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The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies - publishing analysis and commentary since 1910.

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New podcast discussion: Digital technologies in counterterrorism and violent extremism prevention in #Kenya and #Nigeria. The @CWRoundTable/@routledgebooks award winner explores the impact of #AI and online monitoring on governance and civil liberties. ow.ly/oapk50ZVJkL

Podcast: Digital Counterterrorism Dragnet in Kenya and Nigeria Democratic Governance

How digital technologies are reshaping counterterrorism.

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The latest @CWRoundTable newsletter is now available. This month: CHOGM 2026, the Commonwealth at 77, university metrics and #Commonwealth books. ow.ly/wT4w50ZWPYa
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New: Former top #Commonwealth diplomat @lgfranceschi explores possible opportunities and a role for the organisation in a changing world. @commonwealthsec #AI #power #diplomacy #CHOGM2026 ow.ly/zOIR50ZX3ux

Commonwealth soft power and the art of the possible

Can Commonwealth soft power be used to tackle today's global issues?

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A WISE-IIE study across seven countries has revealed major differences in universities’ readiness for AI, raising concerns that uneven capacity to adopt and govern the technology could create new inequalities- writes Tarek Abd Elgalil universityworldnews.com/post…

The global AI divide: Higher education’s readiness gap

While many AI debates focus on academic integrity, a WISE-IIE study across seven countries revealed a broader challenge: universities are at vastly di...

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For days this month New Delhi was effectively under lockdown to prevent protests, with scores of security personnel deployed to fend off the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party. The FT’s Andres Schipani reports from the Indian capital on the growing unrest ft.trib.al/H7GUb3Z
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The nightmare called Malta mrf.lu/2bqb-
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Beijing’s presence in the Bahamas and its military implications for the U.S. are often overshadowed by discussion of Chinese activities elsewhere in the region. buff.ly/kfqTOSu

China’s Advance in the Bahamas

Beijing’s presence in the Bahamas and its military implications for the U.S. are often overshadowed by discussion of Chinese activities elsewhere in the region.

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World faces nature reality check at UN biodiversity conference reut.rs/4jtYQwc reut.rs/4jtYQwc

World faces nature reality check at UN biodiversity conference

World leaders, diplomats and nature experts gather in Armenia this week to assess lagging efforts to halt biodiversity loss, with ​countries off track on most global targets and divisions over...

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Long distance: India’s protest sites drift from power centres @bookishmanoj ✍🏻 hindustantimes.com/india-new…

Long distance: India’s protest sites drift from power centres

Urbanists and activists say this is changing not just where citizens can make their voices heard, but also how public spaces are used. | India News

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In his Boyer Lecture, @SamRoggeveen argues Australia faces the greatest challenge to its region since World War II: the decline of one empire, the rise of another and a powerful neighbour emerging on our doorstep. abc.net.au/listen/programs/b…

01 | Sam Roggeveen - Four Forces: Australia in the New Asia - ABC listen

"Australia can’t afford to turn its back on Asia the way the UK turned its back on Europe. If there is a key to averting such a future, it is for Australians to internalise the fact that we can no...

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Samoa Observer
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Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molio’o will lead Samoa’s delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda next month, following her recent role as head of the country’s delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and other international meetings. samoaobserver.ws/category/sa…

Mulipola to lead Samoa at CHOGM

Deputy Prime Minister, Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molio’o, will lead the country’s delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda next month.According to the...

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A new report shows New Zealand faces a future of more frequent extreme droughts, heatwaves, floods and fires, with inevitable losses of infrastructure and property. @CubaRaglanGuy theconversation.com/nzs-clim…

NZ’s climate in ‘uncharted territory’, with more extreme weather events ahead

A new report shows New Zealand faces a future of more frequent extreme droughts, heatwaves, floods and fires, with inevitable losses of infrastructure and property.

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Earth Accounting
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2026 State of the Climate Report 'Shows a Planet Reaching Its Limits' commondreams.org/news/state-…
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During the London gathering at Parliament Square called by Dhruv Rathee, BJP supporters came face to face with cockroach protestors on October 17. | @seekingsrishti
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‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ United Nations chief @antonioguterres said earlier this week, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027. news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…

‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027

Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3...

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The Indian Express
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Actor Imran Khan on Saturday filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court against the Leave India Notice (LIN) issued by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), asking him to leave India by October 28, calling it “unconstitutional”. The notice was issued on October 14 for an alleged violation of the Immigration and Foreigners Act (IFA), 2025, by joining a protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar near August Kranti Maidan on October 10. 🔗 indianexpress.com/article/ci… Written by: Omkar Gokhale
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Charles will visit the region later this month but questions about Britain’s colonial legacy are getting louder thetimes.com/uk/royal-family…
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Newly available in the From The Archives series: How #Commonwealth member states use #CHOGM to build political support around common positions on #climate threats. Free to access 🔓from the vaults of the @CWRoundTable Journal. Read the full article now ow.ly/F84250ZX3UX

From the archives: Special archive access from Round Table and Taylor & Francis

Thanks to an agreement with the journal’s publishers, Taylor & Francis, Round Table will be highlighting and making freely available chosen articles.

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New: Former top #Commonwealth diplomat @lgfranceschi explores possible opportunities and a role for the organisation in a changing world. @commonwealthsec #AI #power #diplomacy #CHOGM2026 ow.ly/zOIR50ZX3ux

Commonwealth soft power and the art of the possible

Can Commonwealth soft power be used to tackle today's global issues?

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There are no satisfactory means to measure the influence or value of a think tank like Chatham House. Book review on @ChathamHouse in the @CWRoundTable Journal. #softpower #diplomacy ow.ly/e65A50ZXTXg

Book Review - Chatham House: The first hundred years

The influence and value of a think tank like Chatham House.

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