The Global Rules Based International Order – Have we seen the end of it and what are the challenges and opportunities for Europe?

Join us on September 25 as General (Ret.) Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO and author of 'War with Russia', published in 2016, which forecast Putin's full scale invasion of Ukraine delivers the 2026 Daniel and Elisabeth Damov Annual Lecture in European Affairs. General Shirreff will discuss The Global Rules Based International Order –  Have we seen the end of it and what are the challenges and opportunities for Europe? He will argue the case for changing our frames of reference if we are to understand the nature of the geopolitical challenges we face and to design structures to preserve stability in an increasingly fractured world.

 

 

Gen. (Ret.) Sir Richard Shirreff was born in Kenya in 1955 where he spent his early years. Educated in England, he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford (Modern History) before being commissioned into the British Army from Sandhurst.  In his 37-year career, he commanded soldiers on operations at every level from platoon to division. This has included combat in the Gulf War of 1991 as a tank squadron leader and again in Iraq as a divisional commander, together with other operations in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Bosnia.  In addition, he had extensive staff experience at brigade, Army HQ and in the Ministry of Defence. He commanded NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and his final military assignment was NATO’s 4 Star Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR). In February 2016 he co-founded Strategia Worldwide Ltd, a global risk advisory company, which has since built up a sizeable portfolio of clients across different sectors.

 

In 2016 his novel ‘2017: War with Russia’ was published in the UK, USA and Poland. It became a best seller and has been translated into eight languages. He is an honorary fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.