We’ve been celebrating another milestone at PS21 this week with our first event hosted by the Cabinet Office in London on Tuesday, 4 August. Looking at the Middle East after the historic deal between the P5+1 great powers and Iran, the discussion panel included Ari Ratner, former State Department political appointee and PS21 board member, Lara Fatah, Iraqi Kurdistan-based former journalist and PS21 global fellow as well as David Hartwell, founder and managing editor of Middle East Insider. Chaired by Metsa Rahimi, regional head of intelligence within corporate security and business continuity at Deutsche Bank, it was an engaging discussion with some great insights on the impact of this deal. The transcript and a report for this event will be published shortly.
We also hosted a great event in DC on managing tensions in Asia. As China becomes ever more assertive over its claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea and beyond, regional tensions have risen faster than ever before in recent history. We had a great panel of Washington-based experts to discuss how conflict can be avoided and where the risks really lie. Moderated by independent geopolitical analyst and PS21 global fellow Milena Rodban, the discussion panel included Harry Kazianis, executive editor of The National Interest and senior fellow for defense policy at the Center for the National Interest and Shannon Tiezzi, managing editor of The Diplomat, as well as Scott Cheney-Peters, chairman of the Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC). The transcript and a PS21 Report for this will be published shortly as well.
London
We have some exciting events planned for London from this September. Topics include the dark web, managing humanitarian emergencies, markets and geopolitics, Afghan reconstruction and outside views of British defense.
Washington DC
We’re currently awaiting final confirmation of several exciting events later this month in DC. Topics include US-Israeli relations and the future or Iran, both tied to the nuclear deal last month.
This week at PS21:
Tom Bruxner is a former member of the British Army and is currently a commercial project manager at Newton Investment Management. He is a global fellow with the Project for the Study of the 21st Century. Read his piece, “Women in the Infantry? Good God!” – A Retiring Infantry Major’s Perspective for some great insight into one angle of the infantry.
We also published a Roundup of Our Top 5 Posts on Social Media. Social media networks have been around for a while, but it’s only in the last decade that they’ve evolved into a tool used by activists and extremist groups alike. Take a look at this for our best blog posts on the topic thus far.
Previous PS21 Reports:
29/07/2015 Kidnap & Ransom
28/07/2015 Social Media and Politics
27/07/2015 Rebuilding Afghanistan – America’s Longest War
01/07/2015 The Future of Drones
29/06/2015 Countering Violent Extremism
21/07/2015 South Asia Geopolitics from Afpak to Sri Lanka
17/06/2015 What Would a Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy Look like?
10/06/2015 Former UK Special Forces Chief on 21st Century Defence
31/05/2015 The ISIS War: Where Are We?
17/03/2015 Death Toll in 2014’s Bloodiest Wars Sharply Up on Previous Year
Other Articles
July 2015
30/07/2015 Russia’s Middle East Image Problem – David Hartwell
24/07/2015 Why rockstars need geopolitical risk consultants- Milena Rodban
23/07/2015 Where there’s no end in sight for the Yemen crisis – Amr Ismail
21/07/2015 Listen to an interview with a Syrian political prisoner – Rasha Elass
20/07/2015 What Washington is missing in the Iran deal – Negar Razavi
16/07/2015 PS21 Global Fellow wins US book prize
15/07/2015 A roadmap for the Middle East after Iran nuclear deal – Rasha Elass
14/07/2015 PS21 Insight: Iran deal implications go well beyond the nuclear
13/07/2015 PS21 Insight: Eurozone clinches deal, serious strains remain
09/07/2015 Civil wars of regionalisation: what we can learn from ISIL – David Murrin
08/07/2015 PS21 Insight: What the SCOTUS Jerusalem passport decision means
06/07/2015 A false start for Nigeria’s president? – Emmanuel Akinwotu
05/07/2015 PS21 Insight: With Greek vote, euro reaches crunch point
June 2015
29/06/2015 Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy – The West’s View – Amitha Rajan
24/06/2015 The Confederate flag is a useful reminder – Donna Bryson
23/06/2015 Chaos and Complexity: megacity management – David Rubens
22/06/2015 How will the war against the Islamic State End? – Peter Apps
15/06/2015 Not just a click! Online activism not slacktivism – Sandy Schumann
15/06/2015 IS advances in Libya : NATO again? – Patrick Bury
09/06/2015 Iraq is America’s best hope in the Middle East – Payam Ghalehdar
04/06/2015 Sisi’s foreign policy co – David Hartwell
03/06/2015 ‘New’ Terrorism – Dr. Chris Mackmurdo & Dr Alia Brahimi
01/06/2015 A South China Sea Air Defence Zone? – Erik Lin-Greenberg
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