DATE: Monday 10th October 2011

TIME: 7.00-9.00pm

VENUE: Committee Room 6, House of Commons, SW1A 0AA 

(please use Cromwell Green Visitors Entrance, see map attached)

This event is now full

Speakers:

• Lord Alderdice, former Leader Alliance Party
• Jonathan Fryer, SOAS
• Firdevs Robinson, formerly BBC World Service

Chair: Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre

Introduction: Nick De Bois MP, Enfield North 

The Centre for Turkey Studies and Development (CTSD) and the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) are please to host a Westminster seminar to discuss the current political situation in Turkey at the start of the AKP third term. It will examine both the progress Turkey has made in recent years and the challenges it still faces, particularly on media freedom and minority rights. With plans to change the Turkish Constitution high up the political agenda it is an important time for a UK audience to examine what can be done both in Turkey and abroad to strengthen the process of democratisation and political reform in this growing global power.

Event is free and open to all. For more information please contact Ibrahim Dogus of CTSD on 02083412021

If you would like to attend, please RSVP by email to:

events@fpc.org.uk

For Charlie Beckett's (Director, POLIS) speech notes from this event, please click on the link below:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2011/09/18/rethinking-democracy-and-development-what-role-for-media-and-technology-fpc-panel-at-lib-dem-conference-ldconf

Date: Thursday 23 June, 3pm-5pm,

Venue: European Policy Centre, Résidence Palace, 155 rue de la Loi, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium

As part of the FPC's global series of events following the launch of the recent Spotlight on Armenia publication, we are delighted to be able to partner with the European Policy Centre, to hold a seminar in the Brussels. The EPC and OSI Spotlight on Armenia event will debate the major challenges Armenia faces regarding democratic development, rule of law, media freedom, corruption and other human rights issues, while examining the impact of its international relationships on domestic politics.

Speakers:

• Peter Semneby, Former EU Special Representative to the South Caucasus(tbc)
• Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre
• Jacqui Hale, Senior Policy Analyst - EU External Relations, Open Society Institute-Brussels
• Paruyr Hovhannisyan, European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA)

Chair: Amanda Paul, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre

To RSVP please email: v.belmega@epc.eu

Date: Tuesday 14 June, 6pm-7.45pm

Venue: Thatcher Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London SW1A 2LW (use public entrance on Victoria Embankment)

As part of the FPC's global series of events following the launch of the recent Spotlight on Armenia publication, we are delighted to be able to hold an event in London. The FPC's Spotlight on Armenia event will debate the major challenges Armenia faces regarding democratic development, rule of law, media freedom, corruption and other human rights issues, while examining the impact of its international relationships on domestic politics.

Speakers:

• Lord Prescott, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee for Armenia
• Anna Walker, Senior Analyst-Central Asia and South Caucasus, Control Risks
• Dr Elisabeth Robson, EastWest Insight and former head of the BBC Russia and Caucasus & Central Asia Services
• Dr Armine Ishkanian,Programme Director NGOs and Development, LSE

Chair: Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre

To RSVP please email: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Spotlight on Armenia: London invitation (90 kilobyte PDF)

Date: Thursday 2 June, 12.15pm-2pm

Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036-2103

To hear the recording of the event please click here

http://dl2.newmediamill.net/media/carnegie/2011-06-02-Armenia.mp3

As part of the FPC's global series of events following the launch of the recent Spotlight on Armenia publication, we are delighted to be able to partner with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to hold a seminar in Washington D.C. The event will debate the major challenges Armenia faces regarding democratic development, rule of law, media freedom, corruption and other human rights issues, while examining the impact of its international relationships on domestic politics.

