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PS21 update week ending Feb 26
A very successful week for PS21, with three excellent events in London, New York and DC. this week, we will be holding networking drinks in London as well as a discussion on US politics and changing electoral science in DC. Please find details below… In London, we held a packed out event… Listen ⇢
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Africa in 2016: Three strategic contingencies
2016 promises to be an interesting and dynamic year in Africa’s peace and security agenda. Barely 60 days into the New Year, three distinct trends are emerging which will determine major decisions in most defence and national security engagements in the region. Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Taking the Trans-Siberian to Moscow
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 Feb 19
Greetings from a still pretty seriously cold Washington DC. A couple of great discussions last week, one on the US election in New York and the other on “frontline civilians” in London. In both cases, the conversation carried on nicely to a bar afterwards which is, of course, always the… Listen ⇢
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PS21 update week ending February 12
Greetings from a freezing New York. We now have a really great crop of events up and running in London, New York and DC, so very much look forward to seeing some of you at them. From the upcoming US election to the zika virus outbreak to the ongoing carnage… Listen ⇢
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ISIS Goes for Broke in Libya
Despite the announcement of a UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) on 17 Dec, the rivalry between the broadly Islamist government in Tripoli and its eastern rival in Tobruk has continued, with neither side ready to accept the new GNA just yet. Listen ⇢
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PS21 Review — How Doctor Who’s Stephen Moffat explains Donald Trump
Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who, via BBC.co.uk Robert Colvile is former editor at the Telegraph and BuzzFeed who writes about politics, technology and culture and — hey! — has a book out soon. He is also a PS21 Global Fellow. He tweets at @rcolvile. There’s a certain kind of sci-fi fan for whom it’s not about the stories — it’s… Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Living with Pandemic
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 February 6
The US presidential primary campaign is hotting up on the side of the pond while in Europe, the migrant crisis is continuing to put the EU under more pressure and a UK Brexit referendum is, we can only assume, also getting closer… We have some more great events lined up for February in New… 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).
