About this blog

Welcome to my blog - I'm Charles Reed and I advise the Church of England on foreign policy issues.
This blog covers a variety of topics from US foreign policy to European politics and the Middle East - and whatever else happens to be in the news or catch my attention.
This is a conversational blog so please join in as your comments are an essential part of making the whole thing work.
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Tag Archives: Global Voices
Egypt: Governmental Disruption, Corporate Social Responsibilty and Revolutionary Bloggers
Ahdaf Soueif, author of the 1996 best seller Map of Love, was interviewed by the BBC over the weekend in Cairo on how the West might best respond to the situation on the ground. Her comments were shaped by a day … Continue reading
Egypt: Blogging on the Day of Revolution
Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution appears to have lit the touch-paper for wider demonstrations across the Middle East. It is still far too early to know how the demonstrations in Egypt will play out and whether the democratic contagion will spread to … Continue reading


