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Members eventFriday 8 December 2006
The Dillon Lecture - The Interrelated Crises In The Middle East
Terje Rød-Larsen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General For The Implementation Of UN Resolution 1559 on Syria and Lebanon and President of the International Peace Academy
Chair: Dr Rosemary Hollis, Director Of Research, Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 6 December 2006
Meeting: Living With Two Megapowers: The World In 2020
Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House; Chair – Dr Deanne Julius, Chairman, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 5 December 2006
Meeting: The Evolution Of Conflict In Africa: Prospects For Peace And Development, The Case Of The Great Lakes Region
He Paul Kagame, President Of Rwanda; Chair - The Rt Hon Lord Ashdown, President, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 5 December 2006
Meeting: Back In Business? New Prospects For Climate Policy In The Us
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute; Chair - Richard Tarasofsky, Head, Energy, Environment And Development Programme, Chatham House (powerpoint Presentation Provided As Transcript Below)
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Members eventMonday 4 December 2006
Meeting: The Right Not To Be Poor Is A Human Right: The Role Of International Partnerships In The Fight Against Poverty In Mozambique
He Armando Emilio Guebuza, President Of The Republic Of Mozambique; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventFriday 1 December 2006
Meeting: The Continuing Failure Of Us Policy Towards Cuba
Dr Wayne S Smith, Former Chief Of Mission At The Us Interests Section In Havana, Cuba; Chair - Gordon Baker, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 28 November 2006
Meeting: Turkey And The Eu
He Sayin Ali Babacan, State Economics Minister And Chief Eu Negotiator For Turkey; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventMonday 27 November 2006
Meeting: Uk Defence Strategy In Iraq
The Rt Hon Des Browne Mp, Secretary Of State For Defence
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Members eventFriday 24 November 2006
Meeting: Putin's Russia And The Enlarged Europe
Lord Wallace, Professor, European Institute, Lse; Chair - Stephen White, Co-author (with Roy Allison And Margot Light) Of Chatham House Paper, Putin`s Russia And The Enlarged Europe (2006)
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Members eventWednesday 22 November 2006
Meeting: Northeast Asia - Interesting Times
Professor David Wall, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House; Chair - Rod Wye, Foreign And Commonwealth Office
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Members eventMonday 20 November 2006
Meeting: Europe In The Global Age
Lord Giddens, Professor Emeritus, Lse And Author Of Europe In The Global Age (polity, 2006); Chair - William Horsley, Bbc European Affairs Correspondent
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Members eventWednesday 15 November 2006
Meeting: Nigeria-related Organized Crime And Its Links With Britain: A New Report
Michael Peel, Financial Times Legal Correspondent And Former Associate Fellow, Chatham House Africa Programme; Babajide Ogundipe, Partner In The Nigerian Law Firm Sofunde, Osakwe, Ogundipe & Belgore; Chair - Dr Titilola Banjoko
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Members eventTuesday 14 November 2006
Meeting: The John Whitehead Lecture: Eu/us Trade Relations - Is A Free Trade Area An Alternative To Doha?
Peter Sutherland, Chairman Of Bp Plc And Goldman Sachs International And Former Director-general Of The Wto; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 8 November 2006
Meeting: Africa In 2007 - Implementing Our Gleneagles Commitments
Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Uk Permanent Representative To The United Nations; Chair - Sir Kieran Prendergast, Retired Hm Diplomatic Service
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Fee-paying or special invitation eventsTuesday 7 November 2006 18:00 to 20:00
18 months after the Commission for Africa: What can business deliver?
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman and CEO, Nestlé S.A.
Chair - Dr DeAnne Julius, Chairman, Chatham House
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Members eventMonday 6 November 2006
Meeting: Us Foreign Policy After The Mid-term Elections: A New Direction?
Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace And Washington Post Columnist ; Chair - Professor Michael Cox, Lse And Chair Of The United States Discussion Group At Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 1 November 2006
Special Event: Tolerance, Moderation And The Dialogue Of Civilizations
He Seyed Mohammed Khatami, President Of Iran (1997-2005)
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Members eventThursday 26 October 2006
Meeting: The Corrosion Of Secrecy – The Cia`s Policy Of Covert Renditions
Stephen Grey, Freelance Investigative Journalist And Author Of Ghost Plane: The Inside Story Of The Cia`s Secret Rendition (hurst, 2006); Chair - Colonel Philip Wilkinson Obe, Associate Fellow, International Security Programme, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 24 October 2006
Meeting: The De-globalization Of A Globalized World
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder And Chairman, World Economic Forum; Chair - Dr Deanne Julius, Chairman, Chatham House
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Members eventThursday 19 October 2006
Meeting: From Suez To Iraq: Western Policy In The Middle East
Martin Woollacott, Occasional Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Guardian And Author Of After Suez (2006); Chair - Prof. Robert Springborg, Mbi Al Jaber Chair In Middle East Studies And Director, School Of Oriental And African Studies, University Of London
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Members eventMonday 16 October 2006
Meeting: Chatham House Prizewinner`s Address: Together For Peace In Africa
Joaquim Chissano, President Of Mozambique, 1986-2005 And Winner Of The Second Annual Chatham House Prize; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Fee-paying or special invitation eventsMonday 16 October 2006
Hugo Young Memorial Lecture: Seeing through the hallucinations: Britain and Europe in the 21st century
Jose Manuel Barroso, President, European Commission
Chair - Liz Forgan Obe, Chairman, The Scott Trust
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Members eventThursday 12 October 2006
Meeting: The Future Of Kosovo
He Agim Çeku, Prime Minister Of Kosovo; Chair - Lord Roper
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Members eventThursday 12 October 2006
Meeting: Climate Change: Global Solutions To An International Problem
Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser To Hm Government And Head Of The Office Of Science And Technology; Chair – Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 10 October 2006
Meeting: Meeting The Terrorist Challenge
The Rt Hon Gordon Brown Mp, Chancellor Of The Exchequer; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventTuesday 3 October 2006
Meeting: Global Security And Afghanistan
Dr Ashraf Ghani, Former Afghan Finance Minister And Candidate For Un Secretary-general; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas
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Members eventMonday 2 October 2006
Meeting: European Defence – Myth Or Reality
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director, Berlin Office, The German Marshall Fund Of The United States; Former Defence And Security Editor, Die Ziet; Chair - Lord Garden, Defence Spokesman, House Of Lords, Liberal Democrats
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Members eventMonday 2 October 2006
Meeting: Syria And Iran: An Enduring Alliance – 1979 To Present
Dr Jubin Goodarzi, Middle East Analyst And Author Of Syria And Iran: Diplomatic Alliance And Power Politics In The Middle East (london: I.b. Tauris, 2006); Chair - Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 27 September 2006
Meeting: The Middle East: Post The Second Lebanon War
Shimon Peres, Vice Premier And Former Israeli Prime Minister; Chair - Professor Victor Bulmer-thomas, Director, Chatham House
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Members eventMonday 25 September 2006
Meeting: China In Africa - A View From The Continent
Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Director Of The South African Institute Of International Affairs And Professor Stephen Chan, Dean Of Faculty Of Law And Social Sciences, Soas; Chair - Koosum Kalyan, Senior Business Development Adviser, Shell International
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Members eventMonday 25 September 2006
Meeting: The Nuclear Black Market
Gordon Corera, Bbc Security Correspondent; Author Of Shopping For Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, And The Rise And Fall Of The A.q. Khan Network; Chair - Dr Mai Yamani, Associate Fellow, Chatham House 1997-2006
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Members eventThursday 21 September 2006
Meeting: Countering Nuclear Terrorism
Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, Under Secretary For Nuclear Security And Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Us Department Of Energy; Chair - David Landsman, De La Rue Identity Systems
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Members eventThursday 21 September 2006
Meeting: The Utility Of Force: The Art Of War In The Modern World
General Sir Rupert Smith, Former Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe 1998-2001; Author Of The Utility Of Force: The Art Of War In The Modern World; Chair - Dr Paul Cornish, Head, International Security Programme, Chatham House
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Members eventThursday 14 September 2006
Meeting: Iran Under Ahmadinejad
Dr Ali Ansari, Middle East Programme, Chatham House And Author Of Iran, Islam And Democracy; The Politics Of Managing Change (2nd Edition September 2006: Chatham House)
