Past events

Benin’s foreign minister, Shegun Adjadi Bakari, will discuss his country’s commitment to regional cooperation to tackle the rise in violent extremism in the Sahel and broader political instability in West Africa.

How is the current de-escalatory trend providing new pathways towards sustainable multilateral cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa?

Experts assess the recent return of coups in Africa and what this means for democracy in the region.

How can a long and durable peace be found to safeguard Ukraine and Europe’s future?

Examining the dilemmas of working in Afghanistan two years after the Taliban’s return to power.

Yemeni and international policymakers and experts discuss prospects for peace in Yemen.

In conjunction with the international Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023.

How effective is the US use of sanctions as a diplomatic tool?

Professor Doyle discusses the difficult compromises over Ukraine and Taiwan needed to facilitate the international cooperation necessary to avert the global threats of our time.

This event examines the policies of both Russia and the West towards Belarus and Moldova, in the context of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.

Young people from the Common Futures Conversations community outline their policy proposals for providing for the needs of young people in conflict situations and addressing wider challenges.  

In conversation with Dmytro Kuleba, minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine, about how multilateral organizations struggle to respond adequately to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.