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A hashtag’s unintended consequences in Nigeria
Printer-friendly version here. 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. A year after the Twitter campaign “#bringbackourgirls” put Nigeria on front pages around the world, the whereabouts of… Listen ⇢
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Cyber Insurance – An Emerging Market
This article originally appeared on Aspen Opinion. Download the PDF here. Tom Allen is Head of Technology and Data Protection Indemnity at Aspen No Longer Niche There has been significant growth in market demand for data protection coverage, driven in no small part by the recent surge in sobering news… Listen ⇢
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PS21 Update: Week Ending 17 April
We’ve had some great discussions and pieces this month, not least last week’s DC event with Harvard geopolitics legend Joseph Nye and RAND Corporation’s (and PS21 global fellow) Ali Wyne. We had another great event yesterday in Washington with Omar Hamid and Negar Razavi, again both PS21 global fellows) on… Listen ⇢
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Remembering Marla: 10 years of Civilian Casualties
Jennifer Abrahamson is a PS21 Global Fellow. Her expertise spans countries, continents and conflicts. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the fields of humanitarian response, international development, women’s rights and journalism from Afghanistan and Gaza to Darfur and DRC. Most recently, Jennifer was a senior director with the International… Listen ⇢
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Digital Rights are Human Rights
Printer friendly version here. Tim Hardy is a technical writer, commentator, activist and PS21 Global Fellow. He runs the website Beyond Clicktivism and tweets at @bc_tmh In November 2014, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Flavia Pansieri declared that the changes in digital communications over the last two… Listen ⇢
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The rise and rise of “National Innovation Foundations”
Download a PDF of the report. Stephen Ezell is the director of Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Frank Spring is a PS21 Global Fellow and an independent consultant for innovation, politics and security issues. He tweets at @frankspring. Katarzyna Bitka is an economist, working on innovation policy within… Listen ⇢
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University attack brings stark lessons for Kenya
Printer-friendly version here. Edward Wanyonyi is a Security, Leadership and Society Fellow at University of London-Kings College. The recent attack at Garissa University in North Eastern Kenya by Al Shabaab came as a surprise to many Kenyans and the world. Launched at the crack of dawn on Thursday April 2nd… Listen ⇢
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Organizing in the 21st Century
Late last month, author and PS21 global fellow Linda Tirado participated in a panel discussion titled Organizing in the 21st Century at the 2015 Virginia Festival of the Book. Drawing from her own lived experience, she discussed the issues that affect low-income and working-class communities and the intersection of… Listen ⇢
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The Islamic State in Libya: Between Unity and Fragmentation
Printer-friendly version here. Dr. Alia Brahimi is an academic, analyst and commentator specialising in the politics of the Middle East. She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford University Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College and a PS21 Global Fellow. ‘We have an appointment with Rome, God… 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).
