Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Defence Lecture: Defending the UK in unprecedented times
General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO, former Chief of the General Staff

Chaired by Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History and Co-Chair, Public Lectures Committee

Heads of the military and of the intelligence agencies agree that 2025 is a year of unusually serious and multilayered challenges. How the country chooses to deal with them – with low economic growth and with urgent demands on public spending elsewhere – is yet another.

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