By Gianluca Mezzofiore Experts on international aid marked yesterday the importance of effectiveness and risk-taking in delivering money to countries in need of help. In a panel discussion chaired by Humphrey Hawksley, leading BBC foreign correspondent, four professionals on humanitarian......more
The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club: October 2010 Archives
Wikileaks and Julian Assange: where can they go from here?
Faced with the fact that there were only "many" places he could live following the leak of hundreds and thousands of war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange asked 'what are we saying in the world if......more
Tonight in London- Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of Congo
All Frontline members have been invited to a reception and exhibition opening to mark the 10-year observance of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security....more
A week of debate, insight and parties in the Forum
Does the Demotix citizen journalism agency offer a model for the future or will it simply undercut the professionals? Love them or hate them, Demotix has made its mark on the industry. Our networking party tonight offers the opportunity to......more
Russia's secret services: power gone out of control
By Sara Elizabeth Williams A dark picture of Russian democracy emerged at the Frontline Club last night as Susan Richards spoke with journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about power, accountability and Russia’s secret services. Soldatov and Borogan, co-founders of......more
November at the Frontline Club
From a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda to Tariq Ali and his searing critique of the US under President Barack Obama and Mort Rosenblum who casts a sharp eye over foreign reporting in the last 40 years, we've a......more
First Wednesday: North Korea and the nuclear threat beyond
In the week following the debut of Kim Jong Un, son of Kim Jong Il, the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear programme is said to have reached an "extremely dangerous level".Aidan Foster-Carter, honorary senior research fellow in sociology &......more
10 years on: the unsettled, unsettling legacy of Slodoban Milosevic
By Sara Elizabeth Williams On 5 October 2000, Slobodan Milosevic was removed from power in a people’s revolution that ground to a halt 13 years of conflict. Watching half a million Serbians swarm the streets, the world had high hopes......more
Where does North Korea go from here?
The promotions of Kim Jong-un and his aunt Kim Kyong-hui last week prompted speculation about the future of the Kim family in North Korea, which we decided would be a good topic to focus on at the month's First Wednesday.We......more
The Forum - Journalism, insight and debate at the Frontline Club
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