by rcraggs | Nov 2, 2014 | Apartheid, China, CHOGM, Civil Society, Cold War, Commonwealth Secretariat, Constitutional Change, Decolonisation, Democracy, Development, Diplomacy, Elections, Good Governance, India, Mozambique, Nigeria, Nuclear, Race, Rhodesia (see also Zimbabwe), Singapore, South Africa, Sport, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United Nations, Zambia, Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)
Download Interview Transcript: Part One (18th April 2013); Part Two (5th August 2015). Biography: Pahad, Aziz. 1940- . African National Congress in London, 1966-1985; National executive Committee of the ANC, 1985- ; Returned to South Africa from exile, 1990; Deputy...
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...
by rcraggs | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
by Ruth Craggs, Lecturer in Human Geography, King’s College London The 20th Commonwealth Games will open in Glasgow on Wednesday. Riding a wave of interest in athletics following the London 2012 Olympics, this summer’s events look set to be a sell out. Yet,...
by rcraggs | Jul 9, 2014 | Apartheid, Australia, Bangladesh, CHOGM, Cold War, Commonwealth Institute, Commonwealth Secretariat, Constitutional Change, Decolonisation, Democracy, Development, Diplomacy, Elections, European Economic Community, Fiji, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Good Governance, Maldives, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Queen, Rhodesia (see also Zimbabwe), Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United Nations, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)
Download Interview Transcript: Part One (5 June 2013); Part Two (8 August 2013); Part Three (11 March 2014). Biography: Neuhaus, Matthew. Australian Diplomat. Postings to Papua New Guinea; Canberra; Counsellor to the Australian Mission in the United Nations, New York;...
by rcraggs | Jul 3, 2014 | CHOGM, Cold War, Commonwealth Secretariat, Development, Diplomacy, European Economic Community, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, South Africa, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, USA
Download Interview Transcript. Biography: Marshall, Sir Peter. Joined the UK Diplomatic Service in 1949, rising to become Economic Under-Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Deputy, Economic and Social Affairs, to Britain’s Permanent...