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Spring 2008 Schedule

23 January

The War on Drugs: Fighting Drugs at Home and Abroad

Presenter: Ari Helgason
Chair: Alexander Dresner
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

16 January

Should We Save Strangers?: The Responsibility to Act in Times of Humanitarian Crisis

Presenters: Alexandre Errera and Selma Stern
Chair: Nazem Abd-Allah
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

23 January

Pakistan Today: Should the World Cut the Nuclear Power Loose or Tighten Its Leash?

Presenter: Muhammad Altamash
Chair: Alexandre Errera
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

30 January

Tug o' War: Russian and Western Rivalry in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Presenter: Oren Levy
Chair: Massimo Ungaro
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

6 February

Africa: How Can the World Give a Lost Cause a Bright Future?

Presenter: Massimo Ungaro
Chair: Manolo Reynaud
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

13 February

The Future of Latin America: Free Market Democracy or Populist Dictatorship?

Presenter: Manolo Reynaud
Chair: Oren Levy
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

20 February

One Way Ticket to Heaven: How Should the West Address Islamic Terrorism?

Presenter: Joshua Lo
Chair: Ari Helgason
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

 

21 February

How Iraq Was Lost: The Risk Society at War

Public Lecture

Special Guest: Professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Danish Institute for Military Studies
Chair: Professor Christopher Coker
5:00 to 6:30pm
London School of Economics, Room S78

This event is free and open to the public. It was arranged in cooperation with the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics.

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27 February

A Conversation with Bob Shrum

Special Guest: Bob Shrum
Chair: Alex Schwyhart
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

4 March

Fighting Terrorism: What You Don't Read About in the Paper

Public Lecture

Special Guest:Richard Schoberl, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Counterterrorism Division
Chair: Alex Schwyhart
3:00 to 4:00pm
London School of Economics, Room D402

This non-partisan event is free and open to the public. It was arranged in cooperation with the LSE SU Democrats Society.

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5 March

Words from the Front Line of the War on Terror

Special Guest: Richard Schoberl, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Counterterrorism Division
Chair: Alexander Dresner
6:00 to 8:00pm

 

 

12 March

Energy Security: How Should the World Address the Prospect of Resource Wars in the 21st Century?

Presenter: TBA
Chair: Selma Stern
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

 

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Autumn 2007 Schedule

31 October

Emerging China: What Does Growing Chinese Involvement in the World Mean?

Presenter: Sonja Wittenberg and Joshua Lo
Chair: Alex Schwyhart
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

7 November

The Great Agitator: Responding to Iranian Influence

Presenter: Muhammad Altamash
Chair: Nazem Abd-Allah
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

12 November

What is Happening in the EU today?

Guest Speaker: The Rt. Hon. Lord Brittan of Spennithorne
Chair: Alexander Dresner
7:00 to 8:30pm

 

21 November

Transatlantic Relations: A New Start?

Guest Speaker: HE Gérard Errera, Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
Chair: Alexandre Errera
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

28 November

The 21st Century Economy: The Future and Its Consequences

Presenter: Selma Stern
Chair: Massimo Ungaro
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

5 December

Defining Itself: What Should European Union Foreign Policy Be?

Presenter: Massimo Ungaro
Chair: Alexandre Errera
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

12 December

The CEO as General: The Outsourcing of Military Operations

Presenter: Alexander Dresner
Chair: Muhammad Altamash
6:00 to 7:30pm

 

   

 

 

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