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Who is Strategy For?

I’m excited to announce that next week, season two of the BIGA podcast will begin and the theme for the season will be: Security, Strategy, and Defence. With Peter Jones helping to round out our season on diplomacy, it seems a fitting leap to discuss all things security. I’ve written previously about strategy, in particular …

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Bad Apples: Adolescence, masculinity, and expression in the UK

Author’s Note: This piece is looking at the recent Netflix show Adolescence as a starting point for conversation about gender in the UK. As such, there will be spoilers about the show and I would recommend you watch it before reading this piece. ‘overall, male emotional repression is good, actually’. This was one of the …

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Building the Transport to the Future

Author’s Note: On the 20th of February, the British Institute of Global Affairs was honoured to have been invited to attend the ‘Unconference: Building the Transport of the Future’. The event was hosted in Leeds by Civic Future and Britain Remade, organisations aiming to encourage civic leadership and to “make it easier for Britain to …

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English Devolution: Devolving Power or Diluting It?

Littered in the news this week are place names of exciting importance. Vance’s entry into Munich’s Security Conference, Riyadh’s peace talks, the latest news from Washington, and Kyiv’s continued defiance against Moscow all battle for the attention of the world’s public.  While Macron once again pushes for European strategic autonomy, decisions are being made closer …