Speakers:

• Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre
• Dawn Schock, Armenia Country Director, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
• Laura Jewett, Director, Regional Director- Eurasia, National Democratic Institute (NDI)

Discussant: Ambassador John Evans, US Ambassador to Armenia, 2004-06

Chair: Tom De Waal, Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment

To RSVP please email: events@fpc.org.uk

For more information about the event email: russiaeurasiaprogram@ceip.org

Date: Monday 30 May, 5.30pm-7pm

Venue: Nieuwspoort, Lange Poten 10, 2511 CL The Hague, Netherlands

As part of the FPC's global series of events following the launch of the recent Spotlight on Armenia publication, we are delighted to be able to partner with the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, to hold a seminar in the Hague. The event will debate the major challenges Armenia faces regarding democratic development, rule of law, media freedom, corruption and other human rights issues, while examining the impact of its international relationships on domestic politics.

Speakers:

• Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre
• HE Dzyunik Aghajanian, the Ambassador of Republic of Armenia in Netherlands
• Guido de Graaf Bierbrauwer, Senior Programme Officer Caucasus, IKV Pax Christi
• Further speaker tbc

Chair: Harry Hummel, Director, Netherlands Helsinki Committee

To RSVP please email: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Spotlight on Armenia: The Hague (140 kilobyte PDF)

Date: Wednesday April 20th 6pm-7.30pm (with drinks afterwards)

Venue: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Room (off Westminster Hall), Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA

Chair: Con Coughlin, Executive Foreign Editor, Daily Telegraph

Respondent: Dr Rachel Polonsky, University of Cambridge and author of Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

The Foreign Policy Centre is hosting an 'in conversation with'-style event with the acclaimed Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya (her many awards include the Russian Booker and she was an International Booker nominee in 2009). Her work covers a range of issues but has a major focus on identity, particularly gender and religion and the role of Russia's intelligentsia and elites. Her books include Kukotsky Case, Daniel Stein, Translator and Medea's Children. In 2009 she attracted both controversy and acclaim with the publication of her exchange of letters with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Dialogues with Lyudmila Ulitskaya.

During this event, she will give her views on the current state of Russian society and politics, exploring the some of the undercurrents in Russian culture and how they shape the political environment and vice versa. She will also discuss the issues of political and personal freedom, with reference to the political situation in the lead up to the 2012 elections.

Download In conversation with Lyudmila Ulitskaya (140 kilobyte PDF)

Date: Monday 7 March 2011

Time: 6.00-8.00pm

Venue: Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Speakers:

• Elay Ershad — Member of Parliament, Afghanistan
• Shinkai Karokhail — Member of Parliament, Afghanistan
• Dr Habiba Sarabi — Governor of Bamyan Province, Afghanistan (the first female Afghan Governor)
• Asila Wardak — Director of Human Rights and Gender, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan

Closing remarks:

• Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Labour Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

Chair: Martha Kearney, Presenter, The World at One, BBC Radio 4

2011 is the centenary of International Women's Day (8 March). To mark it's 100th anniversary, the Foreign Policy Centre, in partnership with ActionAid, is hosting an event to explore some of the local challenges to and opportunities for promoting women's rights in Afghanistan and beyond, in today's global age of uncertainty.

This is an invitation only event and invitations are not transferrable. For more information, please email: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Women in Afghanistan & beyond: What have we achieved…? (160 kilobyte PDF)

Tuesday 30 November, 10.30am - 5.15pm

With a networking lunch, followed by a drinks reception

Venue: Vintner's Hall, Upper Thames St, London EC4V 3BG

This Foreign Policy Centre and Barclays conference, held in association with City of London, will explore how expanding the reach and scope of banking and financial services across Africa can support enterprise and innovation for development and secure greater financial inclusion.

