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An Unconventional Superpower
First edition of Abraham Ortelius‘ map of Asia (1572), displaying a vast network of waterways across East Asia, advocating his belief that a shipping route existed through China to the Northern Sea and thence, by way of the Northeast Passage, to Europe. By Tim Abington. Tim is a 6th… Listen ⇢
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Are lone wolves the future of terrorism?
The Promenade des Anglais on the morning after the 2016 Nice attack By Linda Schlegel In Munich a gunman shot nine people, in Würzburg a man attacked train passengers with a knife and an axe, in Ansbach a suicide bomber detonated his bomb at a music festival and in Nice… Listen ⇢
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Taiwanese Independence: Identity and Diplomacy
By Gabrielle Falardeau A year has passed since the election of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an independence leaning party in Taiwan. At the time, these results were met with strong objections from the Chinese government because of the possible impact on the sovereignty of the island state. In Western… Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: the European Union 15 years after Brexit
An op-ed from the foreseeable future, by Peter Apps, PS21 executive director As Lord Nigel Farage does the round of life-streaming chat shows in the run up to the fifteenth anniversary of the Brexit vote, it is hard to believe that the 67-year-old is still almost 4 years younger than… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update – A Month of Trump
Greetings all, Hard to believe, but we are still slightly less than a month into the presidency of Donald Trump. This weekend, the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile provided the new administration with what looks set to be perhaps its first – and maybe even… Listen ⇢
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PS21 new year update and upcoming events
Dear all, Hope you had a good Christmas and new year break – even if the news cycle appears to keep determinedly churning out interesting new events right up until the end of the year. From the deaths of a remarkable number of celebrities to the electoral shots of Trump… Listen ⇢
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What next for Germany?
by Linda Schlegel. Linda is an student of MA Terrorism Studies at King’s College London 2016 has been a bumpy road so far for politics, most notably with an unexpected Brexit vote and (according to the polls) an equally unexpected victory for Donald Trump over his opponent Hillary Clinton in… Listen ⇢
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Achieving Foresight with Impact
Cat Tully is founder of School of International Futures; a think-tank that builds the capacity of policy-makers, decision-makers and civil society to use and gain impact from strategic foresight. “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd” Voltaire Farhad Manjoo’s NYT article Why We Need to Pick Up… Listen ⇢
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Is the ICC losing legitimacy in Africa?
by Eric Mugaju. Eric has just completed MSc Social Policy at LSE. He writes regularly for The Observer (Uganda) on Ugandan politics, law and development issues in East Africa. Many African countries have been threatening to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over accusations that the court… Listen ⇢
Executive Director, Peter Apps.
Peter Apps is executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21), a global defence columnist for Reuters and presenter of the “Facing Coming Storms” global defence podcast from PS21 and the British Army’s think tank the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR).
