Manuel Hassassian is a Palestinian-Armenian professor of political science who has been the Palestinian Authority's diplomatic representative to the UK after being appointed to the position by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

He will be coming to address the society on Thursday 12th May. He will be addressing the current state of the PLO, Israeli government and the viability of a two state solution in advance of the Paris Peace conference on the Middle East later this month.

The event will be open to all: FREE to IR Soc members and £2 for non members, and followed by a drinks reception.