Work Recent coups in West Africa and the Sahel region (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Dr Nicholas Westcott CMG (Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London), Aneliese Bernard (Founder and Director at Strategic Stabilization Advisors), and Aanu Adeoye (West Africa Correspondent at Financial Times)
Inquiry The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Witnesses Richard Barrett CMG OBE (Former Director of Counterterrorism at MI6, and Former Head of the UN al-Qaeda/Taliban Monitoring Team at United Nations Security Council), Harmonie Toros (Professor of International Relations at University of Reading), and Paul Jordan (Head of Responding to Violent Extremism at European Institute of Peace)
Inquiry The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Witnesses Peter Neumann (Professor of Security Studies at Department of War Studies, Kings College London, and Founder at International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation), and Antonio Giustozzi (Senior Research Fellow, Terrorism and Conflict at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Visiting Professor at King's College London)
Witnesses Charles Garrett (Former UK Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan), and Erlan Dosymbekov (Managing Partner at Ernst and Young (EY) in Kazakhstan and Central Asia)
Witnesses Erica Marat (Professor, College of International Security Affairs at National Defense University), Noah Tucker (Senior Researcher at The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, and Senior Research Consultant at Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews), and Luca Anceschi (Professor of Eurasian Studies (Central & East European Studies) at School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Witnesses Mohammed Hassan al-Ta’ishi (Former Member of the Sudan Sovereignty Council and Senior Peace Fellow at The Public International Law & Policy Group), Mohamed Osman (Researcher, Africa Division at Human Rights Watch), and Emma DiNapoli (Legal Consultant at Office of Amal Clooney)
Witnesses Maddy Crowther (Co-Executive Director at Waging Peace), Dr Kate Ferguson (Co-Executive Director at Protection Approaches), and Bushra Rahama (Waging Peace Representative and Founder at Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO))
Witnesses Olena Bilan (Chief Economist at Dragon Capital, and Co-chair of the Board of the Directors at Kyiv School of Economics), Olena Halushka (Board Member at Anticorruption Action Center, and Co-Founder at International Center for Ukrainian Victory), and Anna Myroniuk (Head of Investigations at The Kyiv Independent)
Witnesses Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Professor Paul Monks (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), and Tim Stern (International Energy Director at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Witnesses Fiona Clouder (Former Regional Ambassador, Latin America and Caribbean, COP26; Former HM Ambassador to Chile; Independent consultant), and Paul Atherley (Chairman at Pensana Plc, and Founder and Chairman at Tees Valley Lithium)
Witnesses Dr Annette Idler (Director of the Global Security Programme and Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), and David Mansfield (Independent Consultant and author of 'A state built on sand: How opium undermined Afghanistan')
Witnesses Caroline Rose (Director, Strategic Blind Spots Forum at New Lines Institute), and Professor Lina Khatib (Director, Middle East Institute at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Former Director at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House)
Witnesses Andriy Kostin (Prosecutor General at Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine), and Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos (Professor of Public International Law, St Anne's College at University of Oxford)
Witnesses Simon Smith (Former UK Ambassador to Ukraine and Chairman, Steering Committee, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House), Natalie Jaresko (Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, and finance and restructuring expert), and Dr Vlad Mykhnenko (Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development, St Peter’s College at University of Oxford)