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Vatican Diplomacy

Vatican Diplomacy

At a time of heightened religious sensitivity, Edward Pentin looks into the work of the diplomatic service of the Holy See, outlining how it can use ...

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  • Written by Edward Pentin
The Personalities Behind Climate Change

The Personalities Behind Climate Change

Emilia Hungerford reveals the faces who are making a difference.

Dr James Hansen

Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies n  ...

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  • Written by Emilia Hungerford
Kazakhstan's Priorities for OSCE

Kazakhstan's Priorities for OSCE

This year, the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan is chairing the Vienna-based Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), making it ...

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  • Written by Jonathan Fryer
Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

There are a limited number of ways that we can reduce our ecological footprint. We can do what we do more efficiently, using and wasting less of the...

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  • Written by Robert Chris
Sir Christopher Meyer's Iraq Enquiry

Sir Christopher Meyer's Iraq Enquiry

Former UK Ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer writes on Unlearned Lessons and Inconvenient Truths of going to war.

By the time you read ...

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  • Written by Sir Christopher Meyer
Adaptations to Climate Change

Adaptations to Climate Change

Alastair Baglee, Technical Director for Acclimatise, an advisory firm specialising in climate change risk management and adaptation, explains how ...

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  • Written by Alastair Baglee
Let's 'Planet' Better

Let's 'Planet' Better

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE HUMAN IMPACT

Whereas previously the economy had been centred around the land and been based on manual labour, the Industrial ...

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  • Written by Zoe Crookes
Sniffing the Rainforest

Sniffing the Rainforest

Emilia Hungerford meets Colombia’s Vice President, Francisco Santos.

Can you imagine, on your next trip to the Lake District or the beautiful...

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  • Written by Emilia Hungerford

Westminster Reflections

By the time you read this we will almost certainly have had 6 May confirmed as the general election date. The moment the Chancellor and the Prime...

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  • Written by Lord Cormack
A Low Carbon Future

A Low Carbon Future

Ron Asprey takes a wide-ranging look at some positive initiatives around the world, which are striving to deliver a sustainable, low carbon future....

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  • Written by Ronald Asprey
Strengthening the Foodshed

Strengthening the Foodshed

Pat Thomas addresses the pressures of dwindling food and water supplies, increasing prices and an expanding population

Every era has a defining ...

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  • Written by Pat Thomas
L'Etranger

L'Etranger

L’Etranger is indeed strange. The interior – all sleek lines and polished glass, with shades of oak, lilac and grey – is intended to lend an...

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  • Written by Rachael Stirling
Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill

Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill

As any member of London’s diplomatic community will tell you, after arriving in London it won’t be long before you attend a reception at the...

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  • Written by Venetia de Blocq van Kuffeler
Dubai Revived

Dubai Revived

At the end of last year, the world markets feared for Dubai’s financial health when Dubai World – the centrepiece of the gulf state’s economy...

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  • Written by The Editor
Diplomacy of Limbo World

Diplomacy of Limbo World

One of the basic things a diplomat needs to know is the answer to this question: how many countries are in the world?

It turns out not to be ...

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  • Written by Charles Crawford