Monday 14 June, 6.00-7.30pm

Grand Committee Room, Houses of Parliament

Followed by a drinks reception 7.30pm-8.30pm in the Jubilee Room

Chair: Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, former Foreign Secretary

Speakers:

• Prof Bill Bowring, Professor of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
• Anna Walker, Senior Analyst, Central Asia and South Caucasus, Control Risks
• Mukhtar Ablyazov, Founder, Democratic Choice Party & a leader of the Kazakhstan democratic opposition movement
• Further speakers to be confirmed

The Foreign Policy Centre is hosting a seminar that will explore some of the major governance issues that make 'doing business' in Kazakhstan a challenge, including: rule of law, corruption, security of contracts, political interference and the growing economic influence of China. The FPC is bringing together a high profile panel to debate these issues along with some of the broader political and economic challenges Kazakhstan faces.

For more information or to RSVP please email: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Doing Business in Kazakhstan, June 14th 6pm-7.30pm (140 kilobyte PDF)