Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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How to find the words and speak to leaders and citizens when the message is: if you want peace, prepare for war?
Former Chair of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer and his speechwriter Eleonora Russell will share the lessons learnt from working on their high-stake award-winning speech and subsequent book: If you want peace, prepare for war. The conversation will be introduced by a keynote speech from Riho Terras, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence.

Speakers include:
- Riho TERRAS, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Security and Defence
Admiral (ret.) Rob BAUER, co-author of If You Want Peace, Prepare for War. He delivered the eponymous and awarded speech
- Eleonora RUSSELL, co-author of If You Want Peace, Prepare for War. As Admiral Rob Bauer’s speechwriter, she wrote the awarded speech
- Sarah SHEIL, Director for the Members' Research Service, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
- Isabelle GAUDEUL-EHRHART, Members’ Research Service, founder and leader of the EPRS 'Speaking with impact community of practice' and Cicero Awards judge