Public Seminar- Lord Michael Williams - 'Troubled Waters: Tensions in South China Sea'

Public Seminar- Lord Michael Williams - 'Troubled Waters: Tensions in South China Sea'
Principal speaker

Lord Michael Williams

'Troubled Waters: Tensions in South China Sea'

Presented by Michael C Williams, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Chatham House, London

Tensions in South China Sea between ASEAN members, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, and the PRC are unlikely to dissipate in the next few years. China's naval build up, popular hostility towards Beijing within key ASEAN states and Beijing's refusal to contemplate any outside mediation will continue to roil the region.

Michael C Williams is Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Chatham House, a Governor of SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) and a Trustee of the BBC. He is also a member of the House of Lords. He served with the UN in Cambodia and the Balkans (1992-96) and was Director for Asia and the Middle East in the UN department of Political Affairs, New York (2005 - 2007). Between 1999 and 2005 he was Special Adviser to two British Foreign Secretaries, Robin Cook and Jack Straw. In his final UN posting (2008-2011) he was UN Under Secretary General in the Middle East. His Ph.D from SOAS looked at Islam and revolt in colonial Indonesia. Last year he was a member of a UK parliamentary delegation to Indonesia.

 

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  • Location Nathan campus, building N72 room -1.18 (Business 2) | Nathan campus
  • Time 10.30 am to 12.00 pm
  • date Monday 25 February 2013