commonwealth
Michael Lothian's 'radical' proposals to reform and strengthen the Commonwealth were quoted by Peter Oborne in the Daily Telegraph on 1st July
New GSF publication: Creating a Middle East Economic Community
GSF Advisory Board member, Hüseyin Gün, has written a paper calling for a new approach to the Middle East. Click above for more and to download the pamphlet.