Kay Voices on Security, Democracy & Global Power Shifts
The global tectonic power plates are shifting, signalling that we are at the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, where nations and major market players will prioritise tougher competition and greater self-reliance.
We see this in the daily headlines but also from what we have heard from Chartwell Speakers and clients attending such critical gatherings as The World Economic Forum in Davos and the Munich Security Conference.
Here are some of the main issues that businesses need to consider and plan for in the near future and the experts who can offer their insights.
Defence Spending
European countries in particular need to rapidly raise defence spending. A key challenge is the pressure on securing rare minerals needed for the manufacturing of high tech weapons and supplies.
- Led the UK’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Chief of the General Staff (2022-24)
- Created the UK Strategic Command, unifying Special Forces, Defence Intelligence, and National Cyber Operations
- Played a significant role in shaping British defence policy
- UK Defence Secretary (2019-23)
- UK’s longest serving Security Minister in the Home Office
- Special Assistant to President Biden (2021-25)
- Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council
- Co-Author of ‘Aftershocks’: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order’ (2021
- Co-director of ‘the ‘Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project’ at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Director of RUSI (2015-25)
- US Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Counterterrorism
- Executive Director of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity
- Commander of the US Central Command (2019-22)
- Executive Director of the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida
- Deputy Foreign Minister of Berlin (1998-01)
- Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (2008-22)
- German Ambassador to the US and UK (2001-08)
Defending Democracy
How best to protect hard-fought rights in the face of autocrats and the move to the populist right. What is the future for democracy in this changing world order?
- Senior Fellow at the Agora Institute, John Hopkins University
- Staff Writer for The Atlantic
- Pulitzer prize-winning and NYT Bestselling author
- Author of ‘The War for Reality’ (2022)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2020-2024)
- Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center
- Co-Editor of ‘Human Rights Futures’ (2017)
- Director of the US and Americas Programme at Chatham House
- Professor of International Relations at SOAS University of London
- Trump’s White House Director of Communications for 11 days in 2017
- Founder of SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm
- Host of The Rest Is Politics US podcast
Redefining Security Architecture
The future of NATO is in question. Has the longstanding Transatlantic partnership come to an end? How will Russia react – should neighbouring countries be concerned.
- Author of ‘How States Think’ (2023
- Political scientist and international relations scholar
- R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
- United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Advocate for “Every Woman Every Child”
- President of the Republic of Estonia (2016-2021)
- Forbes World’s Most 100 Powerful Women (2017)
- Founder of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation
- Secretary General of NATO (2009-14)
- Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-09)
- Renowned for his commitment to fostering global security dialogue
- Vice-Chairman and CEO for the Munich Security Conference
- Director at Global Governance Institute
Chartwell has direct access to these speakers and many more experts and commentators in International Affairs and Security. Please contact me for further information on the speakers listed above or for additional speaker suggestions