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Britain's inelegant exit from Aden in 1967 and its long-term impact on the Gulf Region

In November 1967 Britain left hastily and inelegantly from Aden, the only colony it ever had in the Arab world, abandoning a newly constructed military base that was meant to project its continued power in Arabia. Dr Dennis Sammut will examine the causes for what has often been described as  “the mess in Aden” and the longer term consequences on British objectives in the Arabian Peninsula and on the current situation in the region.

Event details                  

Speaker: Dennis Sammut, LINKS             
Chair: Courtney Freer, LSE                    
Date: Tuesday 6 October 2015                    
Time: 16.30-18:00                    
Location: 9.04, Tower 1, Clement's Inn, LSE                    
Event Hashtag: #LSEAden                   
Attendance: This event is free and open to all on a first come first served basis. Our events are very well attended, please make sure to arrive early. We cannot guarantee entry.  

Speaker

Sammut, Dennis

Dr Dennis Sammut is a foreign policy analyst with two decades of experience of work in the Caucasus Region and other parts of the Former Soviet Union and the wider Middle East. He is the Director of LINKS (Dialogue-Analysis-Research), and a Member of the Advisory Council of the European Policy Centre in Brussels.

He has previously served with the United Nations in Afghanistan, and as a member of the European Union’s “Tagliavini Commission” on the war in Georgia and as a Trustee of the John Smith Memorial Trust. From 2012-14  he was co-ordinator of OxGAPS, the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum at Oxford.

He has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Doctorate in History from the University of Oxford.

He was awarded the OBE in the 2007 New Year’s Honours List for his contribution to the prevention and resolution of conflicts in the South Caucasus.

 

 

 

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