Speakers will include:

• Stephen O'Brien MP, International Development Minister
• Rt Hon Malcolm Bruce MP, Chair, International Development Committee
• Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ghana
• Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Barclays Africa
• Mark Boleat, Deputy Policy Chairman, City of London
• Gibril Faal, Chair, AFFORD & Director, GK Partners
• Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation
• Patrick Smith, Editor, Africa Confidential
• Alison Evans, Director, Overseas Development Institute
• Dr Stephen Spratt, Institute for Development Studies (IDS)
• And many more (see programme below for details)

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Chris West, Director of the Shell Foundation

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Barclay O'Brien, AYANI Consultants & Opportunity International

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Vaness Erogbogbo, Independent Consultant

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Mark Henstridge, Acting Executive Director, International Growth Centre

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Date: Thursday 25 November, 1.00-2.15pm, (lunch available from 12.45pm)

Venue: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Room (off Westminster Hall), Houses of Parliament, Westminster

Speakers:

• Jacqueline Hale, Senior Policy Analyst, Caucasus and Central Asia, Open Society Institute - Brussels
• HE Kairat Abusseitov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan
• Dr Bhavna Dave, Chair of the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS
• Saule Mektepbayeva, Regional Director, Central Asia, Penal Reform International

Chair: Lord Anderson of Swansea

As world leaders prepare to meet in Astana (1-2 December) for the first OSCE summit of the millennium, hard questions need to be asked about the future of the institution. This new FPC seminar will look back at Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the OSCE, in particular to its performance against the Madrid human rights commitments its leaders made on being offered this global leadership role. Kazakhstan's chairmanship provides the backdrop for a wider debate about future of the OSCE, to try and identify what role it should play in the modern world. In particular the seminar will explore the future of the OSCE's human dimension, in light of attempts to undermine the importance and independence of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the troubling picture of declining human rights standards in many OSCE member states.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP by email to: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Kazakhstan and the Future of the OSCE (100 kilobyte PDF)

DATE: Thursday 18 November 2010

TIME: 7.00-9.00pm (with a drinks reception to start)

VENUE: Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster, London SW1A 2LW (use public entrance on Victoria Embankment)

Speaker: Dr Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank

Chair: Prof Paul Collier, University of Oxford

In an age of unprecedented national austerity and global insecurity, the global balance of power has shifted from a unipolar to an increasingly multipolar world order, where new global centres of power compete for influence and resources. This transition however, has yet to take real shape and is continuing to undergo a process of evolution that has so far been neither accurately defined, nor confidently articulated. In light of this, could Africa be on the cusp of a long-awaited turning point? How best can African economies and societies navigate through these uncertain times? What does the future hold for a continent juxtaposed with some of the world's fastest growing economies on the one hand, yet on the other, burdened with what appears to be some of the most intractable global development challenges, all of which amplify the state of inequality and poverty across this vast continent?

At this FPC and Citi event, Prof Paul Collier will pose these and other questions to Dr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank. This will be followed by an opportunity for the audience to ask questions and make comments.

We expect demand to be high for this event. If you would like to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible by email to: events@fpc.org.uk

Download event flyer (230 kilobyte PDF)

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)

Monday 22 March 2010

Time: 6.30pm -8.00pm

Venue: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Room , Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA (use Cromwell Green Visitors' Entrance)

Speaker:

• Mustafa Sarigül, Leader of Turkey's Movement for Change (TDH) and Mayor of Sisli Municipality

Chair: Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre

The Foreign Policy Centre hosted Mustafa Sarigül, leader of Turkey's Movement for Change, that describes itself as a new progressive political force in the centre-ground of Turkish politics.Since its breakthrough victory in 2002, the AKP party of Prime Minister Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics, leaving the old guard parties struggling to find an effective response. Despite its modest gains in last year's local elections, the main opposition party, the Kemalist CHP party, under the veteran leadership of Denis Baykal, is struggling to convince the Turkish public that it could form a plausible alternative government. It is in this environment that Mustafa Sarigül's Turkish Movement for Change is being formed and it has the potential to reach out across the political spectrum.

Sarigül started his political career as Turkey's youngest Parliamentarian in 1987 as part of the CHP. In 1999 he left Parliament to become mayor of Istanbul's central Sisli district, a post he still holds. Blocked from the CHP Presidency in a close-fought internal battle with the incumbent Baykal in 2004, this year he has founded a new party, backed by former members of both the CHP and AKP and high profile figures such as Hikmet Çetin and Faruk Logogu.

Download Speech by Mustafa Sarýgül to the Foreign Policy Centre (350 kilobyte PDF)

Date: Tuesday 16 March

Time: 12.00-1.30PM

Venue: Committee Room 18, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA (use Cromwell Green visitors' entrance)

Speaker: His Royal Highness Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, South Africa

Chair: Rt Hon Paul Boateng, Former British High Commissioner to South Africa

2010 represents a momentous year for the Republic of South Africa. It is marked by the twentieth anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela and the ambassadorial role the country will play as it becomes the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup. Beyond the fanfare and euphoria of these important historic events, what significant legacies does this provide as a launch pad to continue to build ongoing transformation and renewal domestically and across the wider continent? What is the impact of ancient African tribes and nations whose cultures, customs and values have had a longstanding role in shaping local governance and community advocacy? How do these ancient traditions co-exist in South Africa's young democracy? In an FPC public lecture to be addressed by His Royal Highness Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Nation in South Africa, these and many other issues will be explored.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP by email to: events@fpc.org.uk

Download Invitation: Governance and leadership in Africa - Tue 16 Mar (220 kilobyte PDF)

Date: Tuesday February 2nd, 6pm-7.45pm

Venue: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Room, Houses of Parliament.

2010 is a vitally important year for Kazakhstan and for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). For the first time a Central Asian nation has taken the leadership role of a major international political organisation, but Kazakhstan is also be the first non-democracy to become the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office. Kazakhstan is under the international spotlight to an extent it has not seen since independence. In light of this the FPC hosted a major Westminster Seminar, supported by the Civil Activity Fund, to discuss Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship, the current human rights and political situation in the country and the role the international community can play to support reform in the country.

Speakers included:

• Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe
• Iva Dobichina, Director of Central Asia Programmes, Freedom House
• Bakhytzhan Ketabayev, Head of K+ Satellite TV Channel, and member of the Civil Activity Fund
• Vera Tkachenko, Director, Legal Policy Research Centre
• Mike Gapes MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Chair)

Download Transcript of Kazakhstan at a Crossroads Event: Feb 2nd (230 kilobyte PDF)

Tuesday 9th February 2010, 4.00pm–5.30pm, Committee Room 18, House of Commons, London, SW1 0AA, SW1A 2JH. NB. Change of Venue

The All Party Parliamentary Russia Group, The EU-Russia Centre & The Foreign Policy Centre cordially invite you to a seminar on:

The Russian Judiciary - Priorities for Change in a New Decade

Guest Speakers:

• Ms Olga Borisovna Kudeshkina, Former Judge of the Moscow City Court
• Professor Alena Ledeneva, Professor of Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College London.
• Chair: Bob Wareing MP, Treasurer, Russia APPG

RSVP : gd@eu-russiacentre.org

Info: Olga Kudeshkina was a Russian judge for over 20 years until 2004 when, as a Moscow City Court Judge, she was dismissed over her statements to public media where she claimed to have come under pressure from the Moscow City Court chairman and the Prosecutor General's Office in a high-profile criminal case. Subsequently, the European Court on Human Rights upheld Ms Kudeshkina's complaint and ruled that her dismissal from office was a violation of the freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 10 of the Russian Constitution. In 2003 Ms Kudeshkina stood as a candidate in the general election for seats in the Duma, the parliament of the Russian Federation and included a programme for reform of the judiciary on her platform.

