…this guy would be dead by now. Of course, if Bush were Saddam, he’d never have tried his luck. But he knew his action would be interpreted as an act of political dissent — in a country where dissent is now allowed. He may serve a short jail term, but it seems more likely that [...]
Filed under: afghanistan, al qaeda, clarepoliticsnews, democracy, humanrights, ideas, iraq, jonathanbirch, society, uspolitics on December 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Monday 27th October, 8.45pm
On the back of Tuesday’s successful talk from Salim Tamari, Clare Politics brings you another must-see event, as Jodi Williams addresses the society.
As one of the first member’s of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign - a campaign which by now has reached the home straight - she helped [...]
Filed under: barackobama, clarepoliticsnews, election2008, jodiwilliams, uspolitics on October 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday evening saw Professor Salim Tamari address a packed Bennett Room, as the visiting fellow of Clare gave his low down on the Arab-Israeli conflict - its causes, the current impasse, and thoughts on the future. Clare Politics would like to extend a big thank you to the many who came and contributed to the [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, salimtamari, speaker discussion on October 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Tuesday 21st October, 8.45pm
So Clare Politics is back under new administration and with a great line up of speakers this term and next - beginning with a talk from Professor Salim Tamari.
Professor Tamari is an undisputed Palistinian expert: not only is he the director of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies, he also teaches of sociology [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, salimtamari on October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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After a rather unintended term’s hiatus the Clare Politics site is back and highlights from the great talks we put on in Lent Term will be appearing very shortly. A bit of an explanation for the absence is necessary, back in February a security flaw in Wordpress, our blogging platform, [...]
Filed under: blogging, clarepoliticsnews on August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
Thank you to everyone who filled the Latimer room beyond capacity to hear David Loyn this evening.
David shared with us his free and frank assessment of the history, present and future of the conflicts in Afghanistan in a talk he preferred that we did not record. He gave detailed analyses of the military, [...]
Filed under: 9/11, afghanistan, bbc, clarepoliticsnews, davidloyn, foreignpolicy, history, speaker discussion, taliban on January 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
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Tuesday 12th February – 8.45pm
Sir Philip Mawer is currently the Prime Minister’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests and was from 2002 - 2007 the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Dubbed by the press the ‘Commons sleaze buster’ Sir Philip was entrusted with arguably one of the toughest jobs [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, corruption, sirphilipmawer, sleaze, ukpolitics on January 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Clare Politics is pleased to announce that the fourth speaker of Lent Term 2008 will be former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Iain Duncan Smith is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. He was leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, clarepoliticsnews, conservatism, ids, poverty, socialjustice, society on January 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Clare Politics is proud to announce that the third speaker for Lent Term 2008 will be leading British political historian Peter Hennessy.
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London and Fellow of British Academy. Starting his career as a journalist he covered British [...]
Filed under: clarepoliticsnews, gordonbrown, peterhennessy on January 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Clare Politics is proud to announce that the second speaker for Lent Term 2008 will be Dr. Rosemary Hollis.
Dr. Hollis is Director of Research at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. She is a leading expert on foreign policy and security issues in the Middle [...]
Filed under: afghanistan, clarepoliticsnews, iran, iraq, middleeast on January 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
