We have some exciting events comng up over the next few weeks:
May 18: London discussion on Social Media and British Politics, with Tim Hardy from Beyond Clicktivism, Sandy Schumann at Oxford University, and Jonn Elledge from New Statesman/Citimetric
May 27: DC event on The ISIS War- Where Are We? Former White House National Security Council Iraq Director Douglas Ollivant, former Damascus reporter and PS21 Global Fellow Rasha Elass and Ahmed Ali, Visiting Senior Fellow and Director of the Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor at the Education for Peace in Iraq Centre (EPIC) look at the current state of the war against ISIS and what, if anything, the West should be doing differently.
May 29: We are delighted to announce our first event in New York. In conjunction with New York University’s Just Security, PS21 will be hosting a Q&A discussion on Countering Violent Extremism with Richard Barrett, former head UN al-Qaeda/Taliban monitoring team and member of PS21 international advisory group, and Faiza Patel, founding editor of Just Security and member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries. The discussion will be moderated by Just Security’s Co-Editor-in-Chief, Ryan Goodman
RSVP is essential for all events, please follow the links to sign up.
This week at PS21:
On Wednesday May 13 PS21 hosted a fantastic discussion in London looking at what we learned from the UK General Election, and what to expect for British poitics over the coming years. Peter Apps moderated a discussion with Frank Spring, US political strategist, independent consultant for innovation, politics and security issues and PS21 Global Fellow, Michael Peacock, Europe Middle East and Africa Politics and Economics Editor, Thomson Reuters, Georgina Stubbs, Journalist, The Sun and Robert Colvile from Buzzfeed. Key Takeaways and media from this discussion will be up on the website next week.
Event Takeaways from our discussion on the Middle East in flux: Peter Apps moderated a conversation in London on 29 April with Metsa Rahimi, regional head of intelligence at Deutsche, Joe Walker-Cousins, former head of British Embassy in Benghazi, now with KRB, and Alia Brahimi from Oxford University.
Peter Apps wrote an article in response to the UK General Election outcome,
Scottish National Party victories real seismic change in UK election
Also, Emmanuel Akinwotu had an article published in Citimetric, asking could Uber be the thing that kills off Lagos’ half official bus network?
For a comprehensive list of our previous postings, with links, refer below:
May 2015
08/05/2015 PS21: The first 100 days
06/05/2015 What now for Libya? – Patrick Bury
04/05/2015 The rise of anti-immigrant movements in Europe – Sandy Schumann
03/05/2015 What does this election tell us about modern Britain? – Peter Apps
02/05/2015 PS21 Update: Week Ending 1st May
April 2015
30/04/2015 UK Election Discussions: Key Takeaways and Media
29/04/2015 What Russia really thinks on Ukraine – Vassily Kashin
28/04/2015 A Migrant’s Short Story – Emmanuel Akinwotu
28/04/2015 Dangerous Crossing: Only seven EU patrol, two planes, one helicopter on watch for migrants in Mediterranean – Peter Apps
27/04/2015 Nigeria’s next challenge: its constitution – Eric Mwiine-Magaju
24/04/2015 PS21 Update: Week Ending 24 April
24/04/2015 Crime and Counterterrorism in Karachi: DC Event Key Takeaways
23/04/2015 High Spending Russia Closes Naval Gap with West – Philip Thicknesse
21/04/2015 A hashtag’s unintended consequences in Nigeria- Emmanuel Akinwotu
20/04/2015 Cyber Insurance – An Emerging Market – Tom Allen
17/04/2015 PS21 Update – Week Ending 17 April
15/04/2015 DC event – A Conversation with Joseph Nye: Key Takeaways
13/04/2015 The rise of “National Innovation Foundations”- Frank Spring
10/04/2015 University attack stark lessons for Kenya- Edward Wanyonyi
09/04/2015 Organising in the 21st Century:– Linda Tirado
05/04/2015 The Islamic State in Libya – Alia Brahimi
04/04/2015 DC Event: Crime and Counterterrorism in Karachi
04/04/2015 London Event: The UK Election – an outsider’s perspective
02/04/2015 The 21st Century Clash of Cultures- David Murrin
01/04/2015 Deepnet: is the “bad web” good or evil? Michael Gillespie
March 2015
30/03/2015 Turkey in the New Middle East – Enea Gjoza
28/03/2015 Burying England’s last post-apocalyptic warlord – Peter Apps
28/03/2015 Yemen heads down Syria’s path – Hayat Alvi
27/03/2015 How Boko Haram changed Nigeria – Emmanuel Akinwotu
26/03/2015 Assessing the New US National Security Strategy- Ali Wyne
25/03/2015 PS21 at Two (Months) – Peter Apps
23/03/2015 Breaking a decades-long trend, the world gets more violent
22/03/2015 The Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the Arab Spring – Lara Fatah
21/03/2015 Spike in Media Coverage of PS21 Study on Spike in Death Tolls
19/03/2015 Where the West went wrong in Libya – Joseph Walker-Cousins
17/03/2015 PS21 Announces 10 New Global Fellows
17/03/2015 Death Toll in 2014’s Bloodiest Wars Sharply Up on Previous Year
17/03/2015 Conversation with Hussain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to US
16/03/2015 To Defeat ISIS, look to the Bolsheviks – Jack Goldstone
13/03/2015 Anonymous vs. ISIS: Ryan Hagemann
11/03/2015 The New ‘Long War’ with Russia – Philip Thicknesse
11/03/2015 Introducing PS21 World – Peter Apps
08/03/2015 The Cultural outpouring fuelled by Syrian war – Miriam Cooke
07/03/2015 DC Event Arab Spring@4: What Next? Key Takeaways/ Media
06/03/2015 For young Syrians, war brings unexpected freedom – Rasha Elass
04/03/2015 London Discussion on Mideast Social Media: Key takeaways
03/03/2015 After Arab Spring, Challenges for Islamic NGOs – Amjad Saleem
01/03/2015 London Discussion: South Asia Geopolitics Afpak to Sri Lanka
01/03/2015 PS21 a Month In: Update from Executive Director Peter Apps
February 2015
27/02/2015 Iraq: The Unexpected Victim of the Arab Spring – John Drake
26/02/2015 The Fight for Sexual Rights in Egypt – Dalia Abd El Hameed
25/05/2015 Social Media in the Era of ISIS – Sultan al-Qassemi
24/02/2015 The Arab Spring and the Limits of American Power – Ari Ratner
24/02/2015 The Arab Spring@4: Introducing PS21 MIDEAST
22/02/2015 London Discussion on Greece, Eurozone: Key Takeaways
12/02/2015 DC Revolutions Event: Key Takeaways/ Video
12/02/2015 PS21 Global Fellow Battles Ebola in Sierra Leone
01/02/2015 DC Superpower Discussion: Key Takeaways/ Video
January 2015
30/01/2015 London Cyber Discussion: Key Takeaways
27/01/2015 PS21 Announces First 50 Global Fellows, International Advisors
26/01/2015 Peter Apps Joins PS21 as Executive Director
22/01/2015 Introducing PS21
Project for the Study of the 21st Century 