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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 ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Flashpoint Manama
Imagining 2030 is a series in which PS21 writers describe the world as they see it in 14 years time. Russell Waite is a current MA Student in War Studies at King’s College, London. The year is 2030. 10 years have passed since the third Gulf War, and the spectre of conflict again… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending April 29
Firstly, apologies for getting out our weekly e-mail a couple of days late this week. We wanted to lock in arrangements for our next discussion in London on May 9 [see below]. It promises to be a seriously good discussion on the challenges of out of my station linked to the… Listen ⇢
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What would a future US-Cuba security cooperation agreement look like?
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. The purpose of the article is to discuss how U.S.-Cuban ties… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending April 22
A couple of really great events upcoming in London next week, firstly a discussion on Wednesday on Whitehall with former US national intelligence officer for Russia Fiona Hill and then another on Thursday on the future of the European Union. On Thursday in Washington, meanwhile, we’ll be talking about the… 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).
