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Clare signatory to IHRC letter calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Clare has joined 300 international activists, politicians, academics and religious figures in signing an open letter to the UN Secretary General calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The letter can be read in full via the Islamic Human...

/ 29th October 2023

Clare podcast appearance

This week Clare appeared on the It’s Bloody Complicated podcast produced by Compass. You can listen to the podcast here.  

/ 24th October 2023

Clare guest on Independent Thinking podcast discussing Iraq twenty years after the invasion

Clare recently appeared on the Independent Thinking podcast produced by Chatham House. She discussed the consequences of the invasion of Iraq, twenty years on. You can listen to the episode here.

/ 23rd March 2023

Clare Short looks back on Iraq

Clare recently appeared on Not the Andrew Marr Show discussing her memories of the build-up to the invasion and reflecting on the consequences of the war on the twentieth anniversary. You can watch the episode here.

/ 20th March 2023

Clare guest on Intelligence Squared podcast

Clare was recently a guest on the podcast Iraq: Legacy of War produced by Intelligence Squared. The episode explores Britain’s entry into the conflict and can be accessed via Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

/ 20th March 2023

What’s wrong with aid? LSE lecture

Last month Clare gave a lecture at the London School of Economics titled What’s Wrong with Aid? as part of the their Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. The lecture can be viewed here or listened to as...

/ 7th November 2021

The audacity of change

In a recent blog for Pass Blue, former president of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Alan Doss discusses Clare’s role in supporting the UN template that led to the Millennium Development Goals. The Audacity of Change: A Specific Example of How...

/ 25th March 2021

Clare’s recent lecture: Reflecting on the Demise of DfID

Details and video transcript of Clare's online lecture 'Reflecting on the Demise of DfID' delivered for the LSE.

/ 27th February 2021

Noble Conspiracies for a Global Community: online roundtable including Clare Short

Clare recently took part in an online discussion regarding the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on international development.

/ 11th October 2020

Arif Azad on the closure of DFID

Clare would like to point readers to Arif Azad’s recent article on the Government’s decision to amalgamate the Department of International Development with the Foreign Office. Read the article here. Posted by Site Administrator

/ 6th July 2020

Phil Mason on DfID

Clare would like to point readers to Phil Mason’s recent article on the Government’s decision to amalgamate the Department of International Development with the Foreign Office. Read the article here. Posted by Site Administrator

/ 22nd June 2020

Ending Global Poverty online book launch

View the online book launch for Ending Global Poverty.

/ 16th June 2020