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PS21 update week ending June 17
A difficult and depressing week in politics on both sides of the Atlantic, with the Orlando shooting last Sunday and then Thursdays shocking news of the death of British MP Jo Cox. in both countries, politics seems as polarized as at any point in recent history. Exactly how that happened… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending June 11
Two excellent discussions this week, one with counterterrorism expert Richard Barrett at the Cabinet Office in London and a second on potential futures for US foreign policy with an expert panel in Washington DC. As always, some great expertise on display and some really good discussions. Two more events coming… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending June 4
Greetings from London, where after what feels like – and actually is – a month of almost continual traveling myself and assistants are now happily ensconced in an apartment in London’s Bankside just by Shakespeare’s Globe. Thanks to some very dedicated work by all London volunteers, PS21 is doing very… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update Week Ending May 27
Dear all, Firstly, apologies for PS21 missing its weekly email. Until the middle of the week, I was still slogging my way across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2. Came ashore straight into three days with the British Army who, in their infinite wisdom, have just commissioned me as… Listen ⇢
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The Republican Convention: Smooth sailing for Trump?
Anne Shannon Baxter is an American living in London and a recent graduate from SOAS with an MA in International Studies & Diplomacy. For nearly twelve months the world looked on in astonishment as fifteen Republican candidates fought a dirty school-yard scrap to win their party’s nomination. Now the dust has… Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Hope Renewed
Imagining 2030 is a series in which PS21 writers describe the world as they see it in 14 years time. Scott Cheney-Peters is a civil servant at the State Department, founder of the Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC), a Reserve surface warfare officer in the Navy’s strategy office, a… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending May 13
Just passing through New York this weekend on my way back to London. It’s been a fascinating few months in the United States, not least because of the increasingly fascinating — if now somewhat fatiguing — US election [on that note, check out the great Washington event we will have… Listen ⇢
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State of Emergency in Iraq: Will the next U.S. Administration be prepared?
Asha Castleberry is a U.S. National Security Expert and U.S. Army Veteran. She is an Adjunct Fellow at the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Truman National Security Project Defense Council. She tweets at @ashacastleberry. Project for Study of the 21st Century is a non-national, nongovernmental, nonpartisan… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending May 6
Hoping this finds you well. For those in London, a reminder that we have a really great event on Monday discussing London and the challenge of megacities following on from this week’s historic mayoral election — looks set to be a great event. On the website this week, as… 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).
