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.
Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
The war is devastating lives and roiling markets. Here we track the disruptions that seem likely to shape lives and livelihoods, beyond the immediate crisis.
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Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
A peaceful uprising against the president of Syria 10 years ago turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left half a million people dead, devastated cities and drawn in other countries.
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Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
During the Cold War, the world order was based on a bipolarity, shaped around the policies of the US and the Soviet Union. As a result of these tensions, the two powers came to the brink of war in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis.
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Afghanistan since 9/11 Video
Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the US-led invasion of Afghanistan rapidly overthrew the Taliban regime that had hosted Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda network.
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Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. The political, economic and social impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall further weakened the already unstable East German government. Germany reunited on 3 October 1990, 11 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement achieved compromise by creating a new power-sharing government, facilitating disarmament, and abolishing border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
[Requires setting up a BBC account in the UK] When the US was fighting the Vietnam War which lasted into the 1970s, Australia and New Zealand sent troops to fight with them, the UK did not. Denis Healey, the UK’s Defence Secretary at the time, talks about why his government resisted American invitations to join the war.
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The Korean War Text
Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
In 1950, the Cold War heated up with the outbreak of the Korean War. This three-year bloody and brutal struggle left millions of North and South Koreans dead, and over 100,000 casualties for the United Nations forces involved. Despite this, the conflict is a forgotten war today, but its legacy still has a huge global impact.
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