Date: Wednesday 26 May 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Lieutenant Colonel Shannon D. Beebe, Professor Mary Kaldor, Clare Short, Rory Stewart MP
Chair: Professor David Held

Update, Thursday 15 April 2010: Due to unforeseen circumstances Professor Javier Solana is no longer able to participate as a speaker in this event.

A panel of speakers explore an idea for stabilising the dangerous neighbourhoods of the world through the implementation of human security ideas.

The event celebrates the publication of The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace written by Shannon D Beebe and Professor Mary Kaldor, published by Perseus Books.

Lieutenant Colonel Shannon D. Beebe is currently serving as the Senior Africa Analyst, Office of United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence.

Mary Kaldor is professor of global governance at LSE and co-director of LSE Global Governance.

Clare Short is the former MP for Birmingham Ladywood havng stood down at the recent General Election and former secretary of state for international development.

Rory Stewart OBE is the Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and the Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has just become the conservative MP for Penrith and the Border.

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