On 30 November 2015, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) hosted a day-long workshop aimed at bringing together leading German and British security specialists as well as members of the UK Parliament and Bundestag to discuss key aspects of European security. The day’s events covered three sessions: European defence, as seen from Berlin and London; the migrant/refugee crisis; and a review of European security relations with Russia.
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Sarah LainConference Reports, 18 December 2015
International Security Studies, UK Defence Policy, Security Policy, Europe
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Sarah Lain is currently a Research Advisor, based in Kyiv. She previously served as a Research Fellow at RUSI in the International... read more
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