“People often think of Americans as acting without thinking. I love coming to speak in Europe as it’s full of people who think without acting”. Howard Dean, Chatham House, London I just went to see […]
Pope Francis on Donald Trump’s proposals to build a border wall with between the United States and Mexico: “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, […]
What is a think tank? noun: a research institute or organization employed to solve complexproblems or predict or plan future developments, as in military,political, or social areas. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/think–tank A useful thing to keep an eye on: a list of national and international think tanks worth noting. A bit more info about the prize: http://www.thehagueinstituteforglobaljustice.org/latest-insights/latest-insights/press-release/prospect-magazine-announces-finalists-for-european-think-tank-of-the-year/
An Audience with Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, hosted by Chatham House, Central Hall, Westminster Friday 5th February 2016 http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/12/sustainable-development-goals-kick-off-with-start-of-new-year/ Sustainable Development Goals End poverty in all its forms everywhere End hunger, achieve food security […]
Some useful terms: (These have been taken fro Kirsten E. Schulze’s book on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, published in 2013 (3rd ed.) by Routledge) Aliyah (Hebrew: ascent): wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine and later, […]
Iran -v- Saudi Arabia The following is taken from an article in US based Foreign Policy, 13th November 2015: The rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has existed for decades. Furthermore, further afield in Syria, […]
Iyad el-Baghdadi at the Oslo Peace Forum, 22nd October 2014 The Arab Spring Manifesto I watched this speech some time ago, a year after it came out, in fact. I still remember the amazing quality […]
The following is a link to an excellent interview conducted by Tim Sebastian for Deutsche Welle’s Conflict Zone on 20th January 2016. Here, Egypt’s Foreign Minister is grilled on what Tim Sebastian says, (citing statistics), […]
I am working on an article of the aftermath of the Arab Spring and am going through reams and reams of notes. A while back, in 2014, the Guardian did an article in their G2 […]
Yesterday afternoon I sat down in front of my TV to watch the live broadcast of John Kerry’s annual address, the day following Obama’s final State of the Union address in Washington. I am fond […]
