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• Wed 4 Jun 14 · The Polish Roundtable Talks and the End of the Cold War (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 22 Jan 14 · Informal Governance in the European Union: how governments make international organisations work ( Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 4 Dec 13 · Law as a new religion and other topics (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 13 Nov 13 · The Iran Tribunal (Gresham College, London)

• Wed 6 Nov 13 · Human Suffering and Humanitarian Emergencies (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Tue 15 Oct 13 · The Origins of the Nations: the brotherlands hypothesis (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 17 Sep 13 · Delivering Food Assistance in a Shrinking Humanitarian Space (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Thu 11 Jul 13 · Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need it Most (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 6 Dec 12 · Putting Rights Back Together Again (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 5 Nov 12 · How Long Does "Post-War" Last? Feminist Warnings (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 3 May 12 · Detention of Terrorists in 21st Century Armed Conflict (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Fri 3 Feb 12 · International Justice: Between Impunity and Show Trials: Martti Koskenniemi and Jacques Verges (Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, London)

• Wed 7 Dec 11 · A Lecture by Youssef Amrani, secretary general of the Union for the Mediterranean (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 6 Dec 11 · A lecture by Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian (LSE campus, venue tbc shortly, London)

• Wed 30 Nov 11 · Thawing Planet: Climate Change, Resources, and Management of the Arctic (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 16 Nov 11 · Revolution and Counter-revolution in the Arab World (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 15 Nov 11 · State Violence and the Responsibility to Protect: the role of the international community (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Nov 11 · Do Business with China: problems, challenges (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Fri 4 Nov 11 · Puppetry and Politics (The Little Angel Theatre, London)

• Thu 27 Oct 11 · Building an International Rule of Law (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 25 Oct 11 · Life After Death: Al-Qaeda and the US war on terror (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Thu 8 Sep 11 · The Leaderless Revolution (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 21 Jul 11 · Clive Stafford Smith in conversation with Shahzad Akbar on Drones (Beaconsfield, London)

• Wed 13 Jul 11 · A lecture by Lisa Anderson, Provost of the American University in Cairo (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 5 Jul 11 · The Caribbean in a Changing Global Environment (Old Theatre, Old Building, London)

• Tue 28 Jun 11 · Can you keep a promise? Spending 0.7% on international aid effectively in the real world. (JustShare, Londn)

• Tue 14 Jun 11 · Reconsidering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Wed 8 Jun 11 · Why Nations Fail (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 6 Jun 11 · A lecture by Traian Băsescu, President of Romania (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Sun 5 Jun 11 · The Flaw (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Thu 26 May 11 · Following the trail of Islamism and the Veil across time and borders (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 25 May 11 · Eradicating Ecocide: laws and governance to prevent the destruction of our planet (New Theatre, London)

• Tue 24 May 11 · Is the West Down and Out? And is the East Up and Coming? (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 17 May 11 · Supporting Sustainable Transition in Afghanistan: an interagency approach (New Theatre, London)

• Mon 16 May 11 · Can China's Political System Sustain its Peaceful Rise? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 10 May 11 · A lecture by Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of Slovakia (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Tue 10 May 11 · Cosmopolitanism: ideals and realities (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 9 May 11 · Pakistan: A Hard Country (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 4 May 11 · The Future of Power (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 13 Apr 11 · The relations of the EU with the Arab world (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 23 Mar 11 · Security: Present and Future Challenges (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 22 Mar 11 · Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Fri 11 Mar 11 · Gender and Poverty in the 21st Century (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 10 Mar 11 · 21st Century Statecraft (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 9 Mar 11 · The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War Part 2 (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Mar 11 · The Prospect of Harm to Civilians in the Ethics of War Part 1 (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Mon 7 Mar 11 · Why Human Rights and Democracy are Critical to overcome Poverty (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 3 Mar 11 · The Doha Round is Alive; and more important than ever (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 2 Mar 11 · Out of Europe? The United States in an Asian age (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 1 Mar 11 · Income Distribution and Social Change after 50 years (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 24 Feb 11 · Best Ideas: can fund managers beat the market? (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 24 Feb 11 · A Perfect Storm in the Arab World? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 17 Feb 11 · This House Believes that the Future of Rights is Left not Right (Wolfson Theatre, London)