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Members eventMonday 11 September 2006
Meeting: Latin America Divorces Washington: Castro And Chavez Lead The Way
Ambassador V. Manuel Rocha, Managing Director, The Globis Group Llc, Former Us Ambassador To Bolivia; Chair - David Thomas, Former British Ambassador To Cuba
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Members eventThursday 7 September 2006
Meeting: Japan Is Back - The Implications For Asia, The International Community And The Global Economy
Dr Heizo Takenaka, Minister For Internal Affairs And Communications And Minister Of State For Privatization Of The Postal Services, Japan; Chair - Dr Deanne Julius, Chairman, Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 6 September 2006
Meeting: Making Globalization Work
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Chair Of Columbia University's Committee On Global Thought; Former Chief Economist And Senior Vice-president, World Bank; Author Of Making Globalization Work; Chair - Stanley Reed, London Bureau Chief, Businessweek
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Members eventWednesday 6 September 2006
Meeting: Lawless World: 9/11 Five Years On
Philippe Sands Qc, Professor Of Law At University College London, Barrister At Matrix Chambers And Author Of `lawless World` (penguin); Chair - John Kampfner, Editor, New Statesman
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Members eventTuesday 1 August 2006
Meeting: Israel's Strategy Towards Hizbullah
Silvan Shalom Mk, Member Of The Knesset For The Likud Party, Israeli Finance Minister From 2001 To 2003, Israeli Foreign Minister And Deputy Prime Minister From 2003 To 2006; Chair - Dr Claire Spencer, Head, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
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Members eventWednesday 19 July 2006
Meeting: The Crisis In Lebanon
Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme, Chatham House; Yossi Mekelberg, Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
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Members eventMonday 17 July 2006
Meeting: Changing The United Nations
Dr Jayantha Dhanapala, Senior Adviser To The President Of Sri Lanka, Former United Nations Under-secretary-general; Chaired By Sam Daws, Executive Director, United Nations Association Of The Uk
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Members eventTuesday 11 July 2006
Meeting: Latvia`s Perspective On International Peace, Security And Development
He Dr Vaira Vîke-freiberga, President Of Latvia; Chaired By The Rt Hon Lord Robertson Of Port Ellen
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Members eventMonday 10 July 2006
Meeting: Trident - The Options And The Implications
Dr Jeremy Stocker, Centre For Defence And International Security Studies; Dr Darryl Howlett, University Of Southampton; Dr David Rodin, Oxford University; Dr Paul Cornish (chair), Chatham House
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Members eventThursday 29 June 2006
Meeting: America At Home, America Abroad; Public Diplomacy And The Development Of Shared Values
He Robert H. Tuttle, United States Ambassador To The United Kingdom
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Members eventThursday 22 June 2006
Meeting: Reconciliation With The Past As A Basis For Future Development? Examining The Moroccan Experience
He Taib Fassi Fihri, Minister For Foreign Affairs And Cooperation, Morocco And Dr Kim Howells, Minister Of State, Fco. Chaired By Lord Hurd Of Westwell
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Members eventWednesday 21 June 2006
Meeting: Democracy And Security In Africa: Our Strategic Approach To Failed States
Lord Triesman, Minister For Africa
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Members eventTuesday 20 June 2006
Meeting: 'arabs'
Sir Mark Allen, Author Of 'arabs'
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Members eventWednesday 14 June 2006
Meeting: Iran`s Nuclear Weapons Programme: Options For The International Community
Dr Jack Caravelli, Senior Visiting Fellow At The Uk Defence Academy, Former White House National Security Council Staff Director For Non-proliferation
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Members eventFriday 9 June 2006
Meeting: One Country, Two Systems: Hong Kong`s Unique Constitutional Arrangement
Mr Wong Yan Lung Sc Jp, Secretary For Justice, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Members eventMonday 5 June 2006
Meeting: What Terrorists Want: Understanding The Terrorist Threat
Louise Richardson, Executive Dean, Radcliffe Institute For Advanced Study, Harvard University
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Members eventMonday 5 June 2006
Meeting: Jew, Israeli, Zionist: Honing The Concepts
A.b. Yehoshua, Author, Peace Activist And Former Professor Of Literature, Haifa University
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Members eventFriday 2 June 2006
Meeting: The Challenge Of Convergence
He Dr Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister Of Malta
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Members eventTuesday 16 May 2006
Meeting: Republicans After Bush
Professor Anthony Badger, Master, Clare College, Cambridge
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Members eventThursday 11 May 2006
Meeting: After The Elections - Right And Left In Hungary
Professor György Schöpflin Mep
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Members eventWednesday 10 May 2006
Meeting: Winning The Oil Endgame
Amory Lovins, Physicist, Co-founder And Chief Executive Of The Rocky Mountain Institute (powerpoint Presentation Provided As Transcript Below)
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Members eventTuesday 9 May 2006
