Public Engagements

The Council on Geostrategy is proud to have worked with a range of Parliamentarians, military officials and experts through our events and podcasts.

Parliamentarians

  • John Baron MP
  • Andrew Bowie MP
  • The Rt. Hon. James Cartlidge MP
  • Jonathan Djanogly MP
  • The Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP
  • The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP
  • Sir Michael Fallon
  • James Gray MP
  • The Rt Hon Greg Hands MP
  • Baroness Helic
  • Daniel Kawczynski MP
  • Alicia Kearns MP
  • Emma Lewell-Buck MP
  • Stewart McDonald MP
  • Baroness Meyer
  • The Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones
  • The Earl of Oxford and Asquith
  • Lord Mountevans
  • Lord Ricketts
  • Lord Risby
  • Alexander Stafford MP
  • The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
  • The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP
  • Tom Tugendhat MP
  • John Whittingdale MP

Government Officials

  • Tea Akhvlediani (State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality)
  • Kata Escott CB (Cabinet Office)
  • Sophie Guelff LVO (Director, Strategic Advantage Cell, Strategy Unit, National Security Council Secretariat, Cabinet Office)
  • Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Havrylov (Ukrainian Dept. Defence Minister)
  • Dominik P. Jankowski (Office of the NATO Secretary General)
  • Giedrimas Jeglinskas (NATO Assistant Secretary General)
  • Dr Rob Johnson (Director, Secretary of State for Defence’s Office of Net Assessment and Challenge, MOD)
  • Rihards Kols (Latvian MP, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee)
  • Dmytro Kuleba (Ukrainian Foreign Minister)
  • Dr Rob Johnson (Director, Secretary of State for Defence’s Office of Net Assessment and Challenge, MOD)
  • Gabrielius Landsbergis (Foreign Minister, Lithuania)
  • Angus Lapsley (Director, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Stephen Lillie CMG (Director, Defence and International Security, FCDO)
  • Sir Stephen Lovegrove (UK National Security Advisor)
  • Arkadiusz Mularczyk (Secretary of State for European Policy, Poland)
  • Mr. Masami Oka (Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs – Japan)
  • Mark Power (Director of Geopolitics, FCDO)
  • Chris Rampling MBE (Director for National Security, Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office)
  • Dr Matthew Rowland (Head, AUKUS Taskforce, Security Policy Department, FCDO)
  • Nikoloz Samkharadze (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, Georgian Parliament)
  • Virginijus Sinkevičius (EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries)
  • Timothy Smith (Former member of Parliament in Australia)
  • Julian Wieczorkiewicz (Permanent Delegation of Poland to NATO)
  • Andriy Zagorodnyuk (Former Ukraine Minister of Defence)

Military Officials

  • R. Adm. Edward Ahlgren OBE
  • R. Adm. Rune Andersen (Royal Norwegian Navy)
  • Lt. Col. Jordan Becker
  • Cmdre. (rtd.) Neil Brown
  • V. Adm. Andrew Burns CB OBE
  • Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Doug Chalmers
  • V. Adm. Martin Connell CBE
  • Brig. Rory Copinger-Symes
  • Capt. Ian Feasey
  • Adm. Michael M. Gilday (United States Navy)
  • R. Adm. Ewa Skoog Haslum (Swedish Navy)
  • Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Ben Hodges
  • V. Adm. (rtd.) Sir Clive Johnstone
  • Adm. Sir Ben Key KCB CBE ADC
  • Lt. Gen. Rob Magowan
  • Maj. Gen. (rtd.) Mitch Mitchell
  • Maj. Gen. Jim Morris CB DSO
  • Lt Gen (rtd.) Richard Nugee
  • Capt. Sarah Oakley
  • Brig. Chris Ordway
  • Capt. Ian Park
  • R. Adm. James Parkin CBE
  • R. Ad. (rtd.) Dr Chris Parry
  • Adm. Sir Tony Radakin
  • Capt. Dr Kevin Rowlands
  • Cdr. (rtd.) Tom Sharpe
  • Air Mshl. (rtd.) Edward Stringer CBE OBE
  • V. Adm. René Tas (Royal Netherlands Navy)
  • Lt. James Thorp
  • R. Adm. Mike Utley
  • Adm. Pierre Vandier (French Navy)
  • Lt Gen Eric Wesley (rtd.)

Diplomats

  • Ambassador Mansoor Abulhoul (UAE)
  • Ambassador Eitvydas Bajarūnas (Lithuania)
  • Acting High Commissioner Stefanie Beck (Canada)
  • High Commissioner George Brandis QC (Australia)
  • Deputy High Commissioner Julie Heckscher (Australia)
  • High Commissioner Gaitri Issar Kumar (India)
  • Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long (Vietnam)
  • Ambassador Renatas Norkus (Lithuania)
  • Ambassador Sophie Katsarava (Georgia)
  • Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko (Ukraine)

Scholars and Experts

  • Victor Abramiwicz
  • Phoebe Arslanagić-Wakefield
  • Emil Avdaliani
  • Dr Robert Barnett
  • Prof. John Bew
  • Dr Nigel Biggar
  • Przemyslaw Biskup
  • Mathieu Boulegue
  • Elisabeth Braw
  • Alexander Brotman
  • Rowan Callick
  • Denis Cenusa
  • Prof Iulian Chifu
  • Alexander Clarke
  • Kate Clayton
  • Elbridge Colby
  • Klaus Dodds
  • Mahima Duggal
  • Anna Maria Dyner
  • Ted Elgar
  • Dr Alexander Evans OBE
  • Andrew Foxall
  • Dame Jane Francis
  • Basil Germond
  • Cristin Goodwin
  • Prof Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski
  • Prof Steven Haines
  • Ian Hall
  • Sam Hall
  • Dr Edward Hampshire
  • Milia Hau
  • Dr Bill Hayton
  • Ryan Henson
  • Dr Isabel Hilton
  • Sam Hogg
  • Edward Howell
  • Joshua Huminski
  • David Hutt
  • Dr Robert Johnson
  • Dr. Louise Kettle
  • Victor Kipiani
  • Linas Kojala
  • Daniel Korski
  • Aleksandra Koziol
  • Mikhail Khodorkovsky
  • Lukasz Kulesa
  • Dr Andrew Lambert
  • James Laurenceson
  • Agnieszka Legucka
  • Paul Lever
  • Wojciech Lorenz
  • Orysia Lutsevych
  • Fin McCarron
  • Marek Menkiszak
  • Iain Milligan
  • Julian Neuweiler
  • Allan Nixon
  • Julia Pamilih
  • Jagannath Panda
  • Eerishika Pankaj
  • Roderick Parkes
  • Pawel Pietrzak
  • Pekki Purppura
  • David Scott
  • Dr Sam Selvaduri
  • Joseph Silke
  • Piotr Szymanksi
  • Benjamin Tallis
  • Mercin Terlikowski
  • Juan-Pablo Toro
  • Bich Tran
  • Radomir Tylecote
  • Richard Whitman
  • Rian Whitton
  • Marcin Wroblewski (PISM)