On Tuesday 17th May, we were very pleased to welcome Peter Oborne, the former chief political commentator of The Telegraph and Professor Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford and Director of the Middle East Centre Continue reading
Sir Dominic Asquith, who has held a number of high-level diplomatic posts in the Middle East including UK Ambassador to Libya (2011-2012) and UK Ambassador to Egypt (2007-2011), gave GSF’s March lecture, ‘What Really Drives The Middle East And North Continue reading
The Rt Hon Stephen O’Brien MP, the Prime Minister’s Envoy & UK Special Representative to the Sahel opened our 2013-2014 lunchtime series on Wednesday 23rd October with a comprehensive and thought-provoking lecture entitled ‘The Sahel: Terror Averted Or Just Continue reading
HE Mr. Daniel Taub, Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, gave our May lecture, which was chaired by Lord Lothian. Ambassador Taub gave an off-the-record lecture to Global Strategy Forum members and guests, entitled ‘Twenty Years From Oslo, Two Years From Tahrir – Continue reading
GSF hosted a seminar in the House of Lords entitled ‘One Year On: Turmoil And Transition – The Arab Uprisings And The Path Ahead’, which was opened by the Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP, Minister for International Development. On 14th Continue reading
We hosted our Christmas Drinks on Tuesday 13th December and we were delighted to welcome Andrew Wilson of Sky News as our guest lecturer. He spoke compellingly on the situation in the MENA region, drawing on his experiences in Egypt Continue reading
On 28th March, Global Strategy Forum held a lunchtime debate on ‘The Arab Revolutions: Will Democracy Prevail?’ at the National Liberal Club. Speaking on the panel were Sir Richard Dalton, former UK Ambassador to Iran and Libya, Tarek Osman, author of ‘Egypt Continue reading