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The 21st Century Clash of Christian and Islamic Cultures
Printer-friendly version here. 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… Listen ⇢
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Deepnet: is the “dark web” good or evil?
Printer-friendly version here. Mike Gillespie is Director of cyber research and strategy at The Security Institute, Managing Director of Advent IM Consultancy and a member of the CSCSS Global Select Committee on Cyber Security The worldwide web wasn’t really designed, as such – it grew out of itself and so privacy… Listen ⇢
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Walking the Tightrope: Turkey in the New Middle East
Printer-friendly version here. Enea Gjoza is a policy analyst specializing in foreign policy and criminal justice. He is also an intelligence research fellow with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy and a writer for Young Voices. The Arab Spring and subsequent events have dramatically re-arranged the power dynamics of the Middle East. Formerly… Listen ⇢
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Burying Richard III, England’s last post-apocalyptic warlord
The death in battle of a king known to history for badly needing a horse and for a hunched back, marked the end of the medieval period in England. His replacement, Henry Tudor — the victor at Bosworth Field in 1485 who became Henry VII — is seen as a… Listen ⇢
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Millions in US military equipment lost as Yemen heads down Syria’s path
Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 2011 “Arab Spring,” every regime that the United States has supported in Iraq, Yemen and Libya — including Saleh’s — has resulted in a failed state, with no rule of law and a collapsed economy. Listen ⇢
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How Boko Haram changed Nigerian politics
Printer-friendly version here. Emmanuel Akinwotu is a student at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is also a writer/editor for Project for Study of the 21st Century. Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency has thrust Nigerian politics into a foreign place. Politicians in this country are familiar with criticism but not scrutiny. But the… Listen ⇢
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Assessing the New US National Security Strategy
Printer-friendly version here. Ali Wyne is a contributing analyst at Wikistrat and a global fellow with PS21. Follow him on Twitter: @Ali_Wyne There is much to recommend the Obama administration’s new national-security strategy, which National Security Advisor Susan Rice launched at the Brookings Institution early last month. Released a little over… Listen ⇢
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PS21 at Two (Months)
By Peter Apps, PS21 Executive Director So, here we are – PS21 is now a breath-taking two months old. Over the last month, we’ve continued to build on the success of our first 30 days. On one front, that has meant doing more of the same – some great events,… Listen ⇢
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Breaking a decades-long trend, the world gets more violent
Peter Apps is Reuters global defence correspondent, currently on sabbatical as executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21). Follow him on Twitter at @pete_apps. If you were watching the news last year, it was hard to escape the impression the world was falling apart. Now… 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).
