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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
Governing in the Shadows: Angola’s Securitised State w/ Paula Cristina Roque
The Royal African Society
Join us for the London launch and panel discussion with ‘Governing in the Shadows’ author Paula Cristina Roque and special guests on how securitisation fuelled corruption and patronage in Angola since independence.
Work Won’t Love You Back w/ Sarah Jaffe at Idler Festival
Idler Festival
Join journalist Sarah Jaffe, Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson and Brendan Burchell for a chat about the false promises of the ‘do what you love’ mantra and why the new tyranny of work needs to end.
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