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Rendez-Vous Avec al-Qaida – French edition of Dining with al-Qaeda
The French edition of Dining with al-Qaida is now out, available from bookshops, amazon.fr (here) or direct from the publisher, Presses de l’Université Laval! I guess I have to resign myself once again...
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Iraqi Kurdistan: an audience in the palace
Being ushered into the presence of a country’s most powerful person is a highlight of any trip. In Iraqi Kurdistan, that means visiting Masoud Barzani, former president and leader of the biggest...
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Attending a Citizens’ Assembly in Paris
How often do any of us study a single topic for 27 working days, spread over four months of reflection? Backed by the full support of a government and briefings by experts, officials, civil society...
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A ‘thank you’ to Iraqi Kurds in the name of foreign reporters
I’m writing with news of something I’ve helped work on for over the past 18 months with one of my heroes, American writer and ex-international correspondent Jonathan Randal. It’s called the Kurdistan...
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Writing for Policymakers
One day, a Turkish colonel bellowed at me across a hushed meeting table around which sat 43 representatives from 19 Turkish government departments: “Mr. Pope!” he roared. “Your report talks about...
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Putting a shine on nonprofits – and their leaders
Nonprofits aim to make the world a better place. But could they and their leaders do better themselves? In How to Lead Nonprofits: Turning Purpose into Impact to Change the World – to be published on...
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Lessons in governance from “The Rest is Politics” podcast
“PEOPLE HATE politicians. What has the worst approval ratings in America, continuously? Congress … [That’s why] Donald Trump, in not sounding like a politician … actually manages … to win over a...
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The crisis of governance in Belgium and Europe
“I didn’t vote for five or six party chiefs to run the country between them.” I had not heard of Luc Bertrand before my weekly dip into the Flemish newspaper De Morgen. But he made me think this...
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Proportional representation: a cure for democratic ills, or a distracting red...
“An election that only one party wins, with a simple plurality, operates as a kind of factory setting for American democracy, one that we have neglected to update, despite radically changed...
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