CIS MA Speaker Series
The MA Programme features weekly seminars and presentations by guest speakers with particular experience and expertise, be it as politicians, officials, academics or diplomats, in foreign policy and international relations. The intention is to facilitate the exploration of key issues in international relations in an informal, interactive environment.
Recent Speakers have included:
- Andrew Anderson (Deputy Director, Front Line: The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders)
- Tom Arnold (CEO Concern Worldwide)
- Tara Bedi (Policy & Research Coordinator, Trócaire)
- John Bruton (former Taoiseach and now EU ambassador to the USA)
- Pat Cox (former President of the European Parliament)
- Judge Maureen Clark (Judge of the International Criminal Court)
- Lieutenant General Dermot Earley (Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces)
- Noel Dorr ( Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs 1987-'95; Irish Ambassador in London 1983-'87; Irish Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York 1980-'83).
- Gareth Evans, (member of High Level Panel on UN Reform);
- Robert J. Faucher (Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Dublin)
- Dr Garret FitzGerald MRIA (former Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs)
- Dr. Antje Herrberg (Senior Advisor, Crisis Management Initiative)
- Her Excellency Ms. Cecilia Jaber (Ambassador of Mexico to Ireland)
- Francis Jacobs (Head of the European Parliament Information Office in Ireland)
- Justin Kilcullen (Director, Trócaire)
- Conor Lenihan TD (former Mister of State for Development)
- Dr. Maurice Manning (Irish Human Rights Commission)
- Gerard Monks and Anne Webster (International trade experts, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Department of Foreign Affairs)
- Rory Montgomery (former Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and current Irish Ambassador to the European Union)
- José Luis Rocha (Jesuit Service for Migrants, Nicaragua)
- Peter Sutherland (former Director General of the WTO)
- Sandy Thurman (CEO International AIDS Trust and President Clinton's National AIDS Policy Director);
- Dr. Thandika Mkandawire (Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development);
- Hans Zomer (Director, Dóchas)
and numerous other diplomats, military officers, visiting academics and leaders of development NGOs.
- Fulltime Programmes
- Part-time Programmes
