PS21 held three successful events this week, one in DC and two in London. In DC, Milena Rodban, Elbridge Colby, Schott Cheney-Peters and Rachel Rizzo discussed the risk of nuclear war, based on PS21’s landmark survey which will be published next month. In London on Monday we had a discussion on the Dark Web with John Bassett, Mike Gillespie, Tim Hardy and Metsa Rahimi, and yesterday, in a joint event with the UK Cabinet Office,
Katherine Dixon led a discussion with John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on transparency and accountability in Afghanistan.
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Upcoming events:
London
September 29: Strategic Defence and Security Review
Join Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) and Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21) for a discussion about the upcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). Our panelists will discuss the international implications of the SDSR, including the UK’s future in NATO.
Confirmed panelists include:
Moderator: Tom Bruxner, former British Army officer, PS21 Global Fellow
James Bergeron, Political Advisor to the Commander, Allied Maritime Command in Northwood.
John Bassett OBE, Associate Fellow for Cyber Security at RUSI.
Gwenn Laine, former French Navy Officer, now documentary filmmaker
John Bassett OBE, Associate Fellow for Cyber Security at RUSI.
Gwenn Laine, former French Navy Officer, now documentary filmmaker
Guests are required to wear a jacket and tie and ladies to conform to the same standard.
RSVP HERE
RSVP HERE
Washington DC
September 29: Making it as a Woman in DC
What does it take to make it in DC as a woman? As part of its “inside DC” series, PS21 pulls together a unique collection of women from both sides of the aisle to discuss what it’s really like.
Moderator: Negar Razavi, Anthropologist, PS21 global fellow
Rachel Hoff: Director of Defense Analysis at the American Action Forum
Sarah Arkin: Senior Policy Adviser to Congresswoman Debbie Wasseman Schultz
Rachel Rizzo: Program Assistant, Strategy Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center, Atlantic Council
RSVP HERE
RSVP HERE
This week on the blog
PS21 produced a report on Managing Tensions in Asia, with insights from Harry Kazianis, Scott Cheney-Peters and Shannon Tiezzi. PS21 Executive Director, Peter Apps, asked, When Vladimir Putin looks in a mirror, does he see Syria’s Assad? Finally, Katie Rashid argued that the EU’s response to the migration crisis is too little, too late.
In other news
PS21 Global Fellow Marina Pretoulis wrote a piece for The Guardian on her advice for Greece’s Syriza and Emmanuel Akinwotu had an article pubished in CityMetric on the traffic jams in Lagos which can last four hours.
Previous PS21 Reports:
28/08/2015 Making it in DC and beyond
29/07/2015 Kidnap & Ransom
28/07/2015 Social Media and Politics
01/07/2015 The Future of Drones
29/06/2015 Countering Violent Extremism
31/05/2015 The ISIS War: Where Are We?
Other Articles
September 2015
18/09/2015 Oman’s independent foreign policy – Asha Castleberry
16/09/2015 The death of Reyaad Khan – Richard Barrett
15/09/2015 The neuroscience of Jeremy Corbyn – Robert Colvile
11/09/2015 100 days of Buhari Presidency – Emmanuel Akinwotu
10/09/2015 An Insider’s view of government with Ari Ratner
08/09/2015 Not with a bang, but a white paper
18/09/2015 Oman’s independent foreign policy – Asha Castleberry
16/09/2015 The death of Reyaad Khan – Richard Barrett
15/09/2015 The neuroscience of Jeremy Corbyn – Robert Colvile
11/09/2015 100 days of Buhari Presidency – Emmanuel Akinwotu
10/09/2015 An Insider’s view of government with Ari Ratner
08/09/2015 Not with a bang, but a white paper
01/09/2015 The deflation shock – David Murrin
August 2015
21/08/2015 On building a think tank – Peter Apps
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