Philippa Broom is Director at the International Office for the Conservative Party and is also Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Programme. She travels widely on party political democracy development work and has recently specifically focussed on the Maldives.
Ambassador I.Berziņš introduced members of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council with a short history of Latvia’s road of regaining independence. He highlighted Latvia’s successful bid to join NATO and the EU.
Excerpts from Ambassador Georg Boomgaarden’s speech on “German Foreign Policy” before the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council in the House of Commons.
The Venezuelan project of social and political change has entered a new challenging stage in terms of the political process itself and its aims. Regarding the realm of foreign policy, many aspects have been subject of consolidation in the past 10 years, basically principles that must be reinforced and strengthened with new policies. Ten years ago, Venezuela lacked a foreign policy of its own. It was a failed state, a de facto colony whose foreign policy was dictated by foreign powers and multilateral financial institutions.
Garry Hindle's talk centred on specific approaches to Terrorism Prevention with focus on the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, particularly the role of the PREVENT strand.
CFCC Members are thrilled, honoured and delighted that William Hague has just become our new Patron. At our last AGM we decided to write to William Hague inviting him to become our Patron and he has now responded in positive terms.
Dr Lamont Colucci, author of Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11 and National Security Studies Coordinator at Ripon College analysed the Bush Doctrine in foreign policy during the Bush years, showing its historic roots in the United States and argued that the next president is likely to follow a similar pattern of enlightened self-interest.
Lynda is a Patron of the CFCC and Chairman of Africa Matters Limited, a pan African group of advisers seeking to take investment into African businesses and keep them viable. She as been a member of the Lower and Upper Houses of the UK Parliament for over 30 years. Between 1986 – 1997 she was Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, holding responsibility for Africa and the Commonwealth and for Overeseas Developent. She was made a Life Peer in 1992.
