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Talking Strategy

Royal United Services Institute

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Our thinking about defence and security is shaped by ideas. What we see depends on our vantage point and the lenses we apply to the world. Governments, military and business leaders are seeking to maximise the value they gain from scarce resources by becoming more ‘strategic’. Standing on the shoulders of the giants of strategy from the past helps us see further and more clearly into the future. This series is aimed at those looking to learn more about strategy and how to become more strateg ...
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It’s June. Which means once again Christians – along with people of all stripes – are getting bombarded by anti-biblical LGBTQ+ propaganda. Those pushing the saturation coverage are not interested in tolerance. Nor are they acting out of kindness. Powerful interests - corporations, governments and celebrities – are aggressively foisting this upon y…
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Garff MHK Daphne Caine has certainly not been short of challenges since she took up the reins at the Department of Education. Do you save £7m a year by closing primary schools and other ‘efficiencies’ or acknowledge that the backlash from those affected will be to big a political price to pay for a government which struggles to find popularity? As …
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Christians in the West see chaos growing: violent protests, unbiblical social movements, political instability and even pressures to shutter churches. So how should Christians respond? The Arab Springs offer a helpful case study of Christians responding in the midst of chaos. During the Arab Spring, protests swept through many Middle Eastern countr…
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You could be forgiven for thinking that the House of Keys is about to make an historic decision to introduce assisted dying, but is that really the case? Also as we approach the end of the third year of the current House of Keys, June Tynwald will be asked to consider three motions on housing but will any of these make any meaningful impact on the …
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The Apostle Paul famously served as a tentmaker to support himself during his ministry in the First Century. What does it look like for Christians today to follow in his entrepreneurial footsteps? How can tentmaking serve Kingdom priorities in the rainy days ahead? On this episode of the Christian Emergency Podcast, Troy Albee – pastor of Grace Pre…
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The Manx Labour Party held it’s AGM a few weeks ago so a good excuse to find out what it’s all about. Do we still need a Labour movement in the Isle of Man or has it’s time past? The Labour Party was formed in 1918 to fight against the social injustice of the time and over the century that followed it achieved much of it’s initial objectives, so wh…
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When you think of Iran, do troubling thoughtsor fears come to mind? Iran has been back in the news, and concerning developments cloud the region. But there is an encouraging story that’s playing out in Iran. It’s about the miraculous growth of Christianity in a country where it has been suppressed and persecuted. Tat Stewart has a unique vantage po…
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May Tynwald was a relatively brief an uncontroversial affair but even with a light Order Paper there were still a few items of interest. Some members expressing righteous indignation over Tynwald’s unwillingness to suspend its standing orders while others dismissing this as a storm in a tea cup. And what’s really happening in Peel with apparent con…
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