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SUMMARY:A personal invitation to join us to the 9th Sinews of Sustainable 
 Development    Lecture Series     What is the future of international deve
 lopment in the wake of the catastrophic climate finance  crisis?  - Cristi
 na Lamb\, OBE / Lord Peter Ricketts / Pauline Rose / CHAIR   Rt. Honourabl
 e Andrew Mitchell MP / PRINCIPAL   Dr Nazia M Habib\, FRSA 
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DESCRIPTION:Date: 2 December 2021 \n\nTime: 18:00 - 19:30 GMT \n\nVenue: P
 lease Register on Eventbrite for Zoom Link or scan the Zoom QR code in the
  poster attached\n\nEventbrite link:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-
 is-the-future-of-international-development-the-9th-sinews-seminar-tickets-
 209969563617\n\nSPEAKER \n\nCristina Lamb\, OBE  \nInternational Author an
 d Foreign Correspondent \n\n\nLord Peter Ricketts  \nMember of House of Lo
 rds of the United Kingdom  \n\n\nPauline Rose  \nDirector of Cambridge Glo
 bal Challenges  \n\nCHAIR  \n\nRt. Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP  \nMember
  of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield  \n\nPRINCIPAL  \n\nDr Nazia M Habib\,
  FRSA  \nResearch Centre Director  \n\nCentre of Resilience and Sustainabl
 e Development (CRSD) \n\n \n\nABOUT THIS EVENT  \n\n\nIn the wake of the c
 atastrophic climate finance crisis\, American retreat from Afghanistan\, a
 nd the dismembering of DFID and the slashing of aid for the world's poores
 t people by the Conservative government in the UK\, the future of internat
 ional development is looking very different.  \n\nThe stunning victory of 
 the Taliban following the chaotic and humiliating capitulation by the Unit
 ed States and NATO in Afghanistan has set back development in that country
  by decades.  \n\nAs the US military scrambled to withdraw from Kabul on 2
 9th August 2021\, one of its drones killed 10 innocent civilians\, includi
 ng seven children. "The strike was a tragic mistake"\, the Pentagon admitt
 ed on 17th September.  \n\nAccording to a recent study by Brown University
 \, the total cost of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2022 (and fut
 ure commitments) amounts to US$2.3 trillion. Al-Qaeda was crushed after 9/
 11\, but the Taliban is back in charge and has banned girls from secondary
  education and even from playing football and cricket. What does all this 
 say now about the sustainability of international development policy?  \n\
 nThis interactive\, online Sinews of Development event\, which is open to 
 all and free to attend\, will be staged by the Centre of Resilience and Su
 stainable Development (CRSD) at the University of Cambridge. We will explo
 re the implications of the Afghan disaster and the pusillanimity of Wester
 n leaders with a panel of leading experts.  \n\nWhere do we go now in term
 s of international development? What are the important lessons that the We
 st must learn? What are we really trying to achieve? What should we be thi
 nking about now? What do these developments mean in terms of the rise of C
 hina and its influence in emerging economies? And the roles of Russia\, Tu
 rkey\, and Iran? To what extent is the Western projection of progress\, de
 velopment\, and democracy a failed experiment? How do we turn this around?
   \n\nWe look forward to meeting you there!  \n\nWith Warmest Regards\,  \
 n\nCRSD Team  \nCentre of Resilience and Sustainable Development  \nDepart
 ment of Land Economy  \nUniversity of Cambridge 
LOCATION:Live on Zoom
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