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Seminars

Upcoming Seminars:

2011:

  • 2 August 2011 A Public Forum on ‘The Origins, Flowering, and Future of the Arab Spring’Date & Time: 5.30pm Tuesday 2 August 2011 Details
  • 2 August 2011 Seminar: Middle East details Registration Form
  • 16 August 2011 Professor Yorizumi Watanabe, Professor of International Political Economy, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University on 'Japan's Economic Diplomacy in Asia-Pacific: FTA Strategy'. Details to be finalised

Previous Seminars

2011:

  • 1 February 2011 Mr Sven Alkalaj,Minister of Foreign Affairs,Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • 3 February 2011 Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero,NATO Deputy Secretary-General on 'NATO in a Globlised World'. Speech
  • 16 February 2011 Reseliance in the Pacific Seminar
  • 8 March 2011 Kippenberger Professor of Strategic Studies, Dr Raja Mohan,on 'India, Pakistan & South Asia's Future Security' details
  • 14 March 2011 HE Gábor Csaba, Hungarian Ambassador, Canberra, on 'The Hungarian EU Presidency's agenda' &
    George Cunningham, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. EU Delgation to NZ on 'European External Action Service: Flying the Flag for the EU Abroad' 15 March 2011 Prof Anies Baswedan, Rector, Paramadina University Jakarta, Indonesia on 'Is Reformasi Working? Reform in Contemporary Indonesia'
  • 4 April 2011 ‘The European Union; A Unique Governance Mix’ with Professor Tanja A Borzel & ‘The End of the West? Challenges for the Transatlantic Security Community’ with Professor Thomas Risse from the Free University Berlin. details
  • 5 April 2011 Hon. Murray McCully MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 'Vision 2025: Delivering Foreign Policy and the challenges we face'. Speech
  • 14 April 2011 Dr Eugene Rogan, Director, Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College ,Oxford University on 'People Power in the Middle East: Where to next?' . Details
  • 29 April 2011 Nigel Roberts, Director and Special Representative WDR 2011 on 'The World Bank Study entitled:The World Development Report, 2011: Conflict, Security and Development'. Details
  • 1 June 2011 Gabriel Maklhouf, Deputy Chief Executive, The Treasury on 'New Zealand’s International Connections as a Contributor to Economic Growth'. Details
  • 27 June 2011 Daryl Copeland,Guerrilla Diplomacy & University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies, Canada on WikiLeaks: ‘Cablegate’ & The Politics of Exposure - Assessing the Implications for Diplomacy, International Relations and the Public Interest'
  • 14 July 2011 Dr Thomas Roe, European Union Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Roundtable Discussion - 'Europe's Role in Asia - Soft Power but not Hard Player?'
  • 19 July 2011 The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General, UK Parliament 'Current Legal Challenges facing the UK'
  • 19 July 2011 Professor Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics Head of the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich 'Transforming Democracy in the European Union and promoting Democracy in Europe’s near neighbourhood'

History:

The Institute's key focus is on international trends and developments that impact on New Zealand. Since 2003 seminars have been held on the climate change, globalisation, European Union enlargement, the OECD's role in development assistance, relations with Japan, and the major foreign policy issues facing New Zealand 2005-2010. The Institute has been pleased to host addresses by the Prime Minister of Norway,the NATO Secretary-General, the Foreign Ministers of Australia and Chile, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, and the former Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir Shridath Ramphal. There have been a series of roundtable discussions with high profile visitors, and the launch of four books sponsored by the Institute.