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We need the 45th president to continue normalizing relations with Cuba
We witnessed history last week when U.S. President Barack Obama visited Cuba- the first time a sitting president had visited in 90 years. Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Merkel’s Kinder
Imagining 2030 is a series in which PS21 writers describe the world as they see it in 14 years time. Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update Week Ending March 25
Greetings all. A week obviously overshadowed by events in Brussels. You can read my quick analysis on the attack from Tuesday in my Reuters column here. For a relatively depressing take on Al events in the Middle East might progress from here, it’s definitely worth reading Hayat Alvi‘s contribution to our… Listen ⇢
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How the Brussels attacks could destabilize Europe
In many ways, the attacks in Brussels today had a sick air of inevitability. Ever since the Paris attacks on November 13, the Belgian capital has been seen as the likely next target. What happened on Tuesday clearly shows the limits of Belgium’s much-criticized security and surveillance systems. Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: The Middle East
Imagining 2030 is a series in which PS21 writers describe the world as they see it in 14 years time. Listen ⇢
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Why America could (probably) survive a President Trump
One of the more fascinating things this election has been watching it dawn far too late on many pundits and the political establishment that Donald Trump might actually win the Republican nomination. Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending March 18
Greetings from Washington DC. Some great events coming up in the next couple of weeks in all three cities, starting with a really great discussion in New York next week on the geopolitical implications of the energy price crash. The following week, we will be looking at think tanks on… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending March 12
Apologies for the slightly later than usual running of this e-mail this week. As many of you know, I’m currently in Washington DC and the place is just a remarkably target rich environment for interesting people, meetings and thoughts. On that night, we have a really great upcoming discussion on… Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Protecting Lima; Peru’s Mega City
Imagining 2030 is a series in which PS21 writers describe the world as they see it in 14 years time. 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).










