FCDOA Online talk by Professor Peter Lee The Human costs of Drone Warfare 9 October at 11.00 am on ZOOM Admission £5 The moderator is Timothy Dowse CMG Since the advent of military drones with lethal capability at the start of the twenty-first century, extensive research and commentary has been devoted to the harmful impacts […]
FCDOA is organising an online talk on ZOOM by Middle East security Expert Dr Michael Knights with the title Embedding with Arab militaries in the Yemen War on Tuesday 15 October at 12.00 BST - 13.00 Ticket is £5 Dr Knights will talk about what was it like to be embedded with Yemeni, UAE and […]
Last chance to join tonight's webinar! Online Talk Monday 21 October 2024 18.00 - 19.00 BST / 13:00 - 14.00 EST Please join us tonight for Endurance: Behind the Lens, the first in our fourth season of online talks, Antarctica In Sight: Live! Our latest webinar features Natalie Hewit, director of the new film Endurance from National […]
FCDO Association is organising an online talk by Sir Simon Gass GCMG CVO with the title What we must learn from the UK's campaign in Afghanistan? on 20 November at 11.00 am on ZOOM Ticket £5 Simon will reflect on the 20 year history of the West’s direct involvement in the Afghanistan campaign, drawing on […]
FCDOA Online Talk by Leigh Turner Lessons in Diplomacy: Politics, Power and Parties 26 November 2024 at 11.00 on Zoom The event will be moderated by Sir Stephen Wall Free admission Robert Leigh Turner CMG is a writer and former British diplomat. His final role was British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the International […]
The 2024 FCDOA Annual Lecture Speaker: Sir Alex Younger The title: A spy’s view of a fragmenting world new date due to Sir Alex's busy schedule is 6 December 2024 11.00-13.30 The Locarno Suite, FCDO The moderator is Sir John Sawers Tickets £30 Sir Alex was for 30 years a career intelligence officer in Britain’s Secret Intelligence […]
FCDOA is organising an online talk by Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL on 11 December at 11.00 am on Zoom with the title Standards in Public Life Admission free The moderator is Lord Simon McDonald GCMG KCVO Standards in Public Life have been hotly debated in the last two or three years, with […]
FCDOA Online talk by Dr. Hamidreza Azizi The future of Iran’s relations with nonstate allies in the “axis of resistance” or its relations with Russia on 14 January at 11.00 am on ZOOM Ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire will moderate the session Ticket £5 Bio Dr. Hamidreza Azizi is a Visiting Fellow at the German Institute […]
FCDOA Online talk by Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones with the title Is Europe ready and capable to deal with the multiple to threats liberal democracy? 22 January 2025 at 11.00 on ZOOM The session will be moderated by Timothy Dowse CMG Tickets £5 Given her expertise and experience in the security sector and, coupled with […]
FCDO Association is organising an online talk by Major General (Retd) Mungo Melvin CB OBE MA Tuesday, 4 February 2025 at 11.00 on ZOOM with the title: A Country on the Edge: The Causes, Character and Consequences of the War in Ukraine Moderated by Dr Olesya Khromeychuk Admission free Since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine […]