Meeting: Lebanon - The Challenges Ahead
He Fouad Siniora, Prime Minister Of Lebanon
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Members eventWednesday 3 May 2006
Meeting: Chechnya And North Caucasus: The Risk Of Spreading Violence
Dr Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch With A Response By Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
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Members eventFriday 28 April 2006
Meeting: The Emperor's Nuclear Clothes
Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment And Development Programme
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Members eventThursday 27 April 2006
Meeting: An Israel Arab`s Perspective On Gaza, The New Palestinian Authority, Hamas And The Elections
Khaled Abu Toameh, Senior Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post
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Members eventThursday 6 April 2006
Debate: `the United States Is A Responsible Economic World Leader`
Paola Subacchi, Head, International Economics Programme, Chatham House; Adam Posen, Senior Fellow, Institute For International Economics; Jesse Norman, Executive Director, Policy Exchange; David Woodward, Director, Head Of New Global Economies, Nef
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Members eventWednesday 5 April 2006
Meeting: The Secret History Of Al-qa'ida
Abdel Bari Atwan, Editor-in-chief Of Pan-arab Daily Al-quds Al-arabi And Author Of The Secret History Of Al-qa'ida (published By Saqi, March 2006)
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Members eventTuesday 4 April 2006
Meeting: Stabilising The Peace And Building A Nation - The Lessons From Bosnia And Herzegovina
Lord Ashdown Of Norton-sub-hamdon Kbe Gmcg, Former High Representative In Bosnia And Herzegovina 2002- 31 January 2006
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Members eventMonday 3 April 2006
Meeting: An Asia Pacific View Of The Opportunities And Risks Posed By The Emerging Strength Of China
Rt Hon Jenny Shipley, Dcnzm, Former Prime Minister Of New Zealand
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Members eventFriday 31 March 2006
BBC Today/Chatham House Lecture

Dr Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary Of State
Rt Hon Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Lord Hurd, President, Chatham House
Chair - James Naughtie, BBC Today


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Members eventTuesday 28 March 2006
Meeting: The Ethics Of Using Secret Intelligence For Public Security
Sir David Omand Gcb, Former Security And Intelligence Co-ordinator, Cabinet Office
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Members eventThursday 16 March 2006
Meeting: Iran's Nuclear Programme: The Diplomatic Challenge
Ambassador Gregory Schulte, Permanent Representative Of The United States To The United Nations Office In Vienna
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Members eventWednesday 15 March 2006
Meeting: Russia's Presidency Of The G8: Initiatives And Continuity
He Yury Fedotov, Ambassador Of The Russian Federation
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Members eventTuesday 14 March 2006
Meeting: The Political And Economic Dynamism In Egypt
Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister Of Egypt
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Members eventThursday 2 March 2006
Meeting: Russia At The Crossroads - Again?
Sir Roderic Lyne Kbe, Cmg, Former British Ambassador, Moscow
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Members eventThursday 2 March 2006
Debate: India Will Overtake China In The Next 25 Years
Professor David Wall, Professor Lord Desai, Isabel Hilton, Sunil Prasad
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Members eventWednesday 1 March 2006
Meeting: Torture - Do The Rules Still Matter?
Cherie Booth Qc
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Members eventThursday 23 February 2006
Meeting: Development Beyond Aid
Hilary Benn, Secretary Of State For International Development
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Members eventWednesday 22 February 2006
Meeting: What Does Al Qaeda Want?
Frank Gardner Obe, Security Correspondent, Bbc
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Members eventThursday 16 February 2006
Us Discussion Group: Neoconservative Visions Of The Middle East
Dr Timothy Lynch, Institute For The Study Of The Americas
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Members eventTuesday 14 February 2006
Meeting: Boffins And Buffoons: Different Strains Of Thought In Russian Strategic Thinking
Professor Yury Fedorov, Principal Research Fellow, Russia And Eurasia Programme, Chatham House And Director Of The Centre For War And Peace Studies At The Moscow State Institute Of International Relations
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Members eventFriday 10 February 2006
Meeting: Managing Globalisation – The Case For A European Foreign Policy
Benita Ferrero-waldner, European Commissioner For External Relations And European Neighbourhood Policy
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Members eventThursday 9 February 2006
Meeting: Supporting Justice And Accountability In Iraq
John Bellinger, Legal Adviser, Us Department Of State
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Members eventThursday 2 February 2006
Meeting: Where Is Ukraine Going?
Yulia Tymoshenko, Former Prime Minister, Ukraine
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Members eventMonday 23 January 2006
Conference: Global Financial Imbalances
Timothy Geithner, President And Ceo Of The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York
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