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The UK's New Online Safety Bill
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- The UK's New Online Safety Bill
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- 51:16
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- 5 years ago
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- Governments, regulators and tech companies are currently grappling with the challenge of how to promote an open and vibrant internet at the same time as tackling harmful activity online, including the spread of hateful content, terrorist propaganda, and the conduct of cyberbullying, child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The UK government’s Online Harms proposals include the establishment of a new 'duty of care’ on companies to ensure they have robust systems in place to keep their users safe. Compliance with this new duty will be overseen by an independent regulator.
On 15 December 2020, DCMS and the Home Office published the full UK government response, setting out the intended policy positions for the regulatory framework, and confirming Ofcom as the regulator.
With the legislation likely to be introduced early this year, the panel will discuss questions including:
How to strike the balance between freedom of expression and prote...
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- Building Back Better: Rethinking Global Food Systems
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- 1:05:06
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- 5 years ago
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- The panel assesses how governments, civil society, the private sector and multilateral organizations can better build resilience and equity into global food systems.
Is it time to rethink the future of global food systems? Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 820 million people were suffering from hunger as a result of the impacts of climate change, conflict, poverty and, in 2020, locust plagues devastating harvests in dozens of countries.
The global health outbreak has compounded these issues making food insecurity one of the most significant aftershocks of the COVID-19 crisis. But addressing food insecurity is complicated by the rising recognition of the need to address the triple burden of undernutrition, malnutrition and obesity. Moreover, ensuring sustainable and nutritious food systems must be done equitably.
What solutions are needed to simultaneously accelerate innovation in food systems and address the structural barriers constrain...
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- Representing Britain: Diplomacy at Work in the US, France, Turkey and Iran
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- 1:26:30
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- 5 years ago
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- Sir Peter Westmacott joins Jon Sopel, BBC’s North America Editor, to discuss his life as an official at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and representing the UK abroad.
After 40 years serving as a career diplomat, Sir Peter Westmacott joins Jon Sopel, BBC’s North America Editor, to discuss his life as an official at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and representing the UK abroad in countries as varied as Iran, Turkey, France and the US.
While representing the UK around the globe, Sir Peter was privy to and influenced important negotiations ranging from relations between Argentina and the Falkland Islands to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Drawing on his new book, They Call It Diplomacy: Forty Years of Representing Britain Abroad, Sir Peter shares his experience living in and understanding foreign countries and of working alongside global leaders such as Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Recep Tayyip Erdo...
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- Redesigning Health
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- 1:00:06
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- 5 years ago
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- A panel of designers and policy experts discuss how design and policy communities can drive transformative innovations to better design healthcare for everyone’s benefit.
In 2020, Chatham House and London Design Biennale launched Design in an Age of Crisis, a global open call inviting radical design thinking from the world’s design community, the public and young people to harness the creativity that comes from crisis.
In 2021, Chatham House and London Design Biennale are hosting a series of events investigating how radical design ideas can shape health, work, environment and society, starting with health.
Great design thinking can play a major role in improving our health and wellbeing and strengthening our resilience to illness. It can provide us with the information we need to keep healthy and enable access to healthcare for all. Innovations in design can improve health outcomes through the objects we use every day and the systems and suppl...
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- New Ideas for NATO 2030
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- 3:23:00
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- 5 years ago
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- NATO has been a bedrock of security and stability for over 70 years. But today, it is facing an increasingly complex world full of new actors, threats and challenges. How can it guarantee that it will remain fit, united and adaptable in this new world? What hard decisions does it need to take to be fit for purpose in the next decade?
In his first major policy speech of 2021, NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, outlines his vision for NATO to 2030 with recommendations from the NATO 2030 Young Leaders – a group he appointed to advise him on how the organization can meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.
The event also features the culmination of a week-long policy hackathon that will see students from 10 universities ‘pitch for purpose’ on key strategic themes for NATO 2030:
Turning the tide: NATO’s role in defending and re-shaping a values-based international order
Full spectrum security: building resilience again...
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- Beyond the Borders: To What Extent Do States Have Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations?
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- 1:25:33
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- 5 years ago
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- The panel discusses the approaches taken by states and courts to extraterritorial human rights impacts including in relation to the environment, to cyberspace, and to international surveillance.
Under international human rights law, a state holds obligations towards those within its territory. More controversial is the extent of its obligations to persons abroad whose human rights may be impacted by its actions.
The panel discusses the approaches taken by states and courts to extraterritorial human rights impacts including in relation to the environment, to cyberspace, and to international surveillance. Is a state responsible for protecting the right to privacy or family life of persons abroad? How might global consensus be reached in this space for future transboundary human rights issues?
Participants
Sarah Cleveland, Louis B. Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights, Columbia Law School
Marko Milanovic, Professor o...
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- Ethiopia’s Elections: Context, Challenges and Prospects for Pluralism
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- 1:42:15
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- 5 years ago
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- Ethiopia is scheduled to hold general elections on 5 June 2021, to appoint members of the House of Peoples’ Representatives and regional state councils, following the postponement of the August 2020 date by the National Election Board (NEBE) due to COVID-19.
This will be the first major electoral test for the ruling Prosperity Party, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, since its establishment in 2019, when the coalition split with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
The conflict in the Tigray region provides a difficult backdrop to national election preparations, adding to the challenges of insecurity and significant political shifts since 2018, which have recently been compounded by the twin shocks of the pandemic and a devastating locust invasion.
At this virtual event, panellists discuss preparations for the polls, whether the Federal Government will be able to deliver secure, free and fair elections under the current conditions, and the pr...
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- Forecasting Forum 2021
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- 1:23:21
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- 5 years ago
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- The Forecasting Forum 2021 presents the latest thinking from the Energy, Environment and Resources Programme’s senior research team and colleagues on the dynamics that will likely affect fossil fuel demand, energy investments and markets in the year ahead.
Focus is given to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first 100 days of the new Biden administration in the US, and the run-up to COP26. The extraordinary developments over the last year have demonstrated the need consider and discuss a wide range of possible futures and the factors that affect them to help improve system resilience and increase stability, whilst achieving sustainability.
For the first time, this annual event was run online and consisted of a panel discussion on what the year ahead might hold.
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigorous and independent analysis on how to build a sustainab...
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- Chatham House Pandemic Briefing Series: 2020 Highlights
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- 7:27
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- 5 years ago
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- As countries grapple with how best to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and the reverberations it sends through their societies and economies, the expertise provided by the Chatham House Global Health programme is invaluable to help understand how the virus is behaving, and the best measures to combat it.
Our weekly series of interactive webinars on the pandemic throughout 2020 with Professor David Heymann and a wide range of special guests examined the science and made sense of all the latest developments in the global crisis as they happened.
This short video package of highlights from the series presents a breadth of insights shared by world-leading experts on some of the key issues at the forefront of the global conversation over the course of the pandemic.
Full event videos are available on this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy9ppGFZeRr4_LknbwvIfvX3cU-EvQU1L
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the...
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- An International Trade Policy Agenda for Environmental Sustainability: Directions for UK Leadership
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- 2:27:01
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- 5 years ago
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- This event explores the opportunities in 2021 to develop a forward-looking international trade agenda on environmental sustainability.
In 2021, the UK is developing its independent trade policy and strategies to deliver an ambitious economic transition towards a low carbon economy.
On the international stage, the UK has leadership roles as host of the COP26 on climate and of the G7. 2021 provides a timely and critical opening for UK leadership on a positive vision and agenda for international trade policy that builds more resilient and sustainable economies across the globe.
Speakers identify opportunities for the UK to foster a new generation of trade agreements and partnerships in key international processes and organizations that could support the international community’s environmental sustainability goals and development commitments.
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Ba...
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- Animation: Education and Systemic Corruption in Syria
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- 3:16
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- 5 years ago
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- Short explainer animation about the education system in Syria, and how it is being impacted by institutionalized corruption.
The education sector has witnessed the increasing influence of international NGOs and UN agencies that have provided direct support to public schools. This support includes technical and financial assistance for school rehabilitation, educational equipment and training sessions for staff to improve their teaching capabilities.
Some profiteers have colluded with public officials and managerial personnel in some international organizations to make illegal profits under the cover of renewing schools and providing teaching equipment.
Read more:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/11/assessing-control-and-power-dynamics-syria/03-profiteers-and-provision-goods-and-services
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigorous and independent...
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- Co-existing with Russia: Is There a Viable Strategy for Ukraine?
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- 1:34:14
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- 5 years ago
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- Speakers look at Russia's strategic objectives regarding Ukraine and outline the kind of relationship the Kremlin aims to achieve.
Ukraine-Russia relations show no sign of improving with the countries fighting an undeclared war for over seven years now. Over this time a precarious balance has been established – one where Russia cannot fully achieve its objectives, but also where Ukraine struggles to restore its territorial integrity and suffers from a myriad of threats.
Three experienced analysts offer perspectives on the best course or courses of action and assess President Voldymyr Zelenskyy’s strategy in this light.
They also discuss the implications of recent regional security shifts in Belarus and Nagorno-Karabakh and outline the optimal roles for the US and EU in making peaceful co-existence between Ukraine and Russia possible in the medium term.
Participants
Nadia Arbatova, Head, European Political Studies Department...
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- The Future of Global Health - Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
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- 1:02:46
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- 6 years ago
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- The UK has taken on the presidency of the G7 at a time when global public health has been hitting the headlines like never before. UK health secretary Matt Hancock will outline his vision for a more effective global response and his plans to ensure preparedness for the threats of the future.
What is the UK’s and G7's role in global health leadership to help stem the pandemic? What can be done to strengthen national and global systems to improve health security and prepare better against future pandemics?
How can we accelerate progress towards universal health coverage and in particular ensure universal access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments? How can nations and multilateral agencies cooperate better to improve health outcomes globally and reach the sustainable development goals?
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigorous and independent analysis on how to buil...
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- The Future of Liberal Democracies: The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP and The Rt Hon Tony Blair
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- 48:11
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- 6 years ago
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- The Future of Liberal Democracies series has been developed by Chatham House in co-operation with The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, who made preservation of a rules-based system one of the hallmarks of his tenure leading the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
The series will draw on the participation of UK foreign policy experts, alongside counterparts from liberal democratic countries around the world. At this event, former British prime minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair will give his view on how the UK forms new alliances, how it works with other nations to achieve its aims and the broader role it should play as part of the wider network of liberal democracies.
Since 1920, Chatham House has made preservation of a rules-based system a pillar of its institutional mission and this series comprises conversations with high level officials through 2021 to explore questions that are fundamental to the democratic alliance. Can liberal democracies re-unite after the tumult of the ...
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- South Africa’s Foreign Policy: Reflections on the UN Security Council and the African Union
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- 1:00:06
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- 6 years ago
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- In 2019-2020, South Africa served its third term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, seeking to strengthen its role as a bridge-builder and further justify a more permanent role for the country and continent on the body.
In February 2021, South Africa will also conclude its time as Chair of the African Union, having used its tenure to promote peace and security issues, including closer cooperation with the UNSC, and advance regional economic integration.
South Africa took up these roles at a time of global and regional upheaval. As COVID-19 tested countries’ commitment to cooperation over isolation, South Africa coordinated regional responses to address the challenges of stressed public health systems, vaccine strategies, and economic stimulus and debt support across Africa.
Its leadership has been further tested by ongoing and emerging insecurity in the Sahel, and in Cabo Delgado in neighbouring Mozambique. The crux of its reg...
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- What’s Next after the US Inauguration? Trends and Predictions in American Foreign Policy
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- 1:29:21
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- 6 years ago
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- Panellists discuss the future of US foreign policy under a Biden administration.
Against the backdrop of Inauguration Day, all eyes are set on how the US government will address major challenges in the international arena.
From climate change to trade wars, the coronavirus to civil unrest, the US faces outsized and evolving global threats. Will 2021 signal a new shift in policies for the US? What guiding principles will orient America’s role in the world? What issues are likely to be at the top of the agenda for the president and for Congress, and how will the decisions they make affect the UK and other countries?
In this panel discussion, four leading experts – Kelly M. Greenhill (Tufts University), Joseph Sternberg (Wall Street Journal), Peter Trubowitz (LSE), and Leslie Vinjamuri (Chatham House) – analyse the directions of American foreign policy in the wake of the recent US elections.
This event is being run in partnership w...
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- The Russia Report: Why Has Nothing Been Done?
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- 1:30:40
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- This online roundtable reviews whether the UK is taking a greater interest in defending itself against Russian subversion of its political and democratic processes.
The most startling findings of the 'Russia' report from Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee were not about the extent of Moscow's malign influence in the UK, but about how unwilling the British government had been to take steps to detect and counter it.
The report identified gaping holes in both awareness of the problem, and legislation to deal with it. A formulaic response from the government promised that at least some of these holes would be plugged.
Six months on, this online roundtable reviews what progress has been made – and whether the UK is indeed taking a greater interest in defending itself against Russian subversion of its political and democratic processes.
Participants
Duncan Allan, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham ...
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- In Conversation with Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister
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- 38:22
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- 6 years ago
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- Ali Allawi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Iraq, speaks with Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
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- Empowering Iraq’s Youth in Shaping Iraq’s Future
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- 1:29:30
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- 6 years ago
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- Iraq has one of the youngest populations in the world, with nearly 60 per cent of its citizens under the age of 25. This new generation have no memory of Iraq under Baathist rule and have spent their lifetimes in a country run by an unaccountable political elite that have failed to prevent repeated cycles of violent conflict.
Young people’s discontent with corruption, inequality and growing unemployment has fuelled popular protests that have shaken the foundations of the post-2003 political order. Given the economic crisis, the Iraqi government is less able to accommodate the needs of Iraq’s youth.
This session explores the social, economic and political realities for Iraq’s growing youth population, the motivations of those taking part in protests, and the role young people will play in the 2021 elections and beyond.
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigor...
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- Cultural Heritage in Iraq’s Statebuilding Process
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- 1:32:18
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- 6 years ago
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- In Iraq’s troubled post-2003 politics, cultural heritage has undergone major transformation. International, national and regional actors have all been involved in shaping Iraq’s political trajectory. A key component of those processes has been the ways in which the country’s cultural heritage has been instrumentalised to serve the interests of organised political groups.
Since 2003, Iraq’s national cultural heritage has been fragmented into competing parcels, controlled and exploited for the interests of rival political parties. In this context, this
panel discusses the outcomes of Iraq’s post-2003 statebuilding process on its cultural heritage and what should be done now to build a cohesive and peace-oriented national cultural infrastructure that serves the needs of the people of Iraq.
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigorous and independent analysis on how...
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- The Future of Iraq in the Region
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- 1:35:34
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- 6 years ago
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- Over the past year, Iraq has been caught in the middle of an escalation between the US and Iran, challenging Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's attempts to steer a neutral and independent foreign policy.
While Washington threatens to pull out its embassy from Baghdad for the first time since 2003, the prime minister continues to engage with regional and international actors, including a recent trip to Germany, France, and the UK.
This session explores the future of Iraq’s relations with Iran and the US in the context of the outcome of the US presidential election, as well as Iraq’s place within other evolving regional and international dynamics.
Chatham House is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading policy institutes. Based in London, it provides rigorous and independent analysis on how to build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.
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- Pulling Iraq's Economy Back from the Brink
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- 1:31:17
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- 6 years ago
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- The fall in the price of oil this year has significantly impacted the Iraqi state, which is spending double itsrevenue each month. Finance Minister Ali Allawi has published a White Paper which puts forward an ambitiousproject to reform Iraq’s economic system, while, in the meantime, dipping into its remaining reserves to sustaina bloated bureaucracy. However, in an election year, can the Iraqi government pursue the austerityrecommendations required to cope with falling government revenues? This session explores the currenteconomic situation in Iraq and will look at the short-term challenges but also the longer-term reform of therentier state.
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- In Conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government
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- 1:03:55
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- 6 years ago
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- Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government speaks with Renad Mansour, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme &
Director, Iraq Initiative, Chatham House.
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- تمكين الشباب العراقي من أجل رسم معالم مستقبل العراق
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- 1:29:30
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- لدى العراق أحد أكثر الشعوب شباباً في العالم، إذ إنّ نحو %60 من مواطني العراق دون سنّ الخامسة والعشرين. وهذا الجيل الجديد لا يتذكر العراق في ظلّ الحكم البعثي وأمـضـى حياته في دولة تديرها نخبة سياسية لا تخضع لأي مساءلة ولطالمـا فشلت في منع موجات متتالية من الـصـراع العنيف. وأدى استياء الشباب مـن الفساد وعدم المسـاواة والبطالة المتزايدة إلى تأجيـج الاحتجاجات الشعبية التي هزت أركان النظـام السياسي الذي تشكّل ما بعد عام 2003. والآن، في ظلّ الأزمـة الاقتصادية، أمست الحكومة العراقية أقل قدرة على تلبية احتياجات الشـباب العراقـي. تستطلع هذه الجلسة الحقائ...
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- محادثـة مـع نائـب رئيـس مجلس الـوزراء العراقي علي علاوي
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- 38:22
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- علي علّاوي، نائب رئيس الوزراء العراقي، وزير المالية، في محادثة مع لينا خطيب، مديرة برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا في تشاتام هاوس.
شَـهد عـام 2020 توالـي الأزمات الواحـدة بعـد الأخرى فـي العـراق، بدءاً مـن اغتيـال قاسـم سـليماني وأبـو مهـدي المهنـدس، وسلسـلة الاشتباكات بيـن الولايات المتحدة والميليشيات الموالية لإيران، وصولاً إلى الأزمة السياسية المتعلقـة بتشـكيل الحكومـة الجديـدة، وأثـر جائحـة فيـروس كورونـا علـى نظام الرعاية الصحية العراقي المتداعي أصلاً، وهبوط أسعار النفط، وتأخر دفع رواتب موظفي القطاع العام، والبلبلة التي أث...
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- The Future of Liberal Democracies
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- 1:01:16
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The Rt Hon Tony Blair, Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP discuss Britain’s role in the world post-Brexit.
The Future of Liberal Democracies series has been developed by Chatham House in co-operation with The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, who made preservation of a rules-based system one of the hallmarks of his tenure leading the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
The series draws on the participation of UK foreign policy experts, alongside counterparts from liberal democratic countries around the world. At this event, former British prime minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair gives his view on how the UK forms new alliances, how it works with other nations to achieve its aims and the broader role it should play as part of the wider network of liberal democracies.
Since 1920, Chatham House has made preservation of a rules-based system a pillar of our institutional mission and this series comprises conve...
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- 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021
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- 1:09:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- This event will explore crucial questions about modern conflict in a COVID-affected world through the lens of International Crisis Group’s annual report 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021.
What lessons in cooperation and coordination should the international community draw from the past year? Given technological advances in warfare capabilities, will conflict transcend into unconventional battlegrounds? And what are the key challenges for global security and democratic governance?
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- Animation: Bread Production and Systemic Corruption in Syria
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Short explainer animation about the bread production process in Syria, and how the system is being impacted by institutionalized corruption.
Hoboob, the state grain company, supplies private mills with wheat. These mills are supposed to produce and distribute high-quality flour to bakeries. Instead, they sell the best wheat to a network of traders and replace it with cheaper, low-quality wheat to produce the required flour for bakeries. This process is governed by a corrupt public–private network.
Read more:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/11/assessing-control-and-power-dynamics-syria/03-profiteers-and-provision-goods-and-services
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- America Constrained: What Prospect for a Return to Global Leadership?
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- 1:13:07
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- What will this next phase of international politics portend for the United States and its role in the world?
President-elect Joe Biden’s interest in foreign policy matters has been well documented, and as former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has played an active role in shaping US foreign policy.
Many of the promises he has made for his first day in office, such as re-joining the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization, indicate that he will continue to make foreign policy a top priority during his presidency, with a renewed focus on strengthening multilateral organizations.
But what will this next phase of international politics portend for the United States and its role in the world? Will this be a period of restoration, or of a more palatable form of diplomacy that nonetheless provides as a cover for US retrenchment and restraint?
Or, will this be a period in which we see a new form of international...
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- What’s Next for Brazil’s Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES)?
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- 51:53
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- 6 years ago
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- Gustavo Montezano, President of BNDES, joins us to discuss the current status of BNDES and what we can expect from the bank in the future.
Created in 1952, Brazil’s Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) is Brazil’s primary state bank and one of the largest development banks in the world. With more than $1 trillion in assets, BNDES serves to support projects in infrastructure, agriculture, and energy, as well as spurring social inclusion in Brazil and promoting Brazilian business abroad.
Recently, BNDES has undergone reforms to bring its management and lending practices more in line with market principles and objectives. Gustavo Montezano, President of BNDES, has been integral to the implementation of these reforms and will join us to discuss the current status of BNDES and what we can expect from the bank in the future.
This event is part of the Latin America Initiative. Chatham House would like to thank BTG Pactual, Cairn Energy plc, D...
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- Responding to COVID-19: Prospects for UK-Japan Cooperation
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- 1:00:36
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Speakers draw on their direct experience of managing the COVID-19 crisis in the UK and Japan to consider the importance of data-sharing during the pandemic.
Countries across the world have taken multifarious paths in their responses to COVID-19. Globally, this has resulted in the set up of multiple new information systems as governments attempt to manage information about their country’s rate of infection and make assessments regarding the disease’s potential future trajectory.
Little effort has, however, been made to bring together national public health data from different countries, or to conduct cross-border research and analysis. The speakers draw upon their direct experience of managing the COVID-19 crisis in the UK and Japan respectively to consider the importance of data-sharing during the pandemic, and explore possibilities for UK-Japan cooperation to tackle new infectious diseases in the future.
This event is held in partnership with...
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- Syria, fuel supplies and corruption | Explainer | Chatham House
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Syrian regime fuel supplies and refinement facilities are heavily influenced by Iran, Russia and well connected, powerful local actors.
75% of crude supply into regime controlled areas comes from Iran. 15% comes from local sources, which are extracted and transported by government entities, Russian investors, and powerful local actors. Russia and Iran also have influence over the Homs and Banias refineries.
Meanwhile a smuggler network manages convoys of fuel trucks that pass from Lebanon into Syria through illegal border crossings, controlled on the Lebanese side by Hezbollah.
Read the Chatham House research paper: 'Assessing Control and Power Dynamics in Syria'.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/11/assessing-control-and-power-dynamics-syria/03-profiteers-and-provision-goods-and-services
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- Outer Space: UK-Japan Responses
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- 1:16:49
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The world’s critical national and international infrastructure has become
increasingly reliant upon space infrastructure in order to function.
Humanity uses space for communications, monitoring the environment and receiving weather forecasts, collecting intelligence for security and defence purposes, providing data for global positioning, navigation and time keeping. As a result, almost every country now has a stake in outer space.
This session discusses some of the key governance and security challenges in
outer space. Who are the key actors? How can threats in outer space be reduced through responsible behaviour?
How can the international rules governing human activity in space be built upon to reflect the rapid escalation in the use of space, and the worrying increase in space debris as a result? How much focus are the governments of the UK and Japan giving to outer space?
What are the latest developments in the UK...
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- Cyberspace: UK-Japan Responses
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- 1:21:55
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The prevalence of cyber risks has continued to increase as Information
Communication Technologies (ICTs) become ever more entwined with almost every aspect of our lives.
These risks are affecting economies, societies and livelihoods and are threatening international peace and security. The deployment of new technologies such as 5G have generated further security concerns and
have exacerbated geopolitical tensions.
This session discusses the bilateral relationship and consultations on
cyberspace that the UK and Japan have been holding since 2012. What has been the main success of these consultations and what are the remaining
opportunities?
How can the two governments work together in international forums, including at the UN, to ensure a free, open, peaceful, fair, and secure
cyberspace amidst diverging approaches to internet governance by the major powers?
How can the UK and Japan work together to pro...
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- Engaging the Arctic: UK-Japan Responses
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- 1:12:09
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Arctic region brings together the continents of Europe, Asia and North
America. Its strategic positioning and promise of natural resources have created a complex geopolitical dynamic, further complicated by the fact that the region lacks a cohesive legal framework, unlike the Antarctic, and that climate change increasingly threatens the Arctic’s ecology.
As various countries, including Russia and China, seek to expand their presence in the region, this session discusses the role of international law and governance in regulating states’ activities in the Arctic, including the extent to which the existing legal framework is sufficient to protect the region from over-exploitation of its precious resources and to settle
disputes between states with competing interests.
What are the UK and Japan’s ambitions in the region, and what opportunities are there for strengthening and developing the Arctic’s rules-based order?
This se...
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- Military Use of Electromagnetic Spectrum & Electronic Warfare: UK-Japan Responses
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- 1:15:16
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Military forces rely on the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) for missions and operations that require communications, position, navigation and timing information, intelligence gathering, and missile defence.
In essence EMS applications increase military situational awareness. Yet, EMS could also be used to target adversarial forces. EMS provides the baseline capability in electronic warfare. This is particularly important to island nations such as Japan and the UK who rely upon air and sea-denial protective capabilities.
As components of electronic warfare become increasingly integrated within military planning and doctrine, both in the West, as well as in Russia and China, what scope is there for joint cooperation between Japan, the UK and allies to ensure freedom of access and operation in potentially contested environments in the electromagnetic realm?
How can these allies tackle the issue of counter-electronic warfare? Given
its constit...
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- Redefining the Purpose of the Investment System
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- 1:30:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- How can the investment industry drive capital to the investments needed to create a carbon-neutral society?
When we invest, our monies pass through a complex chain of financial intermediaries to corporates or governments who are expected to be able to generate value over our investment timeframes.
The purpose of this system is, arguably, to generate returns for investors commensurate with their risk appetites; over the long-term this should be consistent with driving capital to those entities that will thrive in a world converting to carbon-neutrality.
But in practice, does the structure and incentives of the industry prevent this happening?
This event, hosted by Chatham House's Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy and FinSTIC, explores the current structure of the investment industry through a systems lens.
How well does it work? Does the interaction of key participants result in financial flows being direc...
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- Sudan’s Juba Peace Agreement: Ensuring implementation and prospects for increasing inclusivity
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- 1:57:01
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Juba Peace Agreement, signed on 3 October 2020, while not comprehensive, was hailed as a historic achievement and a significant step towards ending turbulence in conflict affected states including Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. It also serves to lay a foundation for democratic transition and economic reform throughout the country.
The agreement has been incorporated into the constitution and will bring the signatory armed movements into the Transitional Government until elections are held. However, successful implementation of the deal is threatened by the fragility of the civilian-military partnership, widespread insecurity and the lack of resources for implementation, given Sudan’s economic crisis and limited international financial support.
This virtual event reflects on Sudan’s efforts and prospects for achieving sustainable peace. Panellists discuss how the agreement will address problems of historical marginalization, as well as reflecting...
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- Moving Food up the Political Agenda
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- 1:28:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- How can food system transformation be woven into high level biodiversity, nutrition and climate forums in 2021?
Adverse impacts on food security are expected to worsen as global temperatures continue to rise. As well as feeling the impacts of climate change, food systems drive it in a number of ways. Not only do food systems contribute more to greenhouse gas emissions than any other parts of our lives, they are also the leading driver of biodiversity loss, the largest cause of deforestation and occupy the most land globally.
On our current trajectory, 1.5°C of warming could become a reality in the next 5-10 years. Transforming food systems to meet climate, biodiversity and food security goals is crucial. If left to continue, food alone could take us over 1.5°C this century – even with maximum efforts in the energy sector.
Unprecedented levels of action to transform food systems is required over the next decade. The coming year is described as ...
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- Expanding UK-Latin American Trade Opportunities and Bottlenecks
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- 1:02:34
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- What are the prospects for increasing these links between Latin America and the UK and what obstacles may stand in the way?
Expanding trade between the UK and Latin America could be a key opportunity for both regions following Brexit.
Ranil Jayawardena MP, Minister for International Trade, discusses the UK’s trade strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by a discussion on the preliminary results of an informal survey conducted by Chatham House on the potential and challenges for UK-Latin America trade and current trade patterns.
Survey respondents include representatives from the private sector as well as commercial and embassy officers from both sides of the Atlantic.
This event is run in partnership with the Department for International Trade.
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- Do We Need to Rethink Innovation?
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- 1:00:07
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- COVID-19 and the search for solutions is forcing the world to rethink innovation. Can we overcome our fascination with early-stage innovation and scale solutions to solve some of today’s most pressing challenges?
Forget the sacred cows and myths around founding geniuses, corporate innovation culture and crowd-pleasing backstories which often end in failure.
The cold reality is that getting meaningful and durable solutions to markets rely on a succession of collaborations and breakthroughs over time. Overcoming misguided fascination with early-stage innovation and other problems requires more learning by doing and radical collaboration for scaling.
In this session, the panellists explore how to harness capabilities of all the relevant players – whether start-ups, large corporations, universities or governments – in order to scale the provision of socially desirable goods and services.
The panellists also discuss how most areas of...
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- Next Generation Nigeria: Youth Engagement in Governance
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- 1:31:49
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Speakers discuss how young people engage in shaping governance in Nigeria, routes to influence, barriers to overcome, and their ideas for improvement.
Nigeria is now more than 20 years into its fourth effort at democracy – its longest single stretch of hard-won civilian rule since it gained independence in 1960.
This laudable achievement has however been undercut by the still lacking social contract between state and society and a stark accountability gap that is yet to be addressed. Governing in such a complex and diverse context, while concurrently building democratic institutions and diversifying an economy is a significant challenge.
But the failures of successive civilian governments to deliver on promises, improve livelihoods or address injustices are further embedding distrust in the state and giving rise to frustrations expressed in different ways – for example in the recent #EndSARS protests.
The 2020 Ibrahim Governance I...
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- Policy for Recovery in Africa: Rethinking Energy Solutions for Universal Electricity Access
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- 56:42
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Approximately three-quarters of Africa's population do not have access to clean cooking fuel and face costs to their health.
Speakers explore policy opportunities to bridge this gap, the key barriers that remain and the transformative potential of energy transition in delivering sustainable access for all.
African countries face an uphill battle as they confront the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic, seeking recovery in the context of global socio-economic difficulty and fragmented geopolitics.
With deficits in terms of governance, public health systems, social protection, and basic service delivery presenting challenges even before the outbreak, careful analysis and creative evidence-based policy solutions, as well as emphasis on implementation, will be crucial if Africa is to progress towards the SDGs and Agenda 2063.
The Policy for Recovery in Africa series brings together expert speakers and decision makers to examine and exchan...
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- Lessons for Global Health from COVID-19: UHC and Preparedness
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- 1:03:51
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Early in the pandemic, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and many other leaders in health, called for 'national unity and global solidarity'. They urged the global community to work collaboratively and cooperatively to tackle the pandemic, in recognition of our interconnectedness and our shared vulnerabilities.
Over the course of the year, there have been extraordinary acts of solidarity and expressions of ‘togetherness’, but there have also been many challenges. From politicization of the pandemic and the response efforts to resource-hoarding, travel restrictions, trade bans, and misinformation, the multilateral system has been truly tested – and the test is not over.
Panellists, including Keizo Takemi, Mary Robinson, and Zsuzsanna Jakab, reflect on the concept of solidarity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss the ways in which solidarity has been both fostered and undermined.
Ch...
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- Digital Competition: The UK’s Cyber Response to Online and Real-world Threats
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- 1:08:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Panellists examine the UK’s approach to protecting the digital homeland and transforming defence for the cyber age.
Vaccine hacking, foreign interference in elections, threats to critical infrastructure, and ransomware attacks are critical cyber threats that regularly make international headlines.
This kind of hybrid warfare in the 'grey zone', some of it state-sponsored, invariably draws on cyber capabilities and is a serious risk to national security with tactics that continually change to exploit vulnerabilities.
Over several years, GCHQ and the Ministry of Defence have been developing a full range of cyber capabilities. But how can governments keep up with the ever-changing means of digital conflict?
This webinar examines the UK’s approach to protecting the digital homeland and transforming defence for the cyber age. How is the new National Cyber Force important to achieving those outcomes? How can the UK secure its ‘criti...
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- Brexit: What to Watch
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- 56:36
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Panellists Professor Vernon Bogdaner, Georgina Wright, Anna Isaac and Professor Richard Whitman join Professor Anand Menon to explore the latest on the Brexit negotiations and the potential for a Brexit deal.
By 31 December 2020, the UK and EU should have decided how they will live, work and trade as neighbours. The exit may be a negotiated deal or a no deal and there are complicated problems at the heart of both options including concerns over Northern Ireland's status. Boris Johnson had aimed to have a negotiated deal by 15 October 2020, but while that deadline has not been met, both parties are still talking.
This webinar explores the latest on Brexit negotiations and, potentially, a Brexit deal. How has the pandemic and the US election changed the dynamics of the negotiations and what can be achieved? To what extent can history and the past explain where the UK-EU relationship is today?
What can we expect from the UK-EU relationship in 2021 a...
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- Kazakhstan’s First Parliamentary Elections in the Post-Nazarbayev Era
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- 1:27:24
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This event discusses the implications of the upcoming parliamentary elections at a time of regional unrest, growing political activism, mounting economic hardship and waning approval of Kazakhstan’s current government.
Recent elections in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan catalysed unprecedented, non-violent mobilization in the former post-Soviet state and the violent overthrow of the government in the latter. Amid this upheaval, Kazakhstan has scheduled its next parliamentary elections for 10 January 2021.
These are the first parliamentary elections to be held since former President Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned in March 2019 after nearly 30 years in power. The passing of the presidential reins in June of that year to his hand-picked successor, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, sparked a spate of anti-government rallies.
Despite demands by activists that genuine opposition parties be allowed to register and participate in the upcoming parliamentary electio...
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- Common Futures Conversations: From Protest to Policy Change
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- 1:05:07
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- After 2019 was dubbed ‘The Year of Protest’, 2020 has seen mass movements calling for change throughout the world despite the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. But is protest enough to encourage action from policymakers? How can civil society move from protest movements to policy change? In this webinar, the Common Futures Conversations community presented their ideas on translating protest movements into tangible political change.The community was joined by Dr Leena Hoffmann and Ahdem Soliman of the Africa Programme at Chatham House. Follow Common Futures Conversations on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonFuturesCH
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- From Protest to Policy Change: How Are Mass Movements Making an Impact in 2020?
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- 22:08
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This event kicked off the Common Futures Conversations challenge on protest movements. Recorded in October 2020, the discussion ranged from the causes of the mass movements that emerged during 2020, to the specific tactics or approaches that movements employ to achieve policy impact.
Dr Catherine Fieschi is the Director of Counterpoint.
Follow Common Futures Conversations on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonFuturesCH
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- Living with COVID-19: Strategic Use of Diagnostic Tests
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- 1:02:01
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- As the pandemic continues to expand, the prospect of the virus becoming endemic and the economic and societal impact of measures aimed at suppressing it are being increasingly felt.
Join us for the eighth and final session of the autumn series of webinars on the coronavirus with Professor David Heymann and special guests, Professor Rosanna Peeling and Dr Sergio Carmona, helping us to understand the facts and make sense of the latest developments in the global crisis. How accurate are the various types of diagnostic test today? What does it mean to use tests strategically? Would mass testing transform our lives?
Professor Heymann is a world-leading authority on infectious disease outbreaks. He led the World Health Organization’s response to SARS and has been advising the organization on its response to the coronavirus.
Professor Peeling is professor and chair of diagnostics research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) a...
