Decoding Global Challenges to Build a Secure Future.

We bring together leading experts to confront the most challenging global defence and security issues of our day.

1983

Addressing the hard issues

for 40+ years.

12+

Expert-led events

every year.

Mission to confront the most challenging global defence and security issues of our day.

About DSF

Defence and Security Forum has been addressing the hard issues since 1983. We have led informed debates on the critical defence and security issues of our time, analysing the many and varied threats to global stability.

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We bring together policy and subject matter experts, politicians, and academics to debate, analyse, de-code and disseminate global defence and security issues alongside the world’s most pressing geopolitical challenges.

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OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.

Turkey Today
Tue, May 27
Round Table Dinner
Join us at an exclusive dinner with Dr Cengiz Ozgencil to discuss Turkey's resurgence as a regional power and its geopolitical ambitions alongside economic constraints and domestic challenges.
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Ukraine on the Brink
Wed, May 28
The RAG Army and Navy Club
Ukraine will not lose its friends.
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DSF Members event: Bosphorus Summit Briefing, Thursday 29 May 2025
Thu, May 29
The Four Seasons Hotel
Hear first hand from the founder of the International Co-operation Platform, Dr Cengiz Ozgencil, as he sets out his vision for the 16th Bosphorus Summit
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Syria: power, conflict and diplomacy
Tue, Jun 17
London
Save the date for this Round Table dinner, with Firas Modad, Modad Geopolitics, and Burcu Ozcelik, Middle East Analyst at RUSI
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Jordan's diplomatic path: Middle East relations and the Trump factor
Mon, Jun 30
RAG Army and Navy Club
Please join us for an exclusive dinner with H.E. Manar Dabbas, Jordan's Ambassador to the UK, for a discussion on the latest twists and turns in its relations with Israel, and the future of the Palestinians in Gaza.
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