Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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Council on Foreign Relations, 12th August 2021
Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
From 2021 – The US counterterrorism response to the September 11, 2001, attacks yielded some remarkable successes and disastrous failures in hunting al-Qaeda. The top terrorist threat today, though, is domestic rather than foreign
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House of Commons Library, 19th July 2021
Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
The beginning of the millennium saw an increased political focus on the threat from international terrorism, heightened by the attack on the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. Only one year before 9/11, new counter-terrorism legislation had been passed in the UK.
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Control Risks
Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
Discusses the legacy of 9/11, the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the shifting balance of global power
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IMF
Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
The IMF is concerned about the consequences of money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing, as well as related crimes that undermine the financial sector and the broader economy
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Time, 7th September 2023
Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
The UK has seen the coronation of King Charles III, a change in the line of succession, and more.
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Royal Family, 7th September 2023
Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
On the occasion of the anniversary of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing and The King’s Accession, the King has issued this message.
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RTE, 19th May 2011
Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
One of her landmark speeches, which reflected on UK-Ireland ties – Queen Elizabeth II capped off the second day of her historic state visit to Ireland in 2011 with a historic speech delivered in Dublin Castle.
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Guardian
Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
To carry on his mother’s work and confront the legacy of colonialism will require unique skills.
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Reuter, 22nd August 2023
Friday Reading Edition 168 (1st September 2023)
The BRICS group of major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – held its 15th heads of state and government summit in Johannesburg between 22-24 August.
Control Risks, 27th July 2023
Friday Reading Edition 168 (1st September 2023)
While they may not wield the same level of power as the "superpowers," the actions and diplomacy of Middle Powers can significantly impact regional and global dynamics.