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Shaun Breslin panel on China's Third Plenum
Professor recently participated in the panel "China's Third Plenum: Another Turning Point?" at , London.
Following the Third Plenum of the Communist Party’s 18th Central Committee in November 2013, the panel offers their thoughts on whether the economic, political and social reforms announced, such as the relaxation of the one child policy and establishment of a national security council, signal a new era for China’s domestic and foreign policies. The speakers consider how significant these reforms will be in comparison to those announced in 1978 by Deng Xiaoping following the Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee.
Richard Aldrich discusses GCHQ on Newsnight
On 10 June Prof Richard Aldrich appeared on Newsnight to discuss the recent issues about data mining and sharing between the NSA and GCHQ. You can ; the section on cyber security starts at 1:20 into the show; the debate starts at 7:10.
Dr Nicola Pratt's policy brief for Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on women, peace and security
, Associate Professor of International Politics of the Middle East, was recently commissioned to write a policy brief entitled 'Policy Brief: Women, Peace and Security: New Conceptual Challenge and Opportunities' for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to feed into their preparation for a conference at Wilton Park in mid-March focused on the Report of the Secretary General on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding.
Dr Christopher Moran interviewed about his work with the International Spy Museum
, Assistant Professor in US National Security, is acting as a historical consultant for the in Washington, D.C. Recently he has been featured in a number of press interviews for his work on the museum's newly-opened exhibit, ‘’:
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