by chrismoffat | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog
Ahead of the appointment of a new Commonwealth Secretary General at the Malta CHOGM this November, Australian diplomat Matthew Neuhaus details a possible reform agenda for the organisation on the Institute of Commonwealth Studies ‘Commonwealth Opinion’...
by chrismoffat | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog
By Dr Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. This Friday, 27 March 2015, Australians will gather to pay their respects to former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in a state funeral following the politician’s death late last week. As...
by chrismoffat | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog
By Dr Ruth Craggs, Lecturer in Human Geography, King’s College London. Politicians and diplomats from around the world have begun to offer tributes this week as it was announced that Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died on Monday, 23 March 2015. Lee...
by chrismoffat | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog
Followers of the Commonwealth Oral History Project may be interested in a new online resource released for Commonwealth Day 2015 and curated by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Working in association with Routledge, The Commonwealth...
by chrismoffat | Feb 13, 2015 | Blog
By Dr Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Twenty five years ago this week a triumphant Nelson Mandela walked free from Victor Vester Prison in Cape Town to a jubilant reception. The release of the ANC’s most prominent prisoner had...
by rcraggs | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
With the Commonwealth Games just underway, it seems that briefly, people are interested in talking about the Commonwealth. Researchers on this project have been busy over the last couple of weeks writing and recording their thoughts about what the Games can tell us...
