On Tuesday 17th October, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Dr Michael Spindelegger, Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (2011-2014); and Austrian Federal Minister of European and International Affairs (2008-2013). Continue reading
Our final lunchtime event of our 2016-2017 series took place on Tuesday 18th July. We were delighted to welcome to GSF three highly distinguished and expert members of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations. To a packed Continue reading
On Wednesday 5th July, we were delighted to welcome Stephen D. King, Economist, Author and Senior Economic Adviser at HSBC back to GSF to give our July 2017 lecture. He spoke on the themes of his new book, ‘Grave New World: The Continue reading
On Tuesday 20th June 2017, we were delighted to welcome to GSF Mr Max Hill QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, who spoke on the subject of ‘Dogma Or Demons? The Media’s Portrayal Of A Modern Terrorist’. The veteran BBC journalist, Peter Taylor, acted Continue reading
On Wednesday 14th June, we were delighted to welcome a panel of distinguished experts to GSF to discuss the topic of ‘Brexit: You Looking At Me, Looking At You – The View From Europe’ in the second part of a Continue reading
On Tuesday 23rd May, the Rt Hon Baroness Warsi gave our May 2017 lecture, on the themes of her new book, ‘The Enemy Within: A Tale Of Muslim Britain’. The event which was chaired by Lord Lothian and took place in the National Liberal Club. Continue reading
On Wednesday 10th May, John Everard (UK Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2006-2008) and Shashank Joshi (Senior Research Fellow at RUSI) spoke in a discussion entitled ‘North Korea And The West: On The Brink Of War?’, which was chaired by Lord Continue reading
On Wednesday 3rd May, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Mr Brian Lord (former Deputy Director of GCHQ responsible for Intelligence and Cyber Operations); The Earl of Oxford and Asquith OBE; and Dr Leslie Vinjamuri (Director of the Centre on Conflict, Continue reading
On Tuesday 28th March, for the fourth of our March 2017 lectures and our final lunchtime event before the Easter Parliamentary recess, we were very pleased to welcome Sir John Holmes GCVO KBE CMG, British Ambassador to France (2001-2007); UN Under-Secretary-General Continue reading
On Tuesday 21st March, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, His Excellency Mr. Mazen K. Homoud, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Kingdom. He gave a lecture entitled ‘Jordan And The Regional Challenges’, which was chaired Continue reading