About Us

We offer BU's central forum for discussion on international issues

Our mission is to promote awareness of political and economic issues in the international arena throughout the University. We achieve this by organising events and talks in order to give members the opportunity to learn and participate in discussion and debates

Activities

•We organise a series of talks by ambassadors, lecturers, postgraduate students, political theorists, media writers and reporters to raise awareness of particular political and economic issues in the international arena

•We organise and lead an annual trip to visit the UN in New York and to Washinton D.C. during the Easter break

•We organise a variety of discussion groups, pub quizzes, and particular events throughout the year to engage the membership and wider student body with international issues

History

The Bristol University International Affairs Society (IAS) was founded in June 2004 by a few year Economics and Politics undergraduate students and is membership-based. The IAS is free of all government and political interests. The views expressed by our guest speakers are not necessarily the views of the society.

Our Speakers, to date, have included (amongst others):

•Dame Margaret Anstee Former UN Undersecretary General

•Rory Bremner Comedian

•Nick Clegg MP Deputy Prime Minister

•Jon Snow Channel Four News Presenter

•Robert Tuttle US Ambassador

•Scott Ritter UN Weapons Inspector Dame Margaret Anstee Former UN Undersecretary General

•Tim Marshall Sky News' Foreign Editor

•Ron Prosor Israeli Ambassador to the UK

•James Wright Canadian High Commission to the UK

•Adam McCarthy Deputy Head of Australian Mission to UK

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