• Tue 15 Feb 11 · Impact, Concerns and Future of Political Transitions in Latin America (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 9 Feb 11 · Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 8 Feb 11 · The Haves and Have Nots (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 26 Jan 11 · America's Wars in the Muslim World (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 25 Jan 11 · The Future of Global Economic Governance (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 25 Jan 11 · Trapped by the Past? Institutional Legacies and African Development (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 20 Jan 11 · How the West Was Lost: fifty years of economic folly and the stark choices ahead (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 10 Jan 11 · Facing Disaster In the Middle East: Do We Have Only Bad Options? (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 7 Dec 10 · Europe in 2011 and beyond (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 1 Dec 10 · War in the Borderlands (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 23 Nov 10 · EU as a global player: reality or illusion? (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Mon 22 Nov 10 · What has the financial crisis taught Europe? (New Theatre, London)

• Thu 18 Nov 10 · Zero-Sum World: power and prosperity in the age of anxiety (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 18 Nov 10 · Impunity in Cambodia (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 18 Nov 10 · Balkans 2020: The Ministerial Debate (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 16 Nov 10 · How serious a threat does Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula represent to Yemen and the West? (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 11 Nov 10 · Dignified Foreign Policy (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 10 Nov 10 · Hegemony and International Society (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 9 Nov 10 · Towards a New Financial System (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 8 Nov 10 · The Regime Complex of Climate Change (New Theatre, London)

• Wed 3 Nov 10 · Fred Halliday – an intellectual appreciation (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 26 Oct 10 · African Whistle-blowers: fighting corruption from the inside (Old Theatre, London)

• Mon 25 Oct 10 · Israel Confronts its Past: the "new historians" and their critics (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 21 Oct 10 · The Great Brain Race: Rise of the Global Education Marketplace (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Tue 19 Oct 10 · The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 14 Oct 10 · Financial Reform in China (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Thu 14 Oct 10 · Third World Approaches to International Law (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 13 Oct 10 · Expiring or Expanding? international economic organisations and the restructuring of world power (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Wed 13 Oct 10 · Power Shift: West to East (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Wed 6 Oct 10 · First Wednesday: What could looming power shift mean for North Korea? (Frontline Club, London)

• Tue 13 Jul 10 · Global Challenges for Europe and America (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Tue 22 Jun 10 · A public lecture by Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of Lithuania (LSE Campus, venue TBC to ticket holders, London)

• Tue 1 Jun 10 · Inhumane, illegal and insane: A Medieval Siege on Gaza in 2010 (New Theatre, London)

• Wed 26 May 10 · The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: human security and the new rules of war and peace (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 19 May 10 · We Don't Know How to Solve Global Poverty and That's a Good Thing (Old Theatre, London)

• Tue 18 May 10 · Full Globalisation as a Positive-Sum Game (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 29 Apr 10 · The Coming Global Monetary (Dis)Order (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 28 Apr 10 · The lottery of birth and the role of young people in development (New Theatre, London)

• Mon 22 Mar 10 · The Future of Capitalism and Globalisation: Global Perspectives and a European Agenda (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 18 Mar 10 · Religion and Pluralism in a Divided World (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London)

• Fri 12 Mar 10 · A Lecture by Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 10 Mar 10 · From Natural Rights to General Liberty: Slavery, Emancipation and the Origins of Human Rights (Taylor Institution Library, Oxford)

• Fri 5 Mar 10 · The Future Development of International Criminal Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Fri 26 Feb 10 · My Happiness: Right or Wrong? (Taylor Institution Library, Oxford)

• Thu 25 Feb 10 · Hamlet Without the Prince of Denmark: how development has disappeared from today’s ‘development’ dis (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 23 Feb 10 · Barack Obama and the Muslim World (Old Theatre, London)

• Wed 10 Feb 10 · A Broken Middle East: a wasted decade of war on terror (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Wed 3 Feb 10 · Eastern Europe and the Balkans: what now? (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London)

• Wed 3 Feb 10 · Women and War in the Middle East: transnational perspectives (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 27 Oct 09 · How is the Recession Affecting Nationalism and Immigration? (JustShare, Londn)

