# Event Details - **Event Name**: "Member of the Family or Barbarian at the Gate? Russia and the West" by Sir Tony Brenton - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Nov, 2020 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 06 Nov, 2020 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: Throughout its history Russia has oscillated on the edge of Europe from being an insider (as under Peter and Catherine) to being a clear outsider (as under Communism). At the end of the Cold War Gorbachev set Russia on course to become part of a “Common European Home”. But relations are now once again icy. Sir Tony Brenton looks at what has gone wrong and where we might be going.SIR TONY BRENTON KCMG worked for 30 years for the Foreign Office. He first learnt Arabic and spent three years in Cairo working on the Middle East Dispute. From 1980-1989 he handled European matters in London and in Brussels working on energy issues and the birth of European environment policy. Back in London he ran UN issues in the Foreign Office and took charge of preparation for the 1992 ‘Earth Summit’ which achieved the first global agreement on Climate Change. After a year at Harvard (writing a book about international environment policy – ‘The Greening of Machiavelli’) he learnt Russian and spent 1994-1998 in Moscow dealing with Russian economic reform. After a further period in London on UN matters (including the establishment of the International Criminal Court) he was posted in 2001 to Washington dealing with the consequences of 9/11 the Afghanistan war and the Iraq war. In 2004 he was posted to Moscow as Ambassador where he managed Britain’s relations with Russia during a turbulent period.He was awarded a KCMG in 2007. He became a Fellow of Wolfson College in 2009.Sir Tony Brenton is a patron of the Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society.LANGUAGE: EnglishWHERE: Zoom Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkf-qoqjIpG90fhUQu_PUwwjLQZi2lWRKDAfter registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.TICKETS: Suggested donations: adults – £10*, CamRuSS members, OAPs, students – £5*.* While there is no charge for our online events CamRuSS would welcome any donations towards the support of our volunteers' efforts in bringing more speakers and online events during the current social distancing time.You can send your donations by a direct bank transfer (BACS) to the following account:Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society NATWEST Bank Sort code: 60-11-30 Account: 18120466. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/online/member-of-the-family-or-barbarian-at-the-gate-russia-and-the-west-by-sir-tony-brenton-tickets/80002590528255 - **Event Categories**: business, workshops, virtual, webinar, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 10, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Online - **state**: 0 - **country**: 0 - **location**: Online - **lat**: 0 - **long**: 0 - **full address**: Online ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: "Member of the Family or Barbarian at the Gate? 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