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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Upcoming Meetings:

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Previous Meetings:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date: 20 July 2006 Speaker: Professor Tony Binns Subject: Community-Based Development in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone