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Be a catalyst for change by promoting public participation, debate and solutions, on critical peace, economic, environmental, social and foreign policy issues.    

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International Relations 

·        Global institutions – establishing a new relationship by finding its weaknesses and strengths.

·        Reform of the United Nations, and role of UN in peace and international security.  

·        More effective global governance – present and future trends.  

·        Dealing with present and future threats and challenges facing the world.

·        Democracy and solving the democratic deficit.

·        Rule of law and evolving international law.

·        Pre-emptive and unilateral strikes and international law.

·        Is war still a legitimate method of conflict resolution?

.    Compliance of multilateral treaties.

.    Strengthening civil society and becoming active citizens.

.    Race in Korean Peninsula.

.    Kashmir – beyond borders.

.    Iran and nuclear proliferation.

.    Iraq and the risk of civil war.

.    Global institutions in need of a dialogue with civil society (UN, WTO, IMF World Bank).

.    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

.     Does globalisation increase or decrease the inequality of wealth?

.     Should the corporation be a social and political actor? Can corporations be good citizens?

.     Interrelated global challenges – disarmament, strengthening international law, human rights, United Nations, elimination of poverty, social justice – how can we tackle them?    

Education
 

.     Global education for peace.

.     Achieving culture of peace.

.    Protection of human rights.

.    Development of holistic, peace, education- challenges and opportunities.

.    Media, communication and peace education.

.    Thinking international understanding to become responsible global citizens.  

.    Culture of peace and UNICEF.

.    Creating a free media and access to information.

.    Promoting a more civil society inclusive of the Global South.

.    Learning conflict prevention.

Peace and International Security (Disarmament)

·        Challenges of international peace and security – presented by the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

·        Wars – Iraq and Afghanistan.

·        War on terrorism

·        Arms trade

·        Small arms

·        Nuclear weapons, proliferation, reduction, nuclear free-zones, Hiroshima / Nagasaki, weapons in space.

·        Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

·        Abolition of nuclear weapons – the foundation of the 21st century.

·        Can humanity survive from global arms race and nuclear terror?

·        Economies of war versus economies of peace.

·        Democracy and terrorism.

·        The threat of insecurity – are we meeting the challenge?

.    Impact of weapons on sustainable development.

.    Nuclear energy - is a solution or a problem ?

.    Weapons and environment

.     Military spending

.    Cost of militarism and wars.

.    Ending war and building peaceful and sustainable world.

.    The danger of arms trade in the global economy and building civil society.

.    Root cause of war – exploring the concept of war and militarism.

Development

·        Development, democracy and good governance – competing or complementary goals?

·        Millennium Development Goals – strategies for its completion.

·        Increasing effective partnerships, involvement of youth and women in development.

·        Poverty reduction - a global challenge

·        Diseases – HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other deadly diseases.

·        Aid

·        Debt

·        Trade

·        Economic imbalances- rich poor divide

·        Globalisation

·        Depletion of world-wide fish stocks.
 

Environment

·        Meeting the challenge of climate change and global warming.

·        Desertification

·        Forest lost

·        Loss of biodiversity

·        Reducing dependency on oil, gas, and fossil fuels.

·        Development of renewable energy resources.

·        How can we comply with Kyoto and other environmental targets and treaties.

Global dialogue

·        Inter-religious dialogue

·        Interfaith (Western, Islamic, East / West)

·        Secularism

·        Multiculturalism

·        The role of media in cross-cultural understanding.

For selection of previous and future public speaking events go to www.vmpeace.org (Speaking Engagements).