Red Button Club

The world is going to get messy in the next decade. Will the UK make things worse, or will we chart a new role in building a safer, more secure world?

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Do you feel safe?

https://t.co/5ZtMF6rUgG

[Mark Clark @markjmclark]

2 powerful letters from the future, looking back on 2 very different journeys over the decade to 2030, precipitated by crucial decisions taken in 2020. Let’s embrace their “hindsight” as a wonderful thing, & write the better version of history. 🙏 @RedButton2020 @TheLongCrisis

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Join us next Wednesday (10th June, 8pm) for the next Redbutton club session:

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞��𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

RSVP here: https://t.co/5zyPz8UPW0

[Red Button Club @RedButton2020]

Join us next Wednesday (10th June, 8pm) for the next Redbutton club session:

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

RSVP here: https://t.co/5zyPz8UPW0

[Red Button Club @RedButton2020]

Which path will we take?

Thanks to @TheLongCrisis and @GlobalDashboard for sharing our Letters from the future in their Scenarios Week:

https://t.co/fH6h3IBHqV

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Latest Red Button Club - a letter from the future from the UK Foreign Secretary:

https://t.co/O1qa4CMYi0

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NEW: Letter from the future - Preparing for the last war

From UK Foreign Secretary Grace Butler

https://t.co/O1qa4CMYi0

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5. Finally, @LisaSchirch will be examining the impact of social media on conflict dynamics.

She'll also provide an overview of the emergent field of “Digital Peacebuilding”

Last chance to sign up here: https://t.co/eVV5HqVLu4

[Red Button Club @RedButton2020]

1. Last chance to sign up our event tonight from 8PM BST

𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚

https://t.co/lrl5anus9D

We have 4 brilliant speakers joining in an independent capacity ... they are:

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4. @cansudb of @bg_ventures will be discussing how tech and what gets developed is inherently political - picking up some of the themes in @annawiener's recent pen portrait of Silicon Valley.

She'll also be making the case for more state support for tech for good.

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Join us tomorrow!

Sign-up here: https://t.co/cTSKqGQb4s

[Jessica Toale MP @JessicaToale]

I'll be chairing this interesting event on Weds. Looking forward to both the discussion and learning more about this cutting edge area of policy #foreignpolicy #technology

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And while we have you - check out this great piece from Joshua Mills, the UK Secretary of State for Global Engagement:

https://t.co/wu08ZHymZy

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EVENT: What is one thing someone working in foreign policy should know about technology?

Join us on Wednesday 20th May at 8pm to hear not just one response to this question, but FOUR (!) expert views.

Sign-up here: https://t.co/lrl5anus9D

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We'll hear about:

The role of surveillance tech from @SteveJFeldstein from Carnegie Endowment.

Soft Power from @cansudb of Bethnal Green Ventures.

Impacts on conflict from the Carter Center's @ChrisMcNaboe.

Polarisation & social media from @LisaSchirch, of the Toda Institute.

[Larry Attree @LarryAttree]

Interesting optimist's daydream / letter from the future here from @RedButton2020

[Larry Attree @LarryAttree]

Some good speakers lined up for the next @RedButton2020 session on Weds thinking through how technology intersects with foreign policy https://t.co/uajYtnWA2Q

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In a first for The Red Button Club, we’re pleased to feature a letter from the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Global Engagement:

https://t.co/gzHKJgGEEg

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Event: ‘Four things foreign policy makers should know about technology’.

Join us on Wednesday 20th May at 8-9.30pm London time for our next Redbutton Club.

Sign-up here: https://t.co/AFfy8X4BHJ