by chloe | Apr 25, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth
by Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow On the face of it, the Commonwealth is a strange beast. A hotchpotch of 53 nations, covering a quarter of the world’s land-mass, its leaders represent (after a fashion) a third of world’s population. Born out of the Empire, it...
by chloe | Apr 24, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth
by Susan Williams, Senior Research Fellow How one addresses the question of the Commonwealth’s relevance depends on one’s perception of ‘the Commonwealth’. It is known globally as an international association, bringing together 53 ‘independent and equal...
by chloe | Apr 22, 2018 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth
by Melanie Torrent, Senior Research Fellow Back in October 1995, the admission of Cameroon to the Commonwealth during the Heads of Government Meeting in Auckland was a fairly controversial affair. Within Commonwealth circles, a number of experts believed the country...
by chloe | Apr 19, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth
by J Howard M Jones, Senior Research Fellow When first teaching at the University of Reading, a student from Fiji recounted to me the experience of attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace. When introduced, with her husband, to the Queen, they knelt and clapped...
by chloe | Apr 18, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth
by John Cowley, Senior Research Fellow Political change in the United Kingdom has raised interest in the Commonwealth, giving the organisation a status it has lacked in recent years. Suddenly, this extraordinary association of diverse communities that spans the globe...
by chloe | Aug 7, 2017 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Regions, The Commonwealth
by Dr Maria Mut, Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Two classical physics theories perfectly apply to the current situation in Gibraltar. The first has been attributed to Heraclitus: ‘Everything flows, moves and nothing lasts forever’. The second one...
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