Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next - Book launch with Lord Peter Ricketts
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2021-05-20

Chair: Dr Maeve Ryan, Lecturer in History and Grand Strategy, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Speaker: Lord Peter Ricketts, UK’s first National Security Adviser, former diplomat and Visiting Professor, King's College London

Discussant: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London.

After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India and the COVID pandemic have undermined the power of the West's international institutions and unleashed the forces of nationalism and protectionism.       

In this event, hosted by the Centre for Defence Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College London, Lord Peter Ricketts, one of Britain's most experienced senior diplomats and a Visiting Professor at King's, discusses his new book 'Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next'.    

In this lucid and groundbreaking analysis, Lord Ricketts highlights the key dilemmas Britain faces, from trade to security, arguing that international co-operation and solidarity are the surest ways to prosper in a world more dangerous than ever.