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Fee-paying or special invitation eventsThursday 2 September 2010 09:00 to 18:00 Anglo-French Defence Cooperation

Members eventMonday 6 September 2010 11:00 to 12:00 Ukraine's Foreign Policy Under The New Government HE Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
Chair: James Sherr, Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

Research and other eventsTuesday 7 September 2010 08:30 to 12:00 Peace and Democracy Building in East Asia

Members eventTuesday 7 September 2010 19:00 to 20:00 BBC Recording: Has the Taliban Won the War in Afghanistan? Panellists include:
Peter W Galbraith, former UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan
Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb, former advisor to General Stanley McChrystal
Mariam Abou Zahab Researcher with Science Po, Paris
Chair: Eddie Mair, Presenter, PM, Radio 4

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsThursday 9 September 2010 08:00 to 09:15 Britain in Afghanistan: A personal view Director's Breakfast Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles

Research and other eventsThursday 9 September 2010 12:00 to 14:30 Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process and Politics International Law Discussion Group Judge Abdulaqwi Yusuf (ICJ)
Judge Kenneth Keith (ICJ)
Judge Adrian Fulford (ICC) [tbc]
Professor Philippe Sands, University College London
Professor Kate Malleson, Queen Mary, University of London
Ruth Mackenzie, University of Westminster
Penny Martin, Queen Mary, University of London
Chair: Lord Woolf of Barnes

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsFriday 10 September 2010 10:00 to 11:30 The South Caucasus: Relationships with Great and Regional Powers Hans Gutbrod, Caucasus Research Resource Centres

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsMonday 13 September 2010 14:00 to 17:30 Discourses of Danger and Western Policy Towards Central Asia in Light of Recent Events Annette Bohr, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
John Heathershaw, University of Exeter
David Lewis, University of Bradford
Nick Megoran, University of Newcastle
James Nixey, Research Fellow and Manager, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
Madeleine Reeves, University of Manchester

Members eventWednesday 15 September 2010 13:30 to 14:30 The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst, 1945-2010 Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London
Chair: Lord Hurd of Westwell, Chairman, Panel of Senior Adviser, Chatham House

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsWednesday 15 September 2010 17:00 to 18:30 Muslim Networks and Movements in Western Europe Professor Peter Mandaville, Visiting Fellow, Pew Forum and Director, Centre for Global Studies, George Mason University
Dr Maha Azzam, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
Dilwar Hussain, Director, Policy Research Centre, Islamic Foundation

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsMonday 20 September 2010 08:30 to 13:30 The Security and Defence of the United Kingdom: Managing and Responding to Risk The Security and Defence of the United Kingdom Debate Series

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsTuesday 21 September 2010 08:00 to 09:15 The Shale Gas Revolution: Hype versus Reality? Nominees Breakfast Professor Paul Stevens, Senior Research Fellow(Energy), Chatham House

Research and other eventsTuesday 21 September 2010 13:00 to 14:30 Kosovo: The ICJ Opinion - What Next? International Law Discussion Group Dr Marc Weller, Reader in International Law and International Relations, Cambridge University
Stefan Talmon, Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford

Members eventTuesday 21 September 2010 13:30 to 14:30 Current Challenges Facing The Iraqi Healthcare System Dr Shakir Jawad Al-Ainachi: Senior International Health Analyst, Office of the US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; former Director General for Military Medical Affairs, Iraqi Ministry of Health
Discussant: Lt General Louis Lillywhite, former Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces
Chair: Dr David Heymann, Head, Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House

Research and other eventsWednesday 22 September 2010 16:00 to 17:00 China's Economy: The Role of Institutional Reforms Dr Linda Yueh, Director, China Growth Centre, University of Oxford
Chair: Kerry Brown, Senior Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House

Research and other eventsWednesday 22 September 2010 17:00 to 18:30 The Principles of State Responsibility and Systemic Intimate Violence International Law Discussion Group Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law and Head of Gender, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gauri van Gulik, Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch

Fee-Paying ConferenceThursday 23 September 2010 to Friday 24 September 2010 Climate Change 2010 The way forward in a post-Copenhagen world

Members eventThursday 23 September 2010 18:00 to 19:00 Annual Defence Lecture: Military Command in the Next Decade Professor Anthony King, Exeter University
Chair, Dr Paul Cornish, Head, International Security, Chatham House

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsThursday 30 September 2010 10:00 to 16:00 Wealth Creation through Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Agricultural Value Chain Procurement for Development Meeting X

Members eventThursday 30 September 2010 18:00 to 19:00 Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election Professor Ali Ansari, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House and author, Crisis of Authority: Iran's 2009 Presidential Election (Chatham House, September 2010)
Chair: Roger Cohen, Columnist, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times

Research and other eventsThursday 21 October 2010 13:00 to 14:30 International Law and the Use of Drones Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, University of Notre Dame
Michael N Schmitt, Professor of Public International Law, Durham University Law School

Research and other eventsMonday 1 November 2010 08:45 to 18:00 Yemen: Political Dynamics and the International Policy Framework

Fee-Paying ConferenceWednesday 3 November 2010 Global Financial Forum: The New Global Economic Order

Fee-paying or special invitation eventsThursday 11 November 2010 A New European Security Architecture? European Security and Defence Forum

Fee-Paying ConferenceThursday 18 November 2010 Rethinking the European Union's Neighbourhood Policies towards the Middle East and North Africa Global Futures: The Annual Members' Conference

Fee-Paying ConferenceMonday 22 November 2010 to Tuesday 23 November 2010 Investing in Science: Securing Future Prosperity

Fee-Paying ConferenceMonday 6 December 2010 to Tuesday 7 December 2010 Food Security 2010 Making Food Security Work: Matching supply to demand

Fee-Paying ConferenceMonday 24 January 2011 to Tuesday 25 January 2011 European Defence and Security 2011 Collaboration, Coordination and Competition in Defence Acquisition

Fee-Paying ConferenceMonday 31 January 2011 to Tuesday 1 February 2011 Middle East and North Africa Energy Investment Prospects

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