Professor Keith Jeffery, Professor of British History at Queen’s University, Belfast and author of the Official History, ‘MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-49’, gave a lecture at GSF on Tuesday 15th February. Professor Jeffery concluded that although the Continue reading
On 8th February 2011, Dr Jim Hoare, the first British representative in Pyongyang in 2001-2002, and Peter Jenkins, formerly Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency were the speakers in a joint Global Nuclear Initiative/GSF discussion entitled ‘North Korea: Where Continue reading
It was a great privilege for GSF to open 2011 with a lecture by HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal. His lecture on ‘The Heart Of Conflict In The Middle East’ attracted the largest audience ever in GSF’s history. Speaking to a packed room Continue reading
At GSF’s Christmas drinks on Monday 6th December, Lord Lothian gave a lecture based on his recently published pamphlet, ‘Farewell To Drift: A New Foreign Policy For A Network World’, which argues the case for a coherent foreign policy which serves Continue reading
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal Advisory Board member Global Strategy Forum co-hosted a lecture by HRH Prince Hassan of Jordan which took place at Chatham House on Monday 29th November: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/events/view/-/id/1769/. The lecture was entitled: ‘Social Cohesion and Human Security Continue reading
On Tuesday 23rd November, we were delighted to welcome two former Defence Secretaries, Lord Browne of Ladyton and Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP to discuss the question, ‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control: Can We Really ‘Count Down to Zero’?’ in an event Continue reading
On 16th November, GSF held a seminar entitled: ‘The SDSR: Tough Choices For Tough Times – Are We Making The Right Decisions?’ which took place in the House of Lords under the co-chairmanship of the Rt Hon Michael Ancram and Continue reading
On 2nd November, Rory Stewart MP was our November guest lecturer, speaking to a packed Forum on the question of ‘Afghanistan: A Winnable War?’ The event was chaired by Lord Anderson of Swansea, who described the lecture as a ’tour de Continue reading
On Wednesday 20th October, Sir Tony Brenton, Britain’s Ambassador to Russia from 2004-2008, opened GSF’s 2010-2011 lecture series with an extremely knowledgeable, comprehensive and astute overview of Russian affairs. Under the title ‘Russia: A New Whiff of Optimism?’, he painted two Continue reading
Lord Lothian PC DL QC Chairman – Global Strategy Forum Global Strategy Forum launched a new paper by Michael Ancram, GSF’s Chairman, at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on 4th October 2010. ‘Farewell to Drift: A New Foreign Policy for Continue reading