Archive for December 2018
Year End Reading List
As 2018 comes to a close, YPFP NY’s staff shares some of their favorite reads of the year: 1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink By Taylor Downing A gripping account of how close the world came to nuclear catastrophe through misunderstandings and a climate of heightened suspicions. Code Girls By Liza Mundy…
Read MoreYPFP Brussels Presents: Franziska Krueger, Programmes Officer
Welcome to 2019 and your latest YPFP Brussels Presents interviewee! We’re delighted to introduce Franziska Krueger, one of our Programmes Officers, who talks to us about how to organise a successful event, what news stories she’s interested in, and which object she always carries in her possession! What do you do in Brussels (what’s your…
Read MoreLessons from a President: George H.W. Bush’s Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
By Philip D. Caldwell As we remember the great life of President George H.W. Bush, perhaps lessons can be learned from the way he handled decision-making and managed his National Security Council (NSC) during one of the most precarious and defining episodes of his presidency. On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered an invasion of…
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