{"id":21361,"date":"2023-11-15T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/?p=21361"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:49:13","slug":"sanctions-and-patient-diplomacy-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/2023\/11\/sanctions-and-patient-diplomacy-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctions and Patient Diplomacy: Having It All or Just A Diversion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 15th November, the British Foreign Policy Group held a launch event for our new report, ‘Sanctions and Patient Diplomacy: Having<\/span> it All<\/span> or Just<\/span> a Diversion<\/span>?’. We welcomed\u00a0Lord Darroch of Kew KCMG<\/b>, former UK National Security Adviser and British Ambassador to the United States,\u00a0David Landsman OBE<\/b>, BFPG Senior Adviser, and\u00a0Rebecca Harding<\/b>, trade economist and BFPG Senior Research Fellow, to the panel, chaired by BFPG Director,\u00a0Evie Aspinall<\/b>, to discuss the role of sanctions and export controls in foreign policy.<\/p>\n

The report finds that sanctions against Russia have<\/span> led to a significant degree of trade diversion<\/span>, are catalysing the separation of the economic, technological and financial world into \u2018Eastern\u2019 and \u2018Western\u2019 spheres of influence, and are inhibiting the UK\u2019s broader security and prosperity objectives by impacting the \u2018patient diplomacy\u2019 of engagement with \u2018middle-ground\u2019 powers. The panel convened leading experts to review the report’s findings and explore impact the UK’s sanctions regime has on its wider foreign policy objectives.<\/p>\n

SPEAKERS<\/b><\/h3>\n

Lord Kim Darroch KCMG<\/b><\/p>\n

Lord Darroch is a retired UK civil servant and life peer in the House of Lords. His diplomatic career spanned over 40 years, primarily focusing on national security issues and European policy.\u00a0Most recently, Lord Darroch served as the British Ambassador to the United States (2016-2019). Prior to Washington, he was National Security Adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron (2012-2015), and in that role, oversaw issues such as the rise of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, Russian aggression in Ukraine, and the collapse of government authority in Libya. In addition, he worked in senior roles on UK-EU policy and multilateral negotiations, including spells as Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007-2011) and as EU Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair (2004-2007).\u00a0Earlier in his career, Lord Darroch worked in a wide range of positions and policy specialties, including Private Secretary to the Minister of State for the Middle East, Head of the Adriatic Department during the Dayton Accord negotiations, and as Head of the News Department at the FCDO. In addition to his two ambassadorial postings, Lord Darroch completed tours in Brussels, Rome, and Tokyo.\u00a0In 1997, he was appointed a Companion of Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG), and as a Knight Commander (KCMG) in 2008. In 2019, he was made a life peer in the House of Lords.<\/p>\n

Dr Rebecca Harding<\/b><\/p>\n

Rebeccais a Senior Research Fellow of the British Foreign Policy Group and an\u00a0independent trade economist, public speaker and sustainable trade and supply chain\u00a0specialist. She has built three data-based technology businesses in the trade and sustainability space\u00a0and held senior positions as Head of Corporate Research at Deloitte, Senior Fellow at\u00a0London Business School, and Chief Economist roles at the Work Foundation, and UK\u00a0Finance. She acted as Specialist Adviser to the Treasury Select Committee and advised the\u00a0All-Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship. She has acted as a trade finance and\u00a0supply chains expert witness, is a member of the World Trade Board, the ITFA\u2019s ESG\u00a0Committee and the ICC\u2019s sustainable trade finance technology sub-committee. Between\u00a02004 and 2018 she was a Director and Trustee of the German-British Forum.\u00a0Her co-authored books, \u201cThe Weaponization of Trade: the Great Unbalancing of Policy and\u00a0Economics\u201d and \u201cGaming Trade: Win-Win Strategies for the Digital Era\u201d have defined the trade-based nature of strategic competition in the digital era. She provided the business\u00a0case for the adoption into UK law the framework to enable digital trade; her work on the\u00a0\u201cregulatory paradox\u201d of current sustainability reporting requirements has catalysed the\u00a0establishment of the ITFA\u2019s cross-industry Audit Council to set sustainability reporting and\u00a0audit standards. She has authored 8 other books on the German economy, global innovation\u00a0policy, and SME financing and Venture Capital. Her high media profile includes frequent\u00a0appearances on BBC Television and Radio, Sky News, CNBC, and Times Radio, as well as\u00a0citations in the broadsheet media.<\/p>\n

David Landsman <\/b><\/p>\n

David is a Senior Adviser at the British Foreign Policy Group. David is also Chief Executive of British Expertise International, and Senior Advisor at The D Group, two of BFPG’s sister organisations. He is a former British diplomat and senior executive whose main area of interest now is the interface between business, government and geopolitics. His diplomatic career included serving as British Ambassador to Albania and Greece and working on defence and proliferation. He has had executive roles at De La Rue plc and the Tata Group\u2019s holding company in Europe. His other current positions include Chair of Digital Cognate, a deep tech company, and of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce; Partner at Circklo, which supports early-stage tech businesses; and member of the International Advisory Board of the London Institute of Banking and Finance.\u00a0 He has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Director.<\/p>\n

Evie Aspinall<\/b><\/p>\n

Evie Aspinall is the Director of the British Foreign Policy Group. Her primary research interests are domestic consent for foreign policy, the UK\u2019s role in the world and challenges posed by the UK\u2019s strategic rivals. Evie holds a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MSc from King\u2019s College London. She has previously worked at UN Women UK and the Future Leaders Network and was formerly the UK Head Delegate to the Youth7, the G7\u2019s official youth engagement group. She also served as President of Cambridge University Students\u2019 Union. She is a regular commentator in the media on issues pertinent to UK foreign policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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