Cii Events
The Centre for international intervention runs a regular series of Research Seminars and Public Lectures. Details of which can be found in our Events Calendar, alongside information on other cii involvement in Conferences and external events.
Politics Research Seminar, International Intervention in Afghanistan: External Aspirations Local Perceptions
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Dr Imogen Parsons, formerly of the UK's Stabilization Unit gives a Politics Research Seminar entitled: International Intervention in Afghanistan External Aspirations Local Perceptions
Arab Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa: A Victory for People Power?
Wednesday 6 April 2011
The mass movements that have resulted in the toppling of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and challenged governments across the Middle East and North Africa have gripped the attention of the world.
Ayla Gol, a leading UK-based expert in the region will give an insight to the situation in this public lecture.
Politics Research Seminar: Criminal Accountability of International Peacekeepers
Wednesday 13 April 2011
BSA Annual Conference 2011
Wednesday 27 April 2011
At the BISA Annual Conference, held in Manchester from the 27th to 29th of April 2011, Dr Roberta Guerrina will convene a panel on The Responsibility to Rebuild
Losing Wars and Winning Peace? Evaluating the international strategy in Afganistan
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Biography, memoire, expose and inquiry in the secret world
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Dr David Langley
David Langley, a medical scientist with a background in clinical laboratories and teaching took a research post with the Ministry of Defence in the late ‘80s. After a spell ‘at the bench’, he worked in operational analysis, intelligence assessment and, after 9/11, the protection of critical infrastructure, focussing on weapons of mass destruction and working closely with colleagues across government. Since retirement in 2006, he has combined consultancy with research and teaching in Cambridge.
Drawing on this experience, he will discuss the challenges faced by scholars of the 'secret world’, especially the sources available to them and the impact of their backgrounds and research methods on their work. Exploring the impact of ’9/11’ he will also reflect on the questions raised by advocates of Critical Terrorism Studies.
International law, liberal interventionism and centre-left British foreign policies after Iraq
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Professor Jason Ralph, University of Leeds
This paper introduces the early findings of a British Academy mid-career fellowship project. Its starting point is Tony Blair's assumption that regime change by military force was an 'obvious' policy for the Labour Party to adopt. It describes how, during the lead up to war in Iraq, Blair tried to square what he saw as 'doing the right thing' (i.e. supporting the American invasion) with his concept of 'international community'and his party's longstanding commitment to the United Nations. Ultimately, Blair's strategy was reduced to attacks on the procedures that constitute what it means to act on behalf of the international community. This served only to strengthen the accusation that his brand of centre-left foreign policy was imperialistic. The coalition government's response to the Arab spring, in particular its intervention in the Libyan conflict, was very much influenced by a desire not to repeat Blair's mistakes. Yet despite this, centre-left opinion remains divided on the legitimacy of the Libyan operation and liberal interventionism more generally. The paper critically engages that opinion in an attempt to help liberal governments navigate the most reasonable course.
Everyday peace indicators: A proposal
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Professor Marie Breen-Smyth's Inaugural Lecture
Thursday 8 March 2012
On International Women's Day, Professor Marie Breen-Smyth will give her inaugural lecture at the University of Surrey entitled When the Past is Present: the Casualty, the Body and Politics. Lord Alderdice FRCPsych will act as an introductory speaker for the lecture which forms part of Politics Month.
Roundtable: Can "we" stop the killing?
Wednesday 21 March 2012
cii Seminar 2 May
Wednesday 2 May 2012
This seminar has been cancelled.
Prospects for a Palestinian State
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Launch of Whitehall Report "Hitting the Target?"
Tuesday 26 March 2013
At this discussion event, to mark the launch of a new Whitehall Report, 'Hitting the Target?', a panel of experts will debate the practice of intervention in the context of emerging unmanned intelligence and precision-strike capabilities. What - if anything - has changed, and what does this mean for the West?
This report, incorporating papers following from the July 2012 workshop 'Hitting the Target?', is produced in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
For more information about the event and registration, please visit RUSI event page
