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PS21 at Five Months
Hard to believe it’s just over five months since we launched PS21 on an unsuspecting world at the end of January. It’s been challenging, fascinating, and on occasion, more than a bit knackering. But we have, I think, been more successful than we ever dared reasonably expect. Listen ⇢
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Narendra Modi’s Foreign Policy – The View from the West
With the biggest mandate for the post of prime minister, Narendra Modi became the symbol of a new chapter in India’s growth story. Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update: Week Ending 26 June
We’ve got some exciting new events lined up for July. Listen ⇢
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The Confederate flag is a useful reminder
Perhaps the Confederate flag should continue to fly in public places in America. As a reminder that some causes deserve to be lost. Listen ⇢
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Chaos and Complexity: Lagos and lessons for megacity management in the 21st century
If the megacities of the developing world are to find a way of stabilising themselves, then Lagos may well be the petri-dish where such experiments can be carried out. Listen ⇢
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How will the war against the Islamic State end?
Fighting the Islamic State — both in Iraq and neighboring Syria — will not go on forever. How will it end? What can be done now? Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update – Week Ending June 19
If you missed it earlier this week, you definitely want to check out our report on the takeaways from our event What Would a Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy look like? Listen ⇢
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It’s more than just a click! Why we should stop referring to online activism as slacktivism
Sandy Schumann (PhD) is a visiting post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, Centre for the Study of Intergroup Conflict, and an Affiliated Researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Research Center for Social and Cultural Psychology. She is a PS21 global fellow and tweets @Sandy_Research How many times have… Listen ⇢
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IS advances in Libya as political negotiations falter: Time for NATO again?
With the negotiations process likely to stretch out, and the fact that NATO forces have a track record of working successfully with the Misratans, one potential course of action for the West at the moment could be to help assist the Misratans in containing IS while the political process continues. 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).
