Please join Global Sanctions for the Intelligence Squared debate this evening in London: do sanctions work as a tool of foreign policy?
13 October 2025
Please join Global Sanctions at Intelligence Squared’s debate. Motion: “Sanctions Don’t Work as a Tool of Foreign Policy”, 7pm today at Smith Square Hall, London. For more information, see the Intelligence Squared Event Description or register to attend.
The speakers for the motion tonight are:
- Rebecca Harding, an economist & author on global trade, finance, sustainability & geopolitics; and
- Ian Proud, former British diplomat in Moscow involved in sanctions on Russia 2019 - 2022.
The speakers against the motion tonight are:
- Edward Lucas, columnist at The Times and an expert on energy, cybersecurity, espionage, information warfare and Russian foreign and security policy; and
- Tom Keatinge, founding direction of the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute.
The debate will be chaired by Anne McElvoy, journalist, broadcaster, & Executive Editor of POLITICO.
