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Understanding the Commonwealth through the Library collections

Understanding the Commonwealth through the Library collections

by chloe | Apr 26, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, The Commonwealth

by Laurence Byrne, Research Librarian for Commonwealth Studies As Krishnan Srinivasan has noted, the Commonwealth is perhaps the only international organisation shaped by the British experience and by the experience that other nations have had of the British. No...
The Commonwealth: a strange beast, a relic of Empire…or not so bad after all?

The Commonwealth: a strange beast, a relic of Empire…or not so bad after all?

by chloe | Apr 25, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, 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...
The Commonwealth: adapting to post-war, post-imperial realities

The Commonwealth: adapting to post-war, post-imperial realities

by chloe | Apr 24, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, 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...
Is the Commonwealth relevant?

Is the Commonwealth relevant?

by chloe | Apr 11, 2018 | Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, The Commonwealth

Edited by Dr Sue Onslow, Deputy Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies In January 2018, as preparations towards the Commonwealth Summit in London began to accelerate, Senior Research Fellows at the Institute were asked for their views on the valid question, ‘Is...

International migration and asylum – an opportunity for the Commonwealth to show leadership

by chloe | Oct 29, 2015 | Human Rights, The Commonwealth

by Richard Bourne, ICWS Senior Research Fellowship  The meeting of Commonwealth Heads in Malta is likely to be dominated by three issues – the election of a Secretary-General to run the Secretariat from 2016, positions for the Commonwealth to take at the upcoming...
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