Defence Lecture: The end of the holiday from history by Iain Martin

Name: Defence Lecture: The end of the holiday from history by Iain Martin
Start: 2026-02-05T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-05T20:30:00+00:00

February 5 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine shattered lazy assumptions about defence. What should have been obvious about the autocracies since Crimea in 2014 and Xi Jinping in 2012 is now unavoidable. The West needs to spend more on defence and do much more to safeguard our security in the face of conflict, globalisation, technology, supply chains, resilience, alliances and the way we live.

Biography: Iain Martin, journalist, broadcaster and author

Iain Martin is the director and co-founder of the London Defence Conference, the annual international geopolitical gathering. He is also Director of Engelsberg Ideas, following a long career in media during which he was an editor and columnist for a range of leading newspapers. Including The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

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Date: February 5
Time:
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm