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Article: Forget GCHQ, the real surveillance state is yet to come
Prof Richard Aldrich contributed an article to The Conversation entitled '' on 12 June. The article comments on the current state of internet surveillance and speculates where it will be in future.
Dr Chris Moran participates in Warwick Book Festival
Chris Moran featured on a 'Spies and Secrecy' panel with Peter Hennessy as part of Warwick Book Festival. The new festival is an initiative launched by the Institute of Advanced Study in partnership with Queen Mary University, London, and celebrates some of the finest contemporary writing on a diverse range of historical periods, themes and ideas. Chris also took part in the Warwick Words festival of literature and spoken word, speaking on James Bond's enduring popularity.
PAIS Prof and PhD candidate contribute to UN High-Level Panel report
In May, Prof Franklyn Lisk, PhD candidate Hany Besada, and Philip Martin of Norwegian People's Aid co-authored a paper, which was prepared and submitted to the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, entitled '.'
The panel was set up by the Secretary-General of the UN and co-chaired by the UK Prime Minister and the Presidents of Indonesia and Liberia, and issued its report, ',' at the end of May.
Article: 'Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa'
The June 2013 issue of Third World Quarterly, vol. 34 issue 5, pages 838-5 publishes Prof Peter Burnell's article ',' which takes off from his earlier 'Lessons of Experience in International Democracy Support: Implications for Supporting Democratic Change in North Africa', available online as .
Prof Franklyn Lisk speaks at Industry and Parliament Trust meeting
On 18 June, Prof Franklyn Lisk spoke at an IPT event entitled 'This is Africa: Is Africa Open for Buisiness?'. Representatives from the International Development Select Committee, the British Chambers of Commerce, both houses of Parliament, and major commercial stakeholders attended the breakfast meeting, which included discussion of the challenges and opportunities of investing in Africa, how the UK government can better support UK-African business, and how Africa might debunk some of the myths about doing business on the continent.