-
Introducing PS21 WORLD
Peter Apps, PS21 executive director Two months ago on Monday, I was still largely bedbound in my cabin on the liner Queen Mary 2 as we slogged our way through north Atlantic gales to Southampton. PS21 might only have been a couple of weeks away from launch but to be… Listen ⇢
-
It’s a revolution: the cultural outpouring fueled by Syrian war
Printer-friendly version here. miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Professor of Arabic Cultures at Duke University and holds a PhD in Arabic Literature from Oxford University. Of all the Arab Spring countries, Syria has been the most artistically and culturally prolific. Smartphone videos, feature films, art photography, oil paintings, watercolors, songs,… Listen ⇢
-
For some young Syrians, war brings unexpected freedom
Printer-friendly version here. Rasha Elass is a journalist and Global Fellow at PS21. She has spent the past two years covering the uprising-turned-civil-war from inside Syria and now divides her time between Washington DC and Beirut. Follow her on Twitter: @RashaElass Razan has a secret. She fled Damascus to Beirut… Listen ⇢
-
After Arab Spring, Challenges for Islamic NGOs
Pronter-friendly version here. Amjad Saleem is a political analyst and thematic expert for the World Humanitarian Summit. He is also a Global Fellow at PS21. Follow him on Twitter: @corporatesufi Egypt’s revolution and the wider unrest following the Arab Spring produced a backlash against the Muslim Brotherhood in several countries,… Listen ⇢
-
PS21 a Month In: Update from Executive Director Peter Apps
Peter Apps, PS21 executive director It’s hard to believe given the sheer level of activity — as well as how much material we now have on the website — but as of this weekend the Project for Study of the 21st Century (PS21) has only been truly operational for a… Listen ⇢
-
Iraq: The Unexpected Victim of the Arab Spring
Printer-friendly version here. John Drake runs the AKE Intelligence department, based in the Lloyd’s of London building. Prior to taking up the role he was the AKE Iraq specialist working regularly from the company’s Baghdad office. He is also a Global Fellow at PS21. Follow him on twitter: @johnfdrake Iraq… Listen ⇢
-
The Fight for Sexual Rights in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Printer-friendly version here. Dalia Abd El Hameed is the Gender and Sexuality Officer at Egyptian Initiative for Human Rights and a Global Fellow at PS21. Follow her on Twitter: @dalia11_7 The aftermath of the 30th of June, which marked the toppling of the Muslim Brotherhood and the army restoring its… Listen ⇢
-
Social Media in the Era of ISIS
Printer-friendly version here. Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is a columnist and Twitter commentator on Arab affairs. His columns on the Middle East have appeared in The Financial Times, The New York Times online, Foreign Policy and Open Democracy. Rising in prominence during the Arab Spring, Sultan’s tweets became a… Listen ⇢
-
The Arab Spring and the Limits of American Power
Printer-friendly version here. Ari Ratner is a Fellow at New America. He formerly served in the Obama Administration State Department from 2009-2012 as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. Follow him on Twitter: @amratner In March 2011, I was in Saudi Arabia as… 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).
