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Club Talks

26 Feb 2026
Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG
Former HMA Moscow and Kabul.

Sir Laurie Bristow is one of the UK’s leading experts on Russia, geopolitical risk, and crisis leadership. He was the UK’s Ambassador to Russia from 2016–2020, during a period of heightened tensions that included the Novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

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21 Jan 2026
Lt Col Tim Mallett
Chief of Public Affairs - Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

Tim Mallett joined the Army as a soldier in 1991 serving with the Royal Regiment of Artillery, including operational experience in Cyprus on Op TOSCA with the United Nations. In 1998 he transferred to the Adjutant General Corps (Staff & Personnel Support) and was posted to HQ ARRC initially deploying to the G2 branch in Kosovo for which he was awarded the QCVS.

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