In this, our last episode for 2023, we have a treat for all you geopolitical junkies out there! We speak to Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to the Blair government (1997-2007). 2024 will be a big year of elections around the world. One of which, the U.S. presidential election, due in November of next year, will prove decisive for a whole bunch of countries and may impact on our futures in a negative way. Here we analyse the problems and prospects of Britain under a potential Starmer leadership, should Labour win in 2024. What will change and what will remain the same?
How to contain a recalcitrant Russia? - Financial Review - David Manning & Jonathan Powell
Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts, Jonathan Powell, Vintage Digital, 2 October, 2014 

<p>In this, our last episode for 2023, we have a treat for all you geopolitical junkies out there! We speak to Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to the Blair government (1997-2007). 2024 will be a big year of elections around the world. One of which, the U.S. presidential election, due in November of next year, will prove decisive for a whole bunch of countries and may impact on our futures in a negative way. Here we analyse the problems and prospects of Britain under a potential Starmer leadership, should Labour win in 2024. What will change and what will remain the same?</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5d9ff126-65d5-4707-a48c-2adae883fe7e">How to contain a recalcitrant Russia?</a> - Financial Review - David Manning &amp; Jonathan Powell</li>
<li><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00KS6WMVQ?ref=KC_GS_GB_AU">Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts</a>, Jonathan Powell, Vintage Digital, 2 October, 2014 </li>
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