We live, it is alleged, in a ‘post-truth’ age. In fact, we have always lived in a ‘post-truth’ age (particularly if you are a post-structuralist, as I discussed last week). And the truth is that governments are pretty much always uttering ‘post-truth’ - facts that suit their narrative, selective inf...

This article was recently published on the Rethinking Security website. 

It’s a joy and privilege that I’m quite often approached by young people who want advice about their futures. They’re interested in the world; they want to work internationally; sometimes they want to be diplomats. I try to help when I can but I’m writing this post for the times when I can’t.

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In the last couple of years, I have discovered post-structuralism. I wish I’d known about it sooner, as the discovery has been a revelation and a joy.