On Wednesday 23rd January, for our second lecture of 2019, we welcomed Dr Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of Safe Passage: The Transition From British To American Hegemony. She gave a lecture entitled ‘Western Continue reading
Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG CH gave a lecture on his new book, ‘Britain’s Quest for a Role: A Diplomatic Memoir from Europe to the UN’ to a capacity audience at the National Liberal Club To listen again to Lord Continue reading
On 7th November, the day after the US election, GSF hosted a debate with Professor Michael Cox, Mark Fitzpatrick and Professor Anatol Lieven to discuss the future foreign policy implications and the direction the new administration is likely to take. Continue reading
The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford delivered the third of our October lectures on 30th October at a very well-attended lunchtime event chaired by Lord Lothian. In his lecture, ‘Repositioning Britain In An Age Of Austerity: Are We Finding A Continue reading
On Tuesday 16th October 2012, GSF Advisory Board member, the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP opened our 2012-2013 events programme, drawing on his autobiography, Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor. The former Foreign Secretary (2001-2006) Jack Straw MP Continue reading
GSF Advisory Board members and former Foreign Secretaries and Shadow Foreign Secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, Jack Straw MP and Sir Menzies Campbell MP spoke our second June debate, chaired by Lord Lothian, on Tuesday 26th June 2012. Following the Continue reading
Professor Michael Clarke, Director-General of RUSI, gave our second May lecture on 22nd May, in an event chaired by Lord Lothian. In a highly topical lecture in the same week as the G8 meeting at Camp David and the NATO Continue reading
Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, gave our April lecture, entitled ‘British Competitiveness: Responding To The Rise Of The Emerging Powers’. In a wide-ranging, detailed and highly informative keynote speech, Jeremy Browne described the Continue reading
We were very privileged to end our summer events series with a lecture by Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and former Chief, British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) on Tuesday 5th July. Sir Richard gave an Continue reading
The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP, the Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rikfind QC MP and the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP reviewed the Coalition Government’s foreign policy in a debate chaired by Lord Lothian, GSF’s Chairman on 7th June Continue reading