Its first issue included articles by UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, General David Petraeus, Head of US Central Command, Mary Kaldor and Ian Goldin and Tiffany Vogel of Oxford University.
It was presented by the United Kingdom's Secretary of International Development Douglas Alexander; along with Kemal Dervis, Head of the United Nations Development Programme; James Musconi, the Rwandan finance minister; and Kumi Naidoo, then president of CIVICUS.
This first occurred when Denis MacShane was replaced by Douglas Alexander after the 2005 general election, although Alexander's successor ceased to have this right.
Alexander the Great | Douglas MacArthur | Alexander Pope | Alexander | Alexander Graham Bell | Douglas | Douglas DC-3 | Douglas Adams | Alexander Calder | Alexander Pushkin | Alexander von Humboldt | Alexander I of Russia | Alexander II of Russia | Michael Douglas | Alexander Hamilton | Douglas Fairbanks | Douglas Bader | Alexander McQueen | McDonnell Douglas | Kirk Douglas | Alexander II | William O. Douglas | Pope Alexander III | Jason Alexander | Alexander I | Alec Douglas-Home | Alexander Korda | Alexander McCall Smith | Pope Alexander VI | Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
The Alexander Baronetcy, of Edgehill, Stamford, in Connecticut in the United States of America, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 July 1921 for the British-born Canadian businessman Douglas Alexander.
Past speakers include the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown along with members of the Shadow Cabinet Ian Murray and Douglas Alexander, all former members of the Club and University alumni, as well as ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, leader of the Scottish Labour Party Johann Lamont, Kezia Dugdale MSP and Andrew Burns, leader of Edinburgh City Council.