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Kim Jong Un and the Bomb: The Next Phase
In January 2022, North Korea launched eleven missiles over seven tests, marking the busiest single month of missile testing in its history.
‘Talking to Terrorists’: Lessons From Sri Lanka
With the recent US military pullout from Afghanistan and return to power of the Taliban in very much at the forefront of international news
Said and Done
From the forthcoming issue of Critical Muslim 40: Biography, edited by Ziauddin Sardar, we preview this review by Hurst author Professor Faisal Devji of the recent biography of Edward Said.
Events
Zionism before Zionism? w/ Lipika Pelham
University of Westminster Graduate School Festival 2022
Join Jerusalem on the Amstel author and journalist Lipika Pelham for a talk about Sephardi Jewish converts in early modern Amsterdam at the University of Westminster’s Graduate School Festival.
All Necessary Measures? – UN & International Intervention in Libya 2011 w/ Ian Martin
King's College London (in-person and online)
‘All Necessary Measures?’ author Ian Martin will be in conversation with Mats Berdal about the international intervention after the 2011 Libyan uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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