• Wed 21 Oct 09 · The Crisis of Global Capitalism: ten years on (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 20 Oct 09 · UN Ideas that Changed the World (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Fri 9 Oct 09 · UCL Jurisprudence Review Launch 2009 (UCL, London)

• Thu 24 Sep 09 · International Growth Centre Growth Week public lecture (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Tue 22 Sep 09 · International Growth Centre Launch Event for Growth Week (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, London)

• Tue 15 Sep 09 · LSE public lecture (London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 30 Jul 09 · Fireside Chats: What is consciousness for? The view from neuroscience (Burgh House, LONDON)

• Mon 29 Jun 09 · Is America in Decline? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 14 May 09 · Fireside Chats: Another Great Depression? Reflections on the world crisis (Burgh House, LONDON)

• Tue 10 Mar 09 · China in International Society: can 'peaceful rise' succeed? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 3 Mar 09 · What should the next G20 meeting do? (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 23 Feb 09 · The Islamic Republic of Iran After 30 years (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 19 Feb 09 · IHL and International Human Rights Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Tue 3 Feb 09 · Russia After Georgia (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, London School of Economics, London)

• Mon 10 Nov 08 · The Long Peace in Asia: explanation and projection (Wolfson Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 9 Oct 08 · What is the point of British foreign policy? (London South Bank University - Central account, London)

• Sun 28 Sep 08 · The 'International Brigade' in the Spanish Civil War (Leicester Secular Society, Leicester)

• Thu 24 Jul 08 · Can International Tribunals Deliver Justice? (Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London)

• Mon 16 Jun 08 · Mexico’s Foreign Policy: Its role as an Emerging Power (Shaw Library, London School of Economics, London)

• Thu 22 May 08 · Fixing Failed States (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Wed 21 May 08 · Finance in East Asia: from crisis to integration – challenges of second generation reforms (New Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Mon 12 May 08 · McMafia: Crime without frontiers (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Sun 27 Apr 08 · The future of global politics: Challenges, opportunities and threats? (Hamilton House, London)

• Thu 24 Apr 08 · The Bin Ladens (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 1 Apr 08 · The New Asian Hemisphere (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Thu 20 Mar 08 · RSA Thursday: Free Trade Reimagined (RSA, London)

• Thu 14 Feb 08 · Insight with Matthew Green- In Search of Africa's Most Wanted War Criminal (The Frontline Club, London)

• Thu 7 Feb 08 · The UK and the EU: what has changed over 35 years? (Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics &Political Science, London)

• Wed 30 Jan 08 · International Relations in a Post-Hegemonic Age (Old Theatre, London School of Economics & Political Science, London)

• Tue 29 Jan 08 · China in Africa: Is China Good for Africa's Health? (Christopher Ingold Lecture Theatre, London)

• Wed 5 Dec 07 · The United States – Dangerous Nation? (Old Theatre, London)

• Thu 29 Nov 07 · France and Britain in Europe and the World: let’s seize the opportunities (Hong Kong Theatre, London)

• Thu 15 Nov 07 · Humanitarian Aid and Independence: do no harm? (New Theatre, London)

• Tue 6 Nov 07 · From Cosmopolitanism to Cosmopolitics (Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, London)

• Wed 5 Sep 07 · Launch Lecture of UNCTAD Trade and Development Report (New Theatre, London)

• Tue 1 May 07 · Ian Berry: A Life Apart (Royal Geographical Society, London)

• Thu 26 Apr 07 · The Writing On The Wall - China and the West in the 21st Century (Foreign Press Association, London)

• Wed 21 Feb 07 · International Web Marketing - Get it right! (Best Western Stage Hotel, Leicester)

• Wed 14 Feb 07 · Insight with Claire Short (The Frontline Club, London)

• Sun 4 Feb 07 · Damned by Debt Relief (Secular Hall, Leicester)

• Thu 7 Dec 06 · Putting the pieces together: How reconciliation fits into the peacebuilding puzzle (St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London)

• Wed 14 Jun 06 · Corporations and Human Rights: Is it any of their Business? (Royal Academy of Engineering, London)

• Tue 11 Apr 06 · Disaster Response in 2005 (City University, London)

• Thu 16 Mar 06 · How different nations view the world and themselves (City University London, London)

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