New Year’s Cocktails, 24th Jan, IRSoc at Camera
Free drinks. Free entry and £4 for Camera Tuesday afterwards.
DATE: 24th January, Tuesday of 2nd week
TIME: 7:00 PM
VENUE: Camera, 28 St Ebbe's St
Peter Popham, Tuesday 17th January, ‘Aung San Suu Kyi: President-in-waiting?’
Peter Popham has been Foreign Correspondent of The Independent for over 20 years, reporting from all over the world, including India, Italy and Burma. Peter is the most recent biographer of Aung San Suu Kyi, and has toured Burma as an undercover reporter several times since 1991.
The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley: ‘Is the West Finished?’
Lord Christopher Monckton is a British politician, former newspaper editor, hereditary peer and public speaker. In recent years he has come to public attention for holding sceptical views about man-made climate change, repeatedly challenging Al Gore to debate him on the subject – so far to no avail.
IRSoc at the Freshers’ Fair – Wednesday to Friday – Get involved!
Weds 5th October, 10 am - 6 pm @ Exam Schools
Thurs 6th October, 10 am - 6 pm @ Exam Schools
Fri 7th October (Re-Freshers), 10 am - 4 pm @ Exam Schools
Visit us at this year's Freshers' Fair!
Join as a member (discounted £15 Life Membership
until 2nd Week),
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Dominic Asquith – British Ambassador to Egypt
Weds 11th May, 7pm @ Harris Manchester. Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith CMG (b. 7 February 1957) is a British diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Iraq between 2006 and 2007 and is British Ambassador to Egypt since 2007.
Sanctioned Security; Neutralizing Saddam’s Army and the Aftermath
By Max Munsie. It was a good while ago, back when Saddam Hussein was still in power. The notorious dictator decided to invade Kuwait and after the resulting Operation Desert Storm, the United Nations Security Council went into action and imposed sanctions against Iraq to the fullest extent in 1991.
Beyond the Wall, Behind the Veil
By Edmund Le Brun. I sit cross legged on an ornate Turkish carpet, warming my hands on a bowl of sweet aniseed tea. Rich smoke billows from the mutton kebabs, as they sizzle and hiss as fiery spices are thrown onto the charcoal grill. In the background I hear the hurried murmuring of a Turkic...
General Stanley McChrystal – Former Commander, Afghanistan Command
Thurs 5th May, 12pm @ Exam Schools. Stanley Allen McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the United States Army with 34 years of service and a remarkable record of achievement.
Volunteering in Nepal
By Rachel Savage. “White girl. Give me ten rupees.” Umesh, eleven years old and fresh off the streets, stares me down. I am aghast, “No! Begging is bad!”, and then speechless. I am at the Street Kids Centre in Pokhara, Nepal to keep the boys entertained, and help with homework, but how am I meant...
Sudan: Conflict and Division
By Rachel Blackford. The largest country in Africa has been beset with conflict for decades. Relations between the Muslim majority in the North and the predominantly Christian South have been tense since Sudan’s independence from Egypt and Britain in 1956. Since this date, two rounds of civil war between the North and the South have...
U.S. Europe & Russia ‘lock horns’ for India’s defense billions
By Hemal Thaker. India has presented itself as a marvel of economic growth and development in recent years, but now it is hungry to modernise its armed service, the third largest in the world, and defence contractors from Lockheed Martin to BAE Systems are hungry to answer its call.
Citi Emering Markets M&A – Key Trends & Challenges
IRSoc is proud to be hosting an exclusive lecture and wine reception in conjuction with our sponsors Citigroup on the "Key Trends and Challenges in Emerging Markets M&A" at 6pm, Thursday 3rd March at the Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall.
The Asian Eclipse and the Push for Power through Peace
The Asian Eclipse and the Push for Power through Peace By Max Munsie The reputation of the People’s Republic of China as a growing world power often leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of human rights advocates and ideologues in the West. It is rather easy to condemn China’s appalling human rights record and...
