Past events

Peter Ungphakorn tries to clarify some of the confusion in this area, explaining the nature of WTO agreements and attempting to unpack their relevance within the context of Brexit.

Building on some of the themes outlined in her official response on behalf of the Democratic Party to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in February, Stacey Abrams makes the case that identity politics are crucial to the health of any democracy.

This workshop explores the evolution of informal and illicit markets from Morocco to Egypt focusing on transnational interconnections and shared challenges around borderlands.

The president of Slovenia discusses the challenges that the European continent is facing as well as his vision for the global positioning and future of Europe.

This panel will critically assess the degree to which enduring instability in Iraq and the broader region can be seen as an unintended consequence of foreign intervention.

Keir Giles presents key findings from his new book Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West book and addresses a number of critically important questions for dealing with Russia.

The panel considers the fact that there are no comprehensive international guardrails currently in place to govern the research, testing or deployment of solar geoengineering.

Iran has faced a variety of challenges over the past 40 years and marked the anniversary in an atmosphere of renewed sanctions and tensions with the United States, intermittent protests and internal economic challenges.

The panellists consider what populist leaders’ victories mean for the direction of travel of Mexico, Brazil and potentially Latin America as a whole.

HE William Ruto, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, reflects on the challenges of managing change in a diverse country, and the outlook ahead for both Kenya and the wider region.

The panel explores the role that digital technology plays in the current crisis of liberal democracy in Europe. 

This roundtable gathers practitioners and policymakers to discuss network, actor and power mapping in the contexts of Iraq and Yemen.