To mark UN International Day of Peace TPNS is releasing its latest publication How to Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety: 10 Talking Points for a Difficult Conversation.
10 Talking Points for a Difficult Conversation
The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev was written by the West
by Jonathan Steele for Middle East Eye ... Western leaders also share the blame for Russia’s retreat from liberal politics, which began long before Putin’s installation as president. Yeltsin’s use of tanks to shell the Russian parliament in 1993 to end an opposition sit-in was a more serious outrage than any of Putin’s domestic policy excesses. The … Continue reading The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev was written by the West
Mikhail Gorbachev – The man who dismantled an empire without force
“People who don’t understand the importance of co-operation and disarmament shouldn’t go into politics… there should be no place for such people in politics. But they’re very much there… in the defence industry and politics.” How different would the world be if we had more world leaders – past, present, future - who believed in … Continue reading Mikhail Gorbachev – The man who dismantled an empire without force
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 