BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nightmare Series Lecture 2: The "\;Big Freeze"\; - explori ng the consequences of a Russian "\;zero gas"\; supply disruption - Professor Nick Butler\, KCL DTSTART:20160314T170000Z DTEND:20160314T183000Z UID:TALK64409@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:44146 DESCRIPTION:The Ukraine Crisis and the escalation of confrontation between Russia and its neighbours over the past decade are reminders that power a nd geopolitics are more relevant today than ever. But military confrontati on is just the most extreme form of this conflict. Economic warfare\, cybe r attacks\, and above all\, energy are the new battlefields.\n\nOn Monday 14 March at Corpus Christi College\, Cambridge\, Prof Nick Butler (KCL) wi ll deliver a 'Nightmare Series' lecture\, in which he will discuss the con sequences for Europe of a geopolitically motivated Russian zero-supply gas disruption.\n\nThis event has been very kindly supported by Absolute Stra tegy Research.\n\nAbout Prof. Butler\nNick Butler was Group Vice President for Strategy and Policy Development at BP from 2002 to 2006 and previousl y BP's Group Policy Adviser. From\n2009 to 2010 he worked for the Prime Mi nister as Senior Policy Adviser at 10 Downing Street. He is also energy po licy adviser at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge\, and a Senior Advis er to Coller Capital\, Linton Capital and Corporate Value Associates. From 2007 to 2009 he was Chairman of the Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies. He is a non executive Director of Cambridge Econometrics\, a Trustee of As ia House\, and a Vice-President of the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times.\n\nAbout the Nightmare Seri es\nThe Nightmare Series is a series of events in which the Forum on Geopo litics invites leading geopolitical thinkers and practitioners to reflect upon their own personal 'nightmare' scenarios: the greatest potential geop olitical disasters they could plausibly see on the horizon of the next fiv e to ten years. Each speaker outlines the precipitating event\, or series of coincident circumstances that they dread\, because of the cascade of po litical\, military\, economic and social consequences that would follow. T hey then reflect on ideal strategies and mindsets that could prepare gover nments and other key stakeholders to prevent\, mitigate or cope with the a nticipated consequences. The overall objective of the series is to demonst rate the need for building capabilities in innovative\, strategic thinking at the highest levels of policy-making and decision-making\, and to showc ase to practitioners\, the private sector and public opinion the value of using cutting-edge academic thinking to prepare for the 'real world' geopo litical events that may well be just around the corner.\n\nThis series has been made possible by the support of Absolute Strategy\nResearch: http:// www.absolute-strategy.com/\nPlease register your attendance by emailing Dr Maeve Ryan (mcr39@cam.ac.uk) LOCATION:Corpus Christi College\, Trumpington Street END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR