Dunedin

Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Kevin Dawkins
c/- Faculty of Law
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054

Tel:  03 479 8840
Fax:  03 479 8855

Email: Otago NZIIA Contact

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Previous Meetings:

25 November 2010: 'Asia's Nuclear Politics: A New Era of Competition?' with Dr Muthiah Alagappa, 2010 Kippenberger Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington & a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the East-West Center's Washington DC

5 August 2010: Russia and Contemporary International Relations by with Professor Konstantin K Khudoley, Dean of the School of International Relations, Head of the Department of European Studies, & Vice-Rector of St Petersburg State University & Dr Phillip Khanin, Chair of American Studies at St Petersburg State University

10 June 2010:'Rwanda’s Admission to the Commonwealth: The Challenges of Rwanda’s Post-Conflict Reconciliation and National Unity Context' with Lucy Mathieson, former Co-ordinator of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s Human Rights Advocacy Programme

18 March 2010: 'Guerilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations for the Globalization Age' by Daryl Copeland, CPD Fellow, former Canadian Diplomat

14 September 2009 'Beyond the Battlefield: Peter Fraser at War' with Mr Gerald Hensley as part of the National Army Museum Lecture Series

3 September 2009 'International Security and International Law: A Green View – My Non-Aggression Bill Currently Before Parliament' with Dr Kennedy (Ken) Graham MP, list Member of Parliament for the Green Party.

Date: 26 August 2009 Speaker: Professor Kevin Clements, Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies & Director of the New Zealand Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, & Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association Subject: 'Keeping New Zealand No 1 for Peace:Internal and External Drivers of Peace'

12 May 2009: 'International Justice & Terrorist Crimes: The Murder of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri & Other Cases' with Detlev Mehlis, Senior Public Prosecutor & Head of the International Section, Attorney General's Office, Berlin.

11 September 2008: 'Climate Wars: the Geopolitical Implications of Global Warming'by Gwynne Dyer, internationally acclaimed freelance journalist, syndicated columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs

14 August 2008: 'International Law and Two Journeys' with Sir Kenneth Keith KBE, ONZ, QC.

19 June 2008: 'Then and Now – Some Reflections on New Zealand in the World over the Last Forty Years' with Hon Russell Marshall CNZM, President of NZIIA

19 March 2008 'Russia – New Zealand Relations: Partnership and Challenges' with HE Mr Mikhail Lysenko, Ambassador, Embassy of the Russian Federation

3 March 2008: 'Globalisation: Competing Security Implications' by Professor Geoffrey Till, the 2008 Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre of Strategic Studies, VUW

16 August 2007: 'New Zealand and the Global Economy: Is Our Destiny to be a Pleasant Retirement Home?' with Mr Tim Groser MP

19 July 2007: International Law and the Use of Force: Advancing the Agenda in the 21st Century by Dr Kennedy Graham, School of Law, University of Canterbury

26 April 2007: Water, Geopolitics and South Asia: Historical Considerations and Future Prospects with Dr Douglas Hill, Lecturer, Dept of Geography, University of Otago

15 March 2007: Lebanon's Middle East Crisis: Murder, Destruction, and Paralysis with Professor William Harris, Department of Political Studies,University of Otago

27 September 2006: Current Directions in New Zealand Foreign Policy by Mr Simon Murdoch, Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

17 August 2006: Political Leadership in American Politics and the 2006 Congressional Elections with Professor Michael D Theno

20 July 2006: Community-Based Development in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone with Professor Tony Binns, Otago University