The Foreign Policy Centre is pleased to announce its fringe programmes for each of the three political Party Conferences this autumn. If you would like further information on any of these events, please contact Anna Owen on tel: 020 7729 7566 or email: anna.owen@fpc.org.uk

• FPC Fringe Programme - Liberal Democrat Party Conference
• FPC Fringe Programme - Labour Party Conference
• FPC Fringe Programme - Conservative Party Conference

The FPC and the Open University's International Development Centre, in partnership with Lovells, are hosting a one-day conference on Friday 21 November which will explore the impact of commodities on development in Africa and China. The event will seek to illuminate the complex and intricate relationships that constitute the ever-evolving engagement between the People's Republic of China and the continent of Africa. Energy, minerals and agricultural commodities provide a unique and topical framework through which to explore emerging Africa-China relations.

This event is invitation-only. For more information, please contact Josephine Osikena or Anna Owen on tel: +44 (0)20 7729 7566 or email: events@fpc.org.uk.

• 'Going for Growth' invitation

The need to be open-minded about Russia's approaches

FPC Research Assistant Pavel Miller has written an article highlighting the need for open-mindedness regarding Russia's proposals for a new Euro-Atlantic security framework.

• The need to be open-minded about Russia's approaches

Edited by Alan Johnson

Price: £9.95 + £2 p&p (UK) / US$45.00 (overseas)

This book brings together a series of conversations about the dilemmas of progressive foreign policy after 9/11. Democratiya editor Alan Johnson talks to Jean Bethke Elshtain, Martin Shaw, Kanan Makiya, Paul Berman, David Held, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Ladan Boroumand, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Joshua Muravchik and Mary Kaldor.

Alan Johnson is founder and editor of Democratiya, and Professor of Democratic Theory and Practice at Edge Hill University. He is the co-author of the Euston Manifesto, a founder member of Labour Friends of Iraq, and an advisory editor of Engage Journal. He is the co-editor of Leadership and Social Movements and the co-author (with Abdullah Muhsin) of Hadi Never Died: Hadi Saleh and the Iraqi Trade Unions.

To order:

Send a cheque for £11.95 (for UK orders) made payable to 'The Foreign Policy Centre' or an international money order for US$45 (for overseas orders) to: The Foreign Policy Centre (Book Orders), Suite 14, 2nd Floor, 23-28 Penn Street, London N1 5DL, UK. Make clear you are ordering 'Global Politics After 9/11' and include your full postal address.

• Order Online using Paypal (via Democratiya)
• Download The Democratiya Interviews (1.36 megabyte PDF)

For more information about events recently hosted or co-hosted by the Foreign Policy Centre, please see below and our Events page at: www.fpc.org.uk/events