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Club of Three: Special Session on Defence

After the Crisis: Convergence versus Divergence

25 - 26 March 2011
Versailles

This gathering of defence experts, industry chiefs, policy makers and political figures served once again as a forum for high-level discussions of issues facing Europe in the sphere of defence policy and national security.

Sessions explored how the financial crisis is affecting the shape of European defence today and its long-term trajectory; assessed the state of industrial and political cooperation with the United States; and discussed new challenges within the nexus of security and defence. Speakers included EADS CEO Louis Gallois, former French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine, UK Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones, and the Chairman of the French Economic Analysis Council  Christian de Boissieu.

HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011
Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011

Policy Session: Oslo and Utøya, Six Months On

London, 23 January 2012

Weidenfeld Scholars Leadership and Public Policy Seminar

Hartwell House, 10 to 14 January 2012

Prison and Probation Officers Practitioner Exchange

Birmingham, 5 to 6 December 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Architecture

University of Oxford, 28 to 29 November 2011

Weidenfeld Scholars' ISD Briefing

London, 22 November 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media

Cambridge University, 16 to 23 November 2011

10th Meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network (PPN)

London, 15 to 16 November 2011

Social Innovation and Social Action Conference

Lambeth Palace, 13 to 15 November 2011

CEDAR Reception

Mica Gallery, 12 November 2011

CEDAR Management Board Meeting

London, 12 to 13 November 2011

Europe-China Media Exchange Tour

Chengdu, China, 24 to 28 October 2011

Policy Breakfast with HE Karel Schwarzenberg

London, 13 October 2011


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