Job Opportunity – Middle East Programme Officer Forward Thinking is a London based NGO working in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and political dialogue in the Middle East and North Africa. We seek an outstanding candidate to...
President Kais Saied’s decision, 31st March, to dissolve the Tunisian Assembly of Representatives and put MPs on trial is deeply concerning. Initial reports indicate that Tunisian authorities are beginning to arrest of 121 Parliamentarians who...
On the 16th of March a working group meeting of the Helsinki Policy Forum was held in Helsinki. The meeting brought together government officials from Ministries of Foreign Affairs from ten European