42, no. 4, Winter 2000-2001. This lecture, held annually in March or April, was established in 1976 to commemorate Alastair Buchan, the Institute. The inaugural lecture was given by Dr Henry Kissinger, then US Secretary of State. Subsequent speakers have included the Rt Hon. Douglas Hurd, General Wesley K. Clark, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Professor Andrey A. Kokoshin, and Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland.
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