This event will see the official launch of the Chatham House Report Shifting Capital: the Rise of Financial Centre’s in Greater China.

The Rio+20 UN conference will take place in June, two decades after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. What will it take to make environmental sustainability a global reality? This event marks the publication of the special May 2012 issue of International Affairs on ‘Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice’.

This event is being co-organised by Chatham House and the LSE Department of International Relations.

In the face of emerging and increasingly complicated security challenges, Japan is seeking wider and multi-layered security cooperation with the US and its allies. The speaker will discuss how measures to overcome long-standing issues, such as the promotion of capacity-building and the review of the Japanese guidelines on the overseas transfer of defence equipment, will provide opportunities for substantial security and defence cooperation between Japan, the UK and NATO.

For more information please contact Chloe Sageman.

In the last few weeks there has been increased militarization in the border areas of Sudan and South Sudan. Dispute over the ownership of oil-producing Heglig and the aerial bombing of Bentiu in South Sudan has led to noises about war from both sides. HE Pa’gan Amum will discuss the increased tensions between Sudan and South Sudan and give his thoughts about how to solve the pressing issues of security, oil revenue sharing and border demarcation in order to prevent further deterioration in relations.

This event will explore the challenges in classifying armed violence, as discussed in a forthcoming book entitled International Law and the Classification of Conflicts, due to be published by Oxford University Press in the summer. 

Further details and the list of speakers will be circulated nearer the time.

For more information please contact Alis Martin.

This event will provide an update on efforts from around the world to improve forest governance and reduce illegal logging. Presenters will include representatives of government, the private sector, academia and civil society.

The deadline to register for this event is Monday 2 July 2012.

For more information please contact Jens Hein.

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UNAMID Force Commander Lt. General Patrick Nyamvumba has extensive leadership and operational experience in the Rwandan military and in international peace support operations. As the situation in Sudan deteriorates and discussions of UN Chapter VII mandates for peacekeepers continues, the Lieutenant-General will talk about Rwanda’s activities in Darfur and discuss UNAMID as an instructive example of Rwanda’s peace-keeping capabilities in the region.

For more information please contact Tighisti Amare.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are set to be one of the largest mass gatherings this year, with 8 million Olympic and 2 million Paralympic tickets available to spectators. Ten thousand athletes representing 205 countries will take part in competitions across 34 venues within the UK. As such, the Olympics pose a number of significant public health challenges to health and security authorities both within the UK and abroad.

The 2011 US International Strategy for Cyberspace states that the US reserves 'the right to use all necessary means - diplomatic, informational, military, and economic - as appropriate and consistent with international law' to respond to concerns of all types in cyberspace.

Professor O’Connell will outline the cyberspace concerns facing states and organizations and analyze what international law permits in terms of response to these concerns, emphasizing that the right to use military force is limited in international law. Louise Arimatsu will respond.