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SUMMARY:11th Sinews for Development Series on Global Britain and Internati
 onal Development in a post Brexit\, COVID-19\, and Ukraine World - Rt. Hon
 . Andrew Mitchell MP\, Minister of State (Foreign\, Commonwealth and Devel
 opment Office) (Minister for Development). Senior Fellow\, CRSD \, Cambrid
 ge University
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CONTACT:Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development
DESCRIPTION:Limited space available\, Please register for free using the l
 ink below:\n\nEventbrite Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/global-brita
 in-and-international-development-post-covid-brexit-ukraine-tickets-4523835
 00227\n\nZoom Link: https://eng-cam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocu2grDMtH
 tw2o37UMOI6duuZZQ12ikUzz\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nChair: Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP
 \, Minister of State (Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Mini
 ster for Development). Senior Fellow\, CRSD \, Cambridge University\n\nHos
 t: Dr Nazia M Habib\, FRSA \, Head of the Centre for Resilience and Sustai
 nable Development (CRSD)\, Cambridge University\n\nPreet Kaur Gill MP\, La
 bour (Co-op) MP for Birmingham\, Edgbaston and Shadow Secretary of State f
 or International Development\n\nMr Jeremy Bowen\, Broadcast Journalist\, E
 ditor\, and Reporter at BBC\n\nMs Suzanne Raine\, Centre for Geopolitics\,
  Cambridge University\n\nABOUT THIS EVENT\n\nWhat should be the role of 
 “Global Britain” when it comes to international development in a world
  that has been severely disrupted by Brexit\, COVID -19 and Russia’s bru
 tal war of aggression against Ukraine?\n\nThe former Prime Minister\, Bori
 s Johnson\, broke the UK’s commitment to spending 0.7 percent of nationa
 l income and slashed spending in June 2020. Johnson trashed the Department
  for International Development (DFID)\, globally acknowledged as a leading
  force in development\, and made it disappear into the Foreign\, Commonwea
 lth and Development Office. Now\, while the UK’s latest Prime Minister h
 as appointed a new Minister for Development (Andrew Mitchell) who believes
  in and understands the power and necessity of international development\,
  supporters of restoring DFID ’s budgets are confronted with the reality
  that the UK faces deep spending cuts across government departments as a c
 onsequence of the current economic crisis. The Labour Party has suggested 
 that it will reinstate DFID if elected.\n\nThe challenges in development a
 re immense. Forced displacement\, as well as economic migration\, plays an
  increasingly divisive role in the politics of developed democracies\, and
  yet according to UNHCR \, 86 percent of refugees are hosted in developing
  countries. Climate change creates particular risks for the poorest countr
 ies least able to invest in adaptation. The West sees ever-increasing comp
 etition for influence in Africa from China\, which is not bound by the nic
 eties of laws banning corrupt practices. Russia carries out its version of
  “development” using armed mercenaries in countries rich in rare miner
 als. Donald Trump’s “America First” policy saw the US retreat from t
 he world stage\, which was followed by President Biden’s ignominious wit
 hdrawal from Afghanistan. Famine again stalks the Horn of Africa.\n\nSo\, 
 what’s the point in the UK’s international development efforts? To hel
 p the poorest people? To promote the rights of women and girls? To boost U
 K export opportunities? To act as an instrument of foreign policy? To prot
 ect UK interests and to project power? To be a force to promote democracy\
 , the rule of law\, human rights and media freedom\, indeed freedom itself
 ? Why should this be a priority when there are so many pressing needs at h
 ome\n\nThis interactive\, online Sinews of Development series event will b
 e staged by the Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development (the CRS
 D ) at the University of Cambridge.\n\nIt is free to attend (when you regi
 ster) and open to all\, wherever you are. Kindly extend this invitation to
  your colleagues\, students\, and all who may be interested.\n\nWe look fo
 rward to seeing you. If you have any queries\, please don’t hesitate to 
 contact us via this email: crsd@landecon.cam.ac.uk.\n\nLimited space avail
 able\, Please register for free using the link below:\n\nEventbrite Link: 
 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/global-britain-and-international-developmen
 t-post-covid-brexit-ukraine-tickets-452383500227\n\nZoom Link: https://eng
 -cam.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocu2grDMtHtw2o37UMOI6duuZZQ12ikUzz\n\n
LOCATION:Zoom: Register for Zoom Link 
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