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Due to the restrictions still in place, we are only able to have a small number of participants attend the event in person. On account of the invaluable support of our corporate members over the last year, we have decided to offer our places to them. Notwithstanding, the event will be broadcast through zoom in the usual manner with the opportunity for you to ask questions and interact with the speaker. We thank you for your understanding as we would have very much liked to welcome you all in person and we look forward to your participation.
This event will only take place in this format, subject to no impending changes regarding the UK 21st June Covid release date
The battle of Navarino (20 October 1827) by George Philip Reinagle, a young marine artist.
The first Franco-British naval victory.
France and the United Kingdom have fought each other for centuries, before coming together and fighting side by side in all the major battles of the last 200 years, from the Battle of Navarino to the bombings of Barzé and Him Shinshar.
Close in geography, history, values and decision-making mechanisms, the two countries have so-called 'full spectrum' and 'expeditionary' armed forces models, which have always emulated and benchmarked each other, and which have become even closer since the Lancaster House treaties in 2010.
Is this proximity a reality or an optical illusion? In the face of new threats, new technologies and the new geostrategic situation in Europe and the world, will it endure and in what forms?
To try to answer this question, Captain Julien de Saint-Quentin, naval attaché to the French Embassy in London and former adviser to the First Sea Lord, will present the ins and outs of this unique relationship, before answering questions from the audience.
Close in geography, history, values and decision-making mechanisms, the two countries have so-called 'full spectrum' and 'expeditionary' armed forces models, which have always emulated and benchmarked each other, and which have become even closer since the Lancaster House treaties in 2010.
Is this proximity a reality or an optical illusion? In the face of new threats, new technologies and the new geostrategic situation in Europe and the world, will it endure and in what forms?
To try to answer this question, Captain Julien de Saint-Quentin, naval attaché to the French Embassy in London and former adviser to the First Sea Lord, will present the ins and outs of this unique relationship, before answering questions from the audience.
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Julien de Saint-Quentin is a Naval Officer with 25 years of mostly seagoing experience. He commanded 3 patrol boats in the Caribbean and a frigate in the Indian Ocean and served a total of 6 years in exchange posts with the Royal Navy, including as a Strategy and Policy Adviser to the First Sea Lord on FR/UK matters. Between 2016 and 2020, he was speechwriter to Admiral Prazuck, the head of the French Navy. Captain de Saint-Quentin holds an LLM in Public International Law and currently serves as Naval Attaché to the French Embassy in London. Education: Ecole Navale (Brest), Ecole de Guerre (Paris), University College London.