14 Apr HE Hon. George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the UK, on ‘The Value of Alliances and the Future of the Liberal World Order’

His Excellency the Hon. George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, in conversation on ‘The Value of Alliances and the Future of the Liberal World Order’. This event took place on Tuesday 26th April at The British Foreign Policy Group in Mayfair, London.

In his role as Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC has played an instrumental role in several landmark new initiatives, including the securing of a UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and the formation of the AUKUS security partnership. His term has spanned the aftermath of the UK’s seismic decision to leave the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic, the UK Government’s ‘reset’ on its engagement with China, and Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine – a dynamic landscape which has compelled many opportunities to modernise and deepen the enduring UK-Australia relationship.

As his term comes to a close, High Commissioner Brandis joined the British Foreign Policy Group’s Director Sophia Gaston in conversation about the importance of alliances in a time of geopolitical turbulence, and how advanced democracies such as Australia and the United Kingdom should respond to the threats facing the liberal world order.