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What now for Libya?
Printer-friendly version here. Patrick Bury is a private security specialist since 2011 as well as a PhD Candidate at the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute and PS21 Global Fellow. The increasing number of migrants perishing in the Mediterranean over the past fortnight has finally brought the deteriorating situation in Libya… Listen ⇢
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I Don’t Know You, I Don’t Like You: The Rise of Anti-immigrant Movements in Europe
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 On May 7th 2015,… Listen ⇢
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What does this election tell us about modern Britain?
Peter Apps is Reuters global defence correspondent, currently on sabbatical as executive director of PS21 Whoever comes out on top in Britain’s May 7 general election, they will have pledged some very substantial changes. Prime Minister David Cameron’s ruling Conservatives have promised to renegotiate powers with the European Union and… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update – Week Ending Friday 1st May
On Wednesday, 29 April, we simultaneously held two great events in London and Washington DC: In London we had a broad and engaging discussion about the unfolding events in the Middle East, the declining role of the West and how various players should engage going forward. The panel of speakers included Metsa Rahimi, Regional head of Intelligence at… Listen ⇢
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What Russia really thinks on Ukraine
Vassily Kashin is a global fellow at PS21 and senior researcher at the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) For the Russian public, what is happening in Ukraine is not a Cold War, it is a real war. On the news every night there are reports from… Listen ⇢
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A Migrant’s Short Story
Emmanuel Akinwotu is a British-Nigerian writer based in London and an editor and contributor to the Project for Study of the 21st Century PS21 AFRICA channel. He tweets @ea_akin. Richard was a normal guy from Nigeria who loved to go out with his friends; he spent time perfecting his pose… Listen ⇢
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Dangerous crossing: Only seven EU patrol boats, two planes, one helicopter on watch for migrants in Mediterranean
Peter Apps is Reuters global defence correspondent, currently on sabbatical as executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21). He tweets at @pete_apps After as many as 900 people died when a ship carrying migrants sank in the Mediterranean this weekend, the decision of European nations… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update: Week Ending 24 April
On April 22 we held a joint discussion with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) on foreign perspectives on the UK General Election. Rahul Roy Chaudhury of IISS, Jennifer Brindisi from YPFP, Syriza’s Marina Prentoulis, and Barakat Jassem from the US Department of State provided a fantastic discussion. Takeaways and… Listen ⇢
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High Spending Russia Closes Naval Gap with West
Printer friendly version available here. Commodore Philip Thicknesse is a Falklands War veteran and career warfare officer and aviator, Philip Thicknesse is an international adviser at the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21). He previously directed the UK Defence Crisis Management Centre, Maritime Warfare Centre and commanded British Forces… 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).
