果冻传媒

A Pinpoint Politics article by Christopher Ogunmodede

In the wake of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s failed six-point Syria peace plan and the Assad’s regime not-so-subtle admission that it possesses chemical weapons, the stakes of a Western-led military intervention have increased significantly in less than a week. A report by the Royal United Services Institute noting the possibility of chemical weapons being used or stolen, not to mention the increased capability of the opposition forces as well as the geopolitical implications of the conflict spreading to and gripping other nations, concludes that a military intervention may take place to prevent the conflict from spilling beyond Syrian borders. As the ongoing crisis continues to manifest itself in the international realm, many pro-intervention voices in academia, the media, think-tanks and policymaking circles have decided that a military intervention will be the pill that cures all that currently ails the conflict-ridden country. John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, has been making the rounds of Fox News and other right-wing press outlets decrying the administration’s response to the conflict.

Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams have recently published a Special Issue of Alternatives, entitled: 'Governing Traumatic Events'. The volume draws together leading critical scholars on the politics of traumatic events, covering subjects like 9-11, Mumbai, and the Norway Massacre, as well as the ideologies of 'response' and 'resilience' that predominate. This publication is part of an ongoing research project on 'Resilience and the Politics of Security' that seeks to interrogate contemporary practices of civil contingency planning in the UK and abroad.

, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, has also successfully secured a for his project entitled 'Grow 果冻传媒: Re-engaging with Food'.

This project is led by Theatre Studies with co-investigators in Sociology, Life Sciences and PAIS, and the project will be used to develop a bid to the (AHRC)'s as well as two trial demonstration events on campus - one in performance and another in creative writing - to encourage public re-engagement with food cultivation.

, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, and , Assistant Professor of International Security, have secured a Security bid in collaboration with a colleague from (CAL) at 果冻传媒. The funding awarded from this successful bid will go towards their project entitled 'Crisis Leadership in Global Economic and Security Governance'.

, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, and , ESRC Research Fellow in PAIS, have successfully secured a Partnership Development Fund & Food Security grant from the University of Brazil. The grant will go towards a project that Dr Richardson and Dr Nunes have been working on entitled 'Brazilian Discourse on Food Security'.