Download Invitation to The Russian Judiciary- Priorities for Change (70 kilobyte PDF)

Thursday 19 November 2009, 4pm-5.30pm, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Room, Houses of Parliament

Speakers:

• Aida Touma-Sliman, General Director, Women Against Violence
• Shmuel Ben-Tovim, Minister - Economic Affairs, Embassy of Israel
• Leo Williams, Manager UK Friends of the Abraham Fund Initiatives
• Adam Hug, Policy Director, Foreign Policy Centre

Chair: Sir Jeremy Beecham, New Israel Fund

The Foreign Policy Centre hosted the launch of its Full and Equal Citizens: How to deliver equality for Israel's Arab Minorities? project, supported by the Pears Foundation. The project will explore some of the main challenges facing Israel's Arab minorities including: community relations, housing, education, economic development, employment, political representation and policing.

It will also examine what lessons can be learnt from UK anti-discrimination practices and how international donors can best support community cohesion in Israel.

Download Full and Equal Citizens event invitation (190 kilobyte PDF)

Wednesday 16th September 3.45-5pm

The Foreign Policy Centre hosted Irakli Alasania, leader of both his 'Our Georgia-Free Democrats Party' and the moderate opposition coalition 'Alliance for Georgia' at a Westminster Seminar on 16 September.

Prior to his role in opposition Mr Alasania served as Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations from June 2006 to December 2008 and before that, from 2004-2006 as leader of the Abkhazian Government-in-exile and the President's Special Representative in the Georgia-Abkhaz peace talks.

Mr Alasania spoke about the current political and human rights situation in Georgia and what the international community can to do to support the country's democratic development.

An excerpt from his speech can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLM7ckNAfM

Download Irakli Alasania event invitation (150 kilobyte PDF)

Wednesday 11th March 2009, 6.00-7.30pm

Date: Wednesday 11th March 2009, 6.00-7.30pm

Speakers:

• Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG MP, Former Foreign Secretary
• Tom De Waal, Caucasus Research Associate, Conciliation Resources.
• HE Giorgi Badridze, Ambassador Designate, Embassy of Georgia

Chair: Mike Gapes MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

The FPC hosted a 'Spotlight on Georgia' seminar on Wed 11 Mar to launch a programme of work on Georgia that will examine the country's performance across a range of good governance areas, including: human rights, the rule of law, media freedom, the growth of civil society and the development of democratic institutions.

This work will be set in the context of the development of the relationship between Georgia and the West, the stalled decision on whether to offer Georgia a NATO MAP, and the long-term possibility of EU membership. It will also examine the practical steps that can be taken to improve performance towards good governance goals.

For more information about this project, please email: events@fpc.org.uk

Date: Wednesday 14th May 2008, 9.30-3.30pm

Speakers included:

• Boris Nemtsov, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• Ed Lucas, The Economist and Author of 'The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West'
• David Clark, Chair, The Russia Foundation
• Akhmed Zakaev, Prime Minister, Resistance Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Tony Wood, Writer & Author
• Andrei Piontkovsky, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, Moscow

Taking place only days after Dimitry Medvedev formally took over as President of the Russian Federation, this Chechnya Peace Forum and Foreign Policy Centre event focused on what is happening in Russia today, with sessions on democracy and politics, civil liberties and the rule of law, Russian policy in Chechnya and the Caucasus and Russian influence on the world stage.

Download the full programme at: http://www.chechnyapeaceforum.com/upload/home_text_13.pdf

Download the Invitation (50 kilobyte PDF)

Liberal Democrat Conference

18th September 2006

Venue: Hilton Brighton Metropole

The Foreign Policy Centre and the EU Russia Centre cordially invite you to a fringe meeting:

Russian Democracy: The Way Forward

A Seminar On Democracy, Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Russia

Speakers:

Michael Moore MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary

Stephen Twigg, Director, The Foreign Policy Centre

Bill Bowring, Barrister, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London and Advisory Board Member, EU-Russia Centre

Monday 18th September

18.15 – 19.30

Lancaster Suite

Hilton Brighton Metropole

Monday 24 July 2006, 6.00pm to 8.00pm

Venue: Committee Room 16, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1A 0AA (Access via St Stephen's entrance)

