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Bridges will take us into the future, while walls will keep us trapped where we are
  • calender icon February 19, 2019

  • user icon Tom Fletcher, The National

The world is becoming an increasingly divided place, but all around us valuable and courageous connections are still being made. Now we must all en ...

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The university of the future will be inclusive, innovative and creative
  • calender icon October 28, 2018

  • user icon Tom Fletcher, The National

Old models of academia have been overtaken by our fast-moving, networked world. It's time for radical change. Of all areas of public life, ...

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Beyond the protocol and the preening, the tedium and tantrums, what happens in the UN matters to all
  • calender icon September 23, 2018

  • user icon Tom Fletcher, The National

The organisation might not be perfect but no one has come up with a better idea for global co-existence or the challenges facing humanity. &nbs ...

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The UN’s human rights chief has had enough
  • calender icon July 23, 2018

  • user icon Tom Fletcher, Prospect Magazine (August 2018)

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has reached the end of his tether— and now he’s speaking out.   The Hague, September 2016. The ...

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The double-edged sword of technology means digital companies and governments need a new language to
  • calender icon June 6, 2018

  • user icon Risto Siilasmaa and Tom Fletcher

As the Global Tech Panel kicks off in Brussels today, panellists Risto Siilasmaa and Tom Fletcher explore why the old ways of laying down the rules ...

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