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Kidnap for ransom: developments on the horizon 2016
The year 2015 has demonstrated that kidnap for ransom is a threat that is here to stay. For 2016, Aegis Response has identified two factors that will significantly affect the threat landscape: technology and the Islamic State. Listen ⇢
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Why Zika may be as tough to beat as Ebola
Taraneh Shirazian, obstetrician and gynecologist at New York University Langone medical center has been seeing some very worried women — those with pregnancies who have traveled through Latin America and the Caribbean in the last few months. As the scale of Zika virus outbreak becomes apparent, they are terrified that… Listen ⇢
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Showcasing PS21’s “Imagining 2030” Series
At the start of the year, the Project for the Study of the 21st Century [PS21] began its creative writing series “Imagining 2030”. These pieces explore various potential worlds and fields as they might exist 14 years in the future. They are written by PS21 Global Fellows and other experts… Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: Elections and Tech — “Thanks For All You Do”
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 Jan 29
This week marks PS21’s true first year anniversary. It’s exactly a year since our first events in London and Washington DC. Many thanks to all of you who helped us reach this milestone. While New York and Washington seem to have recovered from blizzard Jonah and the UK gets hit by… Listen ⇢
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The tragedy of Europe: Location, location, location
For years, skeptics warned of multiple threats to the European project. The strains of the single currency, they said, would rip it apart. Excessive regulation was another concern, along with lack of democratic accountability. Some felt Europe’s different peoples were just too different. Listen ⇢
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The Islamic State versus the European Union
Several months into the European “war” on the Islamic State, however, there is good reason to question whether the EU is fighting a war against IS at all—and if it’s even capable of doing so. Listen ⇢
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Imagining 2030: New Forms of Protest
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 Jan 22
Greetings from a chilly New York, with the US East Coast bracing for what will supposedly be one of the most memorable winter storms in recent history. We’re off to a great start for 2016 for PS21, even if the weather — as well as a potential of London underground… 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).
