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October 2 London Event – ‘The Changing Face of Conflict’
Tuesday, October 2. 6pm. Whitehall (exact location TBA to attendees) PS21 returns to Whitehall for the next in our seriesContinue Reading
September 18 London Event – ‘Imagining the next crisis’
Tuesday, September 18. 6pm. Juju’s Bar and Stage, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. Ten years after the collapse of Lehman BrothersContinue Reading
Event July 10 London Event – “The Nuclear Peninsula: the Future of the Two Koreas”
Tuesday, July 10. 6.30 pm. K2.31 (Nash Lecture Theatre), Strand campus, King’s College London. The situation on the Korean PeninsulaContinue Reading
July 2 London Event ‘The Changing Face of National Security’
Monday, July 2. 6pm, Whitehall (exact location TBA to attendees) PS21 discusses the changing face of national security and foreignContinue Reading
PS21 Event Writeup “Work in 2030”
On May 15, the latest instalment of our ‘Imagining 2030’ series took place at Juju’s Bar and Stage, in conjunctionContinue Reading
June 18 London Event ‘The Ethics of Espionage with former GCHQ director Sir David Omand and Prof Mark Phythian’
Monday, June 18. 6.30pm. Waterstones, Gower Street, London. In the era of cyber surveillance and Salisbury, where do the ethicsContinue Reading
June 11 London Event ‘Changing Face of Conflict’
Monday, June 11. 6pm, Whitehall (exact location TBA to attendees) From fake and real assassinations in Ukraine to increasing competitionContinue Reading
June 5 London Event – ‘Diplomacy, Tech and Identity in 2030’
Tuesday, June 5. 6pm, Juju’s Bar and Stage, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. The latest in our ‘Imagining 2030’ series inContinue Reading
London Event May 15 – ‘Imagining Work in 2030’
Tuesday, May 15. 6pm at Juju’s Bar and Stage, the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London. In conjunction with Juju’s BarContinue Reading
London Event April 17 – ‘Changing Face of Conflict’
Tuesday, April 17. 6pm at Whitehall, London (exact location TBC to attendees) In the second of our series on theContinue Reading
Has EU lost its ‘carrot’?
Lesia Dubenko graduated from Lund University with a Master’s in European Affairs and now is a journalist in Ukraine TheContinue Reading
London Event March 19: ‘Changing Face of Conflict’
Monday March 19, Central London (exact venue TBC) 6.30pm – 8pm PS21 is proud to announce the first of anContinue Reading
London Event – 6th March – Migration, Globalisation and Refugees in the 21st Century
How does globalisation lead to increased migration? And what does globalisation mean for refugees? Together with Amnesty International Society atContinue Reading
London Event Feb 13 – Imagining Britain in 2030
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from 6pm Juju’s Bar and Stage, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London EC1 In the latest of ourContinue Reading
London event Jan 30 – what next for Iran?
Tuesday, January 30, 6 p.m. Whitehall, London, exact location to be sent to attendees With widespread protests in recent weeksContinue Reading
London event Jan 23 – What to Watch in Russia
You can find a summary of this event here Tuesday, January 23, six p.m. Whitehall, London, exact location to beContinue Reading
London event – Nov 14th – Imagining the World in 2030
London event – Nov 14th – Imagining the World in 2030 From the rise of the internet, smart devicesContinue Reading
China in the world – 26th Oct
Thursday 26th October 6.15pm The Anatomy Museum, King’s College London (Strand Campus) China has re-emerged as a global power inContinue Reading
Iraq and Kurdistan: Untying the Gordian Knot
Peshmerga forces outside Kirkuk in 2014. Photo credits: By Boris Niehaus – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33574038 By GauthamContinue Reading
Britain’s sorry return to imperial ignorance
By Tim Abington. Tim is currently pursuing an undegraduate degree in International Relations at the University of Birmingham. The partitionContinue Reading
Why Al-Qaeda has lost support amongst Western jihadists
The scene at Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo after the attacks in 2012, attributed to Al-Nusra. Photo credits: Zyzzzzzy –Continue Reading
“Imagining war in 2030” PS21 event writeup
The future of warfare may be coming faster than we think. That, at least, felt like the conclusion of Tuesday’sContinue Reading
From ‘good boy’ to terrorist: What is the appeal of ISIS?
Westminster, 23 March 2017. Photo credits: Prioryman – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org By Linda Schlegel. Linda is aContinue Reading
Imagining 2030: Post-ISIS Middle East
Photo by Mstyslav Chernov – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia By Linda Schlegel. Linda is currently pursuing an MAContinue Reading
Democracy in the UK – Why Theresa May’s comments on fighting extremism are exactly what the terrorists want
By Linda Schlegel. Linda is currently pursuing an MA in Terrorism, Security, and Society at King’s College London. Following theContinue Reading
Merkel – the invincible? Why the Schulz effect wouldn’t last
Photo credits: CDU NRW, https://www.cdu-nrw.de/39-landesparteitag By Lisa Dittmer, Editor of the PS21 Blog. Less than three months ago, Germany’s socialContinue Reading
For Global Economic Development, US Must Combat Financial Secrecy
Financial secrecy is a growing global challenge. Much more than criminals stashing cash on tropical islands, financial secrecy is aContinue Reading
Beyond Caliphates and Cosmopolitanism: An analysis of the sovereign state’s competitive advantage
After the Cold War, the massive means that had been deployed to stabilize existing states decreased. A break up ofContinue Reading
PS21 Event Writeup: “Sex, Identity and Society in 2030”
On the 17th of July 2018, PS21 held a panel discussion on Sex, Identity and Society in 2030. After anContinue Reading
The Disinformation Wave is Just Getting Started – But Are We Ready for It?
Over the past two years, a wave of disinformation campaigns has upended democratic electoral systems across the globe, prompting bothContinue Reading
Empowering Rohingya Women: Confronting Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Settings
During the second half of 2017, an estimated 671,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar due to systemic violence perpetrated against the ethnicContinue Reading
PS21 Event Writeup “Changing Face of Conflict”
The third instalment of our Changing Face of Conflict series brought together four experts who reflected on transformations in warfareContinue Reading
July 17 London Event ‘Imagining Sex, Identity and Society in 2030’
Tuesday, July 17. Juju’s Bar and Stage, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. What will sex, dating and gender identity look likeContinue Reading
