Red Button Club @RedButton2020
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? Joined March 2020-
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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
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 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/12R-SZ…
Which path will we take? Thanks to @TheLongCrisis and @GlobalDashboard for sharing our Letters from the future in their Scenarios Week: globaldashboard.org/2020/06/03/203…
Latest Red Button Club - a letter from the future from the UK Foreign Secretary: redbutton.substack.com/p/preparing-fo…
NEW: Letter from the future - Preparing for the last war From UK Foreign Secretary Grace Butler redbutton.substack.com/p/preparing-fo…
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Interesting optimist's daydream / letter from the future here from @RedButton2020
Interesting optimist's daydream / letter from the future here from @RedButton2020
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Some good speakers lined up for the next @RedButton2020 session on Weds thinking through how technology intersects with foreign policy docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1q…
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: redbutton.substack.com/p/a-year-to-ma…
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: docs.google.com/forms/d/1qIRoc…
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