On Tuesday 17th November, we were very pleased to have the opportunity to welcome to GSF Rushanara Ali MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma; Mark Canning CMG, British Ambassador to Myanmar (2006-09); and Dr Richard Cockett, Continue reading
On Tuesday 3rd November, we were delighted to welcome Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG, Chairman of the UNA-UK Board of Directors and British Ambassador to the United Nations (1998-2003) back to GSF. With the UN currently marking its 70th anniversary, Sir Continue reading
On Tuesday 27th October, we had great pleasure in welcoming General Sir Peter Wall GCB CBE DL, Chief of the General Staff (2010-2014) to GSF. He gave a lecture entitled ‘The Utility Of British Defence In Today’s Strategic Context’ which Continue reading
As President Xi Jinping continued his State visit to the UK, GSF hosted a panel discussion on the UK-China relationship in the National Liberal Club on Wednesday 21st October. Sir Martin Davidson, Chairman of the Great Britain-China Centre, Richard Graham Continue reading
On Tuesday 20th October 2015, in front of a packed audience at the National Liberal Club, we were delighted to welcome Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford and Professor of International History, University of Oxford. She gave an outstanding lecture Continue reading
On Tuesday 14th July, we were delighted to welcome a highly distinguished and expert panel to GSF for our last event of our 2014-2015 season: General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL, Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Stirrup Continue reading
On Wednesday 8th July, we had great pleasure in welcoming the Rt Hon. the Baroness Ashton of Upholland GCMG, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and former Vice-President of the European Commission (2009-2014), to GSF. In Continue reading
On Wednesday 1st July, we were delighted to welcome Sir Ciarán Devane, the Chief Executive of the British Council, to GSF. He gave a lecture entitled ‘Prevention Is Better Than Cure: The Place Of Soft Power In A World Of Hard Choices’, Continue reading
On Tuesday 16th June, we were delighted to welcome to GSF, Dr. Esra Özyürek, Associate Professor and Chair for Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, London School of Economics; John Peet, Europe editor of The Economist since 2003; and Sir David Reddaway, British Ambassador Continue reading
On Tuesday 9th June, we were delighted to welcome His Excellency Mr Hak Bong Hyon, Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in London, Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University, and Continue reading