Chris Melville is a research analyst covering the West and Central African region, with a particular focus on the oil and conflict states of the Atlantic Rim. He is a graduate of Modern History from Balliol College, Oxford University, and holds an MA in African Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he focused on post-Cold War transitions and resource dependency in Angola.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