The Foreign Policy Centre will host an event to discuss viable prospects for state building and peace in Somalia. The country has witnessed renewed violence surrounding the Union of Islamic Courts' takeover of Mogadishu, confirming that the solution to the world's perennial 'failed state' remains far from clear. Kofi Annan this week called for a "comprehensive, workable and verifiable ceasefire and a programme of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration" of armed groups - but attempts at peacebuilding and state reconstruction have been inchoate and of doubtful success. George Bush at the same time voices concerns that Somalia is becoming an "al-Qaeda safe haven". As 'failed state' meets the 'war on terror', defining and responding to Somalia is now of critical importance.

Host:

Kerry McCarthy MP

Speakers:

Rt Hon Alun Michael MP

Dr Stig Hansen, Bath University

Awale Kullame, Civil Rights Campaigner

Desmond Curran, Department for International Development (TBC)

Amina Ali, Political Researcher, House of Lords

Karin Christiansen, Overseas Development Institute

Chair:

Philip Fiske de Gouveia, Foreign Policy Centre

Please RSVP to Laura Kyrke-Smith: pubdip[at]fpc.org.uk

T +44 20 7388 6662 or F +44 20 7388 8896

Please note that places at the seminar are limited

Please allow additional time for routine security checks upon arrival at the Palace of Westminster

Tuesday 4 July 2006, 4.00pm to 6.00pm

Venue: Committee Room 20, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA (Access via St Stephen's entrance)

On the first anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, the Foreign Policy Centre will publish "Born in the UK": Young Muslims in Britain, a pamphlet investigating the real lives and opinions of young British Muslims.

To launch the pamphlet, a panel of experts will discuss the changing attitudes of young Muslims towards radical Islam and the "war on terror". Why do Muslims living in the West, and in Britain in particular, feel alienated from society, and what steps can the British government take to re-connect with young Muslims? The seminar will examine the dilemma facing many young people: are they British Muslims or Muslims in Britain? How does this affects their views of a UK foreign policy carried out in their name?

Speakers:

Sadiq Khan MP

Shiv Malik, New Statesman(tbc)

Parvin Ali, Fatima Women's Network

Yasmin Alibhai–Brown, The Independent

Imran Khan, Solicitor and Civil Rights Campaigner (tbc)

Hugh Barnes, The Foreign Policy Centre (Chair)

Please RSVP to Josephine Osikena, intdev[at]fpc.org.uk

T +44 20 7388 6662 or F +44 20 7388 8896

Copies of "Born in the UK": Young Muslims in Britain" will be available at the seminar.

Book Launch

A discussion on the future of progressive foreign policy to launch Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews (Edited by Alan Johnson, Preface by Michael Walzer and published by The Foreign Policy Centre / Democratiya)

Date: Monday 21 April, 6-8pm

Venue: Committee Room 3a, The Palace of Westminster (St. Stephen's Entrance), London SW1A 0AA

Speakers:

• Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Chair
• Alan Johnson, Democratiya.com, Editor of Global Politics After 9/11
• Denis Macshane MP, Labour Foreign Office Minister 2001-2005
• Michael Moore MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesman for International Development, tbc
• John Lloyd, Financial Times and Reuters Institute, Oxford
• Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
• Ladan Boroumand, Research Director, The Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the promotion of human rights and democracy in Iran

There will be a question and answer period. Copies of Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews will be available at a specially reduced price of 7.99.

RSVP is to Julie Utting Julie.Utting@JohnSmithTrust.org All press enquiries, and questions aside from RSVP related to the launch to Alan Johnson Alanjohnsonlfiq@aol.com. Places are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first to reply basis.

Sponsors: The Foreign Policy Centre, The John Smith Institute, Democratiya.com, The Henry Jackson Society, Progress and Engage.