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The World Today - October issueThe World Today - October issue
Monday 6 October 2008
The current financial crisis should come as no surprise, writes Dr Paola Subacchi in this month's The World Today....

Somali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International CommunitySomali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International Community
Thursday 2 October 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008 and threatens to disrupt international trade and...

Six Perspectives on the Georgia ConflictSix Perspectives on the Georgia Conflict
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Six new briefing notes from the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House offer analysis and insight on the...

Making Sense of the EU Climate Change Package
October, 2008
The EU is currently at a hectic stage in the development of its internal climate change policies. Having proposed...

Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
October, 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008; so far over 60 ships have been...

Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This is a report of a meeting, Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable...

After the Battle: What the August War will mean for Russia's Domestic Politics
September, 2008
The true driver of Russia's foreign agenda is the domestic situation. The Russian ruling class has returned to a...

 

 

Kirk Kashefi

Associate Fellow, Asia Programme

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Expertise

  • Intellectual Property
  • WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
  • Access to Essential Medicines
  • Indian Patent Law - Developments

Projects

  • Reviewing the effects of WTO-TRIPS compliance and intellectual property protection in India on the generic pharmaceutical industry, and access to essential medicines in countries of the third world

Recent Publications

  • Manunta M, Tan P, Sagoo P, Kashefi K, George A; Nucleic Acid Research 2004;32(9):2730-2739
  • Jolly C, Kashefi K, Sattentau Q; Journal of Experimental Medicine 2004;199(2):283-293
  • Iravani MM, Kashefi K, Mander P, Rose S, Jenner P; Neuroscience 2002;110(1):49-58

Experience

Professional:

May 05 - Jan 06

Publisher - Intellectual Asset Management (IAM)Magazine, London, UK

Apr 04 - Apr 05

Consultant - Asia-Pacific Technology Network, London, UK

Academic:

Oct 2005

Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn

2004 - 2005

The Bar Vocational Course - BPP Law School, London, UK

2002 - 2004

Postgraduate Diploma in Law - BPP Law School, London, UK

2001 - 2003

MPhil - Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK

1998 - 2001

BSc. Biomedicine [Pharmacology] - Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK


Broadcast Experience

Some

Languages

English, Swedish, French (for broadcast)
Japanese (not for broadcast)