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London Defence Conference
The London Defence Conference (LDC) is an annual defence and security event convening in London since its establishment in 2022. It is hosted by the King's College London School of Security Studies at Bush House. History 2022 The 2022 conference took place on 9 May at Bush House in London and was organised in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The School of Security Studies at King's College London and Reaction.life, a news website edited by Iain Martin, jointly hosted the conference. The conference was called the 'Defence of Europe conference' as the LDC had not yet begun organising as an annual event. The members of the organising committee were Lord Salisbury, Professor Wyn Bowen, Professor John Gearson, and Iain Martin. The Ukraine Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko was the Guest of Honour. 2023 In 2023, the conference took place on 23–24 May. This was technically the inaugural LDC as the previous year's had originally been conceived of as a one-off eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Martin
Iain James Martin (born 2 October 1971) is a Scottish political commentator, author and public speaker. He writes a weekly column for ''The Times'' and is co-founder, editor and publisher of ''Reaction'', a news site providing analysis and opinion on politics, economics and culture. He is a former editor of ''The Scotsman'' and '' Scotland on Sunday'', a former senior executive at ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph,'' and is an author of two books on the 2008 financial crisis and the City of London. He is a member of the Advisory Board at The Alpine Fellowship. He lives in London. He is the director of the London Defence Conference since 2022. Life and career He was born in Paisley, and is a graduate of Glasgow University. Martin worked as a reporter for the '' Sunday Times Scotland'' (1993–97), as political editor of '' Scotland on Sunday'' (1997–2000), political editor of ''The Scotsman'' (2000–01), deputy editor of '' Scotland on Sunday'' (2001), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |