Analysis

Call For Submissions: Middle East and North Africa Issue

2013-04-25T19:05:09Z

Thesiger & Company ('Thesigers') invites prospective contributors to its flagship publication, Current Intelligence, to submit essays for consideration for the Summer 2013 issue.

Cool Hunting: Mapping Arctic Stakeholders

2013-04-01T08:00:00Z

Arctic stakeholders have demonstrated their interest in peaceful, sustainable development of the region, but the real challenge is recognising local priorities and integrating them into natural resource management efforts.

Defining Arctic Coastal and User Interests

2013-03-28T00:40:17Z

Why defining the interests of Arctic’s coastal and user states and avoiding conflict between them might be more straightforward than most people think

Cold Rush: Exploring Arctic Myths and Misconceptions

2013-03-27T01:10:23Z

Exploring the reality and the hype of Arctic boundary disputes, land grabs, resource races, and the transformation of global shipping

Unrest in the Maldives

2013-03-25T14:15:57Z

After a brief taste of democracy, the Maldives has veered back towards authoritarian rule in the past year; by exploiting fundamentalist religious and nationalist forces, the current crop of rulers may have undermined their own positions

China's Ambitions in the Arctic

2013-03-19T09:00:00Z

China has clearly identified the Arctic as an arena for international contest, but its policy for the region, still in its infancy, remains hostage to climate change.

Hagel, the Right, and the Fight for American Power

2013-03-08T17:00:00Z

The tumultuous confirmation process of America’s new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel revealed a great deal about the current state of US politics, putting to rest any doubts that the era of bipartisan

Arctic Steampunk: The New Age of Cold Weather Data Infrastructure

2013-03-08T09:00:00Z

Exploring Arctic and near-Arctic solutions to global demand for faster, cheaper and more sustainable data storage and computing infrastructure.

India's Carnival of Values at the Jaipur Literature Festival

2013-02-25T20:00:00Z

Scandals at the Jaipur Literature Festival: barometers for social change? What the Dalai Lama, Glenlivet whisky, and the growing significance of caste politics tell us about Indian politics and society.

The African National Congress in Exile

2013-01-31T12:00:00Z

External Mission — published last year by C. Hurst & Co. in London — is the story of the African National Congress’s 30 year period in exile outside South Africa. The ANC’s sojourn started after the apartheid