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28 interviews

Business & Economics

David Miliband on Humanitarian Crisis Leadership

David Miliband is President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), where he oversees the agency’s humanitarian relief operations in more than 40 war-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance…

David Miliband 11 min read

Culture, Society, Sports & Arts

Learning from the Holocaust

In one of the darkest moments of modern civilisation, over six million Jews were killed by Nazi Germany in a state-sponsored genocide.  This event (The Holocaust) killed over two-thirds of Europe's entire…

Eva Schloss 40 min read

Business & Economics

Financial Market Threats | James Rickards Analysis

Guest article written for AllAboutAlpha.com – the official publication of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association Originally posted at: http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2012/02/16/james-rickards-on-the-huge-threats-to-the-financial-markets/ One of the most astonishing revelations of the past decade has…

11 min read

Business & Economics

North Korea – What Happens Next?

“..It is hard to overestimate how much is at stake for the world after the sudden death of Kim Jong Il, the North Korean despot, on December 17th…” wrote the Economist.  Political…

4 min read

Business & Economics

The London Riots: Analysis & Insight

As we sit here today, London remains in the grip of escalating riots, violence and disruption as young people have taken to the streets across the city looting stores, torching vehicles, engaging…

4 min read

Business & Economics

Why Are Wars Becoming Endless?

The nature of the global conflict is changing. Until the apocalyptic end of World War II, we had seen a ‘textbook’ approach to war, with ever-increasing competition in the dimensions of firepower,…

6 min read