Event

The cost of complacency: Security in a world on the brink

This event hosted by UK think tank the Coalition for Global Prosperity features a keynote speech from General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL.

The rules-based and western-centric global order that has been foundational to the UK’s safety, security and prosperity for eighty years is collapsing. From the return of great power competition and the advent of a third nuclear age to the re-emergence of global health crises and the proliferation of transnational crime and terrorism, the world Britain must navigate today is increasingly uncertain and dangerous – and our position within it ever-more precarious.

At this critical juncture, and on the eve of the Autumn Budget, General The Lord Dannatt will delve into the profound threats curtailing Britain’s security and prosperity today and ask, in an increasingly dangerous world, what more must the Government do to safeguard the UK’s national security?

Our Keynote Speaker

General The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL was a soldier for nearly forty years and served as Commander of NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Commander-in-Chief of UK Land Command, before concluding his career as Chief of the General Staff – the professional head of the British Army. Upon retiring in 2009, Lord Dannatt was appointed Constable of the Tower of London and advised David Cameron on defence matters in the run-up to the 2010 General Election. He helped co-found Help for Heroes in 2007, joined the House of Lords as a Crossbench Peer in 2011 and, alongside authoring numerous books including his autobiography, ‘Leading from the Front’, is a prominent media commentator on defence and security matters.