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the fall of the big men
Today I joined the debate on Global Dashboard as part of Scenarios Week. We have known for generations that our old models of leadership are not fit for purpose. A once in a multi-generation pandemic offers a global leadership control… Read More ›
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shelter – our most important currency in these difficult times
I hope today can feel like a new day. I am up early, blinds drawn, sipping coffee from my favorite mug, the sun peeping over the foliage outside my window and landing on my tired face. I slept fitfully last… Read More ›
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beware imagined and self-fabricated duty
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slow is often the fastest way to travel
Slowing down is the fastest way to get where I want to go After stepping down from my busy, stressful – but rewarding – job a couple of weeks ago, I gave myself the best leaving gift: time. Three months,… Read More ›
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when the storytelling needs to stop
“For the first time in my life, I have shed ‘survivor’ or ‘victim’ as my identity. I was having to survive on being a ‘survivor’, because that’s how I was making money, speaking about what happened to me. Now I… Read More ›
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what’s working in US hostage policy?
Here’s the video of the event I spoke at to launch Bringing Americans Home, the 2020 review of hostage policy by the James W Foley Legacy Foundation. Great input from Peter Bergen of New America Foundation and CNN, Diane Foley,… Read More ›
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Bringing Americans Home 2020
The James W Foley Legacy Foundation has launched its second annual review of US Government handling of hostages cases. Bringing Americans Home 2020 is based on interviews with 25 people with direct experience of hostage taking or wrongful detention, both those… Read More ›
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david alexander – a life of service
David Alexander was one of the finest professionals I have ever worked with. He strived for the highest standards for the patients and partners he worked with and was never shy of standing his ground when he felt things weren’t… Read More ›
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what I'm reading ›
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we can do better – failures in US consular services
March 3, 2021
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we are bellingcat: an intelligence agency for the people
February 14, 2021
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Peter Turchin: the ecologist using datasets and models from history to predict the future
November 16, 2020
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A Gentleman in Moscow – the only ‘hostage’ story I’ve ever enjoyed
November 10, 2020
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face the bitter truth: we are two countries, and neither of them is going to be conquered or disappear anytime soon
November 5, 2020