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The Democracy Forum is a not-for-profit NGO which promotes ideals of democracy, pluralism and tolerance through public debate. Ajit Singh Sat-Bhambra.

The Forum was established in 2009 by Mr Sarup Singh Seehra, President of the High Wycombe Gurdwara, and the late Mr J S Bains, a councillor and social worker in Slough. It was the vision of former headteacher Mr. Our first patron was Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, and the Forum’s current president is Lord Charles Bruce. Previous chairs and vice-chairs have included Nigel Huddleston MP, Sir Peter Luff, and the late Sir Mota Singh.

27/08/2026

The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to attend an online debate,

'Beyond the Quad: Economic security & supply chain resilience in Maritime Asia’
on

Thursday August 27th, 2026
at
14:00 to 15:00 UK time (BST)

Chair
Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia Correspondent

Panellists
Dr Sayantan Haldar, Associate Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation
Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean, Senior Fellow, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Dr Premesha Saha, Senior Fellow, Asia Insights, Asia Society Australia

Closing comments by Barry Gardiner MP, Chair of The Democracy Forum - tbc

11/08/2026

The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce
invite you to attend an online debate,

'Redefining red lines: Iran’s evolving nuclear calculus'
on

Tuesday August 11th, 2026
at
14:00 to 15:00 UK time (BST)

Chair
Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia Correspondent

Panellists
Dr Arman Mahmoudian, Research Fellow, Global & National Security Institute, University of South Florida
Sina Toossi, Writer and Senior Non-resident Fellow, the Center for International Policy
Spencer Faragasso, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Science and International Security
Dr Jonathan Brewer OBE, Visiting Professor, King's College London

Closing comments by Barry Gardiner MP, Chair of The Democracy Forum - tbc

12/02/2026

All this in spite of the suffocating US blocade.

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