On March 3 2017, ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson delivered the 2017 Mountbatten lecture on “Facing the Risk of War in Europe” at the University of Edinburgh.
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| 3 March 2017
ELN Director delivers the 2017 Mountbatten lecture at the University of Edinburgh
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