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    Peter Apps

    is a writer on international affairs, globalisation, conflict and other issues. He is the founder and executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century; PS21, a non-national, non-partisan, non-ideological think tank. Paralysed by a war-zone car crash in 2006, he also blogs about his disability and other topics. He was previously a reporter for Reuters and continues to be paid by Thomson Reuters. Since 2016, he has been a member of the British Army Reserve and the UK Labour Party.
    Peter Apps
    Western armed forces face recruitment crisis as threats mount
    Comment
    Western armed forces face recruitment crisis
    Like many other militaries around the world, the US Navy and Army in particular are in the middle of a battle for sufficient personnel
    Despite a tough week, Germany is key to rearming Europe
    Comment
    Despite a tough week, Germany is key to rearming Europe
    The mounting violence in the Red Sea is now clearly part of that growing challenge
    Year of elections, especially in US, to shape Ukraine, Gaza and wider conflicts
    Opinion
    Year of elections to shape Ukraine, Gaza and wider conflicts
    About two billion people in at least 50 countries will hold elections in 2024, including in India, Russia, Britain, the European Union and across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas
    US and allies face tough choices amid growing Red Sea crisis
    Comment
    US faces tough choices amid Red Sea crisis
    The coming weeks will require the world’s merchant shipping lines and navies to find a way to reopen the Red Sea ideally without a wider conflict
    Mideast powers play complex politics amid raging Gaza war
    Comment
    Mideast powers play complex politics amid raging Gaza war
    This war will still yield more bloodshed, but all players will already be looking to shape things to their advantage when it is over
    Amid Ukraine and China focus, US pulled back into Middle East
    Opinion
    Amid Ukraine and China focus, US pulled back into Middle East
    The US is flying high-tech weapons to Israel, only months after it pulled thousands of artillery shells from its stockpiles there to ship them to Ukraine
    Hamas assault on Israel shows surprise still possible in AI era
    Opinion
    Hamas assault on Israel shows surprise still possible in AI era
    In concealing their attack, Hamas will have been helped by conditions in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas seized power in 2007
    From Ukraine to Taiwan, satellite firms wrangle with geopolitics in space
    Opinion
    From Ukraine to Taiwan, satellite firms wrangle with geopolitics in space
    Analysts, defence and tech experts say that has supercharged an already growing international appetite for alternative secure satellite communications