Crime and Counterterrorism in Karachi: DC Event Key Takeaways
On Wednesday April 15, PS21 held a discussion in Washington DC. Drawing on his time as a police officer and counterterrorism official in Karachi, Omar Hamid discussed the nexus of crime, militancy and...
View ArticleNarendra Modi’s Foreign Policy – The View from the West
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Korea, May 18 2015. Printer-friendly version here. Amitha Rajan is a former Reuters journalist who recently completed an MA at the School of Oriental and African...
View ArticlePS21 Report: South Asia Geopolitics from Afpak to Sri Lanka
Printer friendly version available here. A new “great game” is emerging between China and India, with each competing for the upper-hand in both hard and soft power. Following U.S. withdrawal,...
View ArticlePS21 Report: Lessons from recent humanitarian disasters
The 2015 Nepal Earthquake was not the earthquake that authorities and aid agencies were preparing for Increased urbanisation in developing states is posing new challenges to humanitarian organisations...
View ArticleChinese actions demonstrate their expansionary intentions
David Murrin is the author of Breaking the Code of History, the culmination of decades of personal research across a wide range of disciplines. He is a Global Fellow at PS21 and chairman of Spartent...
View ArticleFriendship & Cooperation? – India’s African Strategy
William Farmer is a recent graduate from King’s College London, specializing in Postcolonial Africa and political risk. In its relations with the African continent, the Indian state claims that...
View ArticleSouth China Sea : The Saga continues
Portion of a Qing scroll on battling 19th Century piracy in the South China Sea (Wikipedia) Berivan Dilan is a recent graduate from Maastricht University in International Relations, and is starting...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Superpower
First edition of Abraham Ortelius‘ map of Asia (1572), displaying a vast network of waterways across East Asia, advocating his belief that a shipping route existed through China to the Northern Sea and...
View ArticleEmpowering Rohingya Women: Confronting Sexual Violence in Humanitarian Settings
During the second half of 2017, an estimated 671,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar due to systemic violence perpetrated against the ethnic group, including killings, rape, and torture. Much of this violence,...
View ArticlePS21 Event Writeup: ‘Beijing, the US and the South China Sea’
By Oliver Yule-Smith This event was co-chaired by PS21 executive director Peter Apps and PS21 Chief of Staff Sam Genge. Dr Chris Weston, an international business consultant on risk management, began...
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