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Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray War - A review

Date: 23 Jan 2024

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On 25 January 2024, Tom Stevenson, a contributing editor of the London Review of Books, has written of review of 'Understanding Ethiopia’s Tigray War'.

The book was written by ICwS Senior Research Fellow Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan.

Read the review in full here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n02/tom-stevenson/incapable-of-sustaining-weeds.

This page was last updated on 23 January 2024

Life of former Commonwealth Secretary General, Sir Shridath Ramphal, celebrated

On 1 July, Sir Ronal Sanders delivered the 2025 Patsy Robertson Memorial Lecture celebrating the life of Sir Shridath Ramphal

ACU ‘The Road to 2030’ strategy launch reception

Senior Lecturer Dr Olivia Lwabukuna represented the ICwS at the Association of Commonwealth University’s launch of their updated strategic plan.

Empowering the Next Generation of Canadian & British Defence Leaders

On 26 June, the Canada-UK Council (CUKC) convened its second annual Young and Emerging Leadership Forum, on "Defence and Society in an Uncertain World".

2025 Human Rights Masters Programme Study Tour to Geneva

A key component of our MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights is the Geneva Human Rights Study Tour, held during the summer session of the UN Human Rights Council.