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SUMMARY:FCDOA Annual Lecture 29 October 2026 by Lord Robertson
DESCRIPTION:How Safe Is the UK?\nLocarno Suite\, King Charles Street \n\nThe Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office Association (FCDOA) is delighted to announce that the Annual Lecture 2026 will be delivered by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen\, former Secretary General of NATO and former UK Secretary of State for Defence. \nIn his lecture\, “How Safe Is the UK?”\, Lord Robertson will draw on his extensive experience in government\, international affairs and defence policy to reflect on the security challenges facing the United Kingdom in an increasingly complex global environment. \n\nAbout the Speaker\nRt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT\, GCMG\nLord Robertson became Chancellor of the University of Dundee in 2023. In 2025\, he served as Lead Reviewer of the Government’s Strategic Defence Review. He is currently Senior Counsellor with The Cohen Group in Washington DC\, Co-Chair of the Global Strategy Forum\, Vice Patron of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo\, President of the Council of Military Education Committees\, and a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Affairs and Defence. \nA Member of Parliament for twenty-one years\, Lord Robertson served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland before becoming Secretary of State for Defence in 1997. From 1999 to 2003\, he served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council\, leading the Alliance through a period of major international challenges and chairing the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in 2002. \nBeyond public service\, Lord Robertson has held a number of senior corporate and non-executive roles\, including Executive Deputy Chairman of Cable & Wireless plc\, Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP\, and Non-Executive Director of the Weir Group plc\, Smiths Group plc\, and Monaco Telecom SA. He has also served as Chairman of the FIA Foundation\, Chairman of Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd\, Chairman of The Ditchley Foundation\, and Vice Chairman of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. \nLord Robertson is an Elder Brother of Trinity House and a Visiting Professor at both Stirling University and King’s College London. He serves on the Board of the Centre for European Reform\, is a Distinguished Fellow of Chatham House\, and sits on the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council. For seventeen years he was Honorary Colonel of the London Scottish Regiment. \nAmong many honours\, Lord Robertson is one of the sixteen Knights of the Thistle and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. In 2003\, he was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom\, the highest civilian honour bestowed by the United States. He has also received Ukraine’s Grand Cross of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal College of Defence Studies.
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