This workshop examines the impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global and regional security. The event will open with a roundtable exploring interactions between Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel in the context of global instability. In the afternoon, we will first consider the role of the EU and NATO in securing Ukraine’s borders, as well as explore Ukraine’s responses to rising cybersecurity challenges. We will then examine the domestic dimension of the full-scale war, addressing civil-military dynamics during wartime, challenges of force generation, and veteran politics.

Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on responding to and recovering from emergencies. For over two decades she has challenged others to think differently about what comes next after complex, tragic events. She is a passionate and thought-provoking voice in planning for pandemics, conflict, sudden death and disaster, and has been a tactical advisor to international emergency responders since 2001.

She is the author of The Recovery Myth and of the Sunday Times Bestseller ‘When The Dust Settles’. Her new book ‘Come What May’ was released in May 2025.

The story of the Rwandan Genocide has been told many times by scholars and journalists. Over the course of a hundred days in the spring and summer of 1994, about eight hundred thousand Tutsi and moderate Hutu were murdered by their extremist Hutu compatriots. Those hundred days were the final phase of a four-year civil war, also known as the Struggle for Liberation, which formed the immediate context of the genocide.

Admiral Munsch, a former Rhodes Scholar (Hertford) and current commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and NATO Joint Force Commander - Naples, will argue that achieving lasting peace in the 21st century demands a fundamental shift in how we wage war. This new approach must prioritize the deliberate building of peace as our core strategy, moving beyond simply winning battles. He will explain how a conveyor belt of innovation, supported by strong partnerships, are essential to securing our collective future in our changing world.

Dr. Yuiko Asaba is a Lecturer (equiv. Assistant Professor) in Music at SOAS University of London. In her research, she examines aspects of migration, maritime history and globalisation surrounding popular music between Latin America and Asia. Yuiko is the author of the monograph, Tango in Japan: Cosmopolitanism Beyond the West, and has published articles including in the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture and the Cambridge Companion to Tango.

The UK and the U.S. facing the common challenge of a rising China acknowledge they need to cooperate, but how successfully have they put this agreement into action? Since returning to power, Donald Trump has created significant uncertainty in U.S. foreign policy, the transatlantic alliance, and global stability. What does Trump’s return mean for UK-China relations?