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A Russian Spy Ring at the Heart of the British Establishment - Book Review of A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont
When the truths of our politics are stranger than even the most fanciful fiction, is there any merit in reading political fiction? Furthermore, can serious students, scholars, and civil servants derive real educative or entertainment value from fictionized accounts of today’s politics? A Spy Alone answers these questions in the affirmative, written by Charles Beaumont. Jason Pack reviews the book in The Cipher Brief
Blame Netanyahu for Gaza, not ‘the Jews’
The Israeli prime minister’s failed, immoral policies are a deadly own goal and they are pure neopopulism, Jason Pack discusses the topic in The New European
Battleground podcast: Possible post-conflict solutions for Gaza
On Battleground Podcast, Jason Pack shares his thoughts on how a start could be made by handing over Gaza to joint administration by a coalition of Arab states.
Keen on: Is the current Gazan ceasefire a mirage?
In this KEEN ON show, Andrew Keen talks to Jason Pack about Qatar, Iran, Biden, Hamas, Israel and the road to order in the disordered Middle East.
The Road to Middle East Peace Runs Through Doha
Bringing together Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to administer postwar Gaza could weaken Iranian and Russian regional influence. Jason Pack discusses the matter in Foreign Policy
Qatar is the key to peace in postwar Gaza
American and British diplomats should be working on creating a pan-Arab coalition to administer postwar Gaza — and Qatar’s role would be particularly important. Jason Pack writes in the Boston Globe.
Historically Thinking: Disorder
Jason Pack discusses Disorder and history on Historically Thinking.
Is Peace there for the taking?
Is peace there for the taking? Find out how disorder in Israel and the international system contributed to the ongoing crisis, ‘AlAqsa Storm’ and the suffering in Gaza to come, with Jason Pack and Andrew Keen.
Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell Behind The Lines Ep 5 - Libya and the Disordered World
Storm Daniel passed through the Mediterranean in early September, one of a bewildering number of extreme weather events in recent months. When it hit Libya on 10 September, torrential rainfall led to catastrophic floods in the Town of Derna. At the time of recording as many as 20,000 people are missing, feared dead. It was an example of the terrifying new reality of the climate crisis where entire cities can be wiped out by wildfires or floods, literally in a matter of hours… Arthur Snell and Jason Pack discuss, on Behind the Lines.
Terror and tyranny have led Libya to a biblical catastrophe
It isn’t that no one cares about justice and human life, but that we have failed to confront the enemies of an ordered world. As Libya reels from deadly floods, Jason Pack explains how this tragedy and seemingly disparate disasters like it fit into the pattern of Global Enduring Disorder, in the Telegraph.
Prigozhin’s abortive coup signals open season on Putin
The Russian autocrat joins a long line of rulers to find their personal armies turning on them. Jason Pack looks to the past and foretells the future as the dust settles from mercenary rebellion in Russia, in the Telegraph.
Russia’s sexual health crisis just got militarised
Russia is facing a spiralling sexual health crisis charged by the Kremlin's abandonment of marginalized groups, and this crisis is particularly acute in Russian prisons. As the Russian Army adopts Wagner Group's practice of prisoner recruits, is the crisis set to translate into military weakness on the frontlines? Jason Pack and Guy Fiennes explore.
Tunisia's Slide Into Autocracy is Following All Too Familiar a Pattern
Neopopulism has led to democratic backsliding and a culture of paranoia in President Kais Saied’s Tunisia. On the scene for the Tunis Book Fair, Jason Pack surveys the Tunisian state of affairs for The Telegraph.
Sudan proves that the only thing worse than Western meddling is Western absence
As the situation in Sudan escalates, it is clear that the root problem of contemporary Western foreign policy isn’t meddling too much; it’s meddling too little. Jason Pack explains in The Telegraph.
The Libyan Banking Sector: A Microcosm of Global Enduring Disorder
Jason Pack and Stefano Marcuzzi explore how the Global Enduring Disorder plays out in Libya’s banking sector and contributes to continuing instability for MEI.
Jason Pack - E-International Relations Interview
Jason Pack discusses the Global Enduring Disorder thesis, the field of International Relations, and the importance of unpacking Disorder with E-International Relations.
Libya’s implosion: The cascading effects of the 2012 killings in Benghazi
The notion that American policies throughout the Middle East failed as a result of the US's engagement with Islamist actors' is incorrect. Jason Pack for TLS.
Ukraine, Libya, and the Global Enduring Disorder
Jason Pack and George Lewis (ret. NBC) discussed how the West’s response to the Ukraine crisis highlights our era of Global Enduring Disorder at The Vail Symposium.
NCUSLR Webinar: Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder
The NCUSLR’s webinar marked the first anniversary of Jason Pack's Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder, featuring Arthur Snell and a panel of experts discussing the geopolitical situation in Libya as it pertains to disorder.
After Ukraine: Into the Age of Anarchy
In Doomsday Watch, Arthur Snell talks to Brian Klaas and Jason Pack, exploring the state and future of the already teetering global order amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine.