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PS21 Announces Governing Board
Board represents global diversity and ambition for a new generation of policy leadership The Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21) is delighted to announce its governing board. Since commencing operations at the end of January 2015, PS21 has brought together a diverse range of people to explore the… Listen ⇢
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Why Iraq is America’s best hope in the Middle East
For the United States, such dire times make strong relations with local partners all the more important. Listen ⇢
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Sisi’s reformed foreign policy could restore Egypt as major regional power
Printer-friendly version here. David Hartwell is a Middle East political, military and security expert, and Director and Managing Editor at Middle East Insider. He tweets: @DaveHartwell1 One of the key challenges facing Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been to bring a new sense of direction and order to the… Listen ⇢
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‘New’ Terrorism and the National Security Strategy
Printer-friendly version here. Dr. Chris Mackmurdo is Founding Director of Contest Global. Dr. Alia Brahimi is Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford and PS21 Global Fellow. The threat to the UK from terrorism is increasing and, in important ways, so is our vulnerability. The revised National… Listen ⇢
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A South China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone?
Erik Lin-Greenberg is a PS21 Global Fellow and a Doctoral Student in Political Science at Columbia University. Last week, a CNN crew flying onboard a US Navy patrol plane above the South China Sea recorded China’s military ordering the navy jet to exit a “military alert zone,” shedding light on… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update: Week Ending May 29
As May draws to a close, I couldn’t think of a better way to end the month than with holding an event in the Big Apple. As we host our first event in New York today on Countering Violent Extremism, it marks the expansion of PS21 into a third major city.… Listen ⇢
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What next for Britain?
David Murrin is the author of Breaking the Code of History, the culmination of decades of personal research across a wide range of disciplines. David compellingly argues that human behaviour is not random, but determined by specific, quantifiable and predictable patterns fuelled by our need to survive and prosper. He… Listen ⇢
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Italicum: what price are Italians ready to pay to achieve governability and democracy?
Giulia Pastorella is a PhD candidate at the European Institute, London School of Economics. She tweets @giuliapastorell Italy adopted last week its new electoral law, Italicum, which will enter into force in July 2016. It was one of the many reforms announced by centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi when he… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update: Week ending 15 May
It’s been another great week at PS21. After passing 100 days in operation, we continue to build and develop the Project, with interesting events and discussions, high quality blog articles on our website, and research projects underway. We have some exciting events comng up over the next few weeks: May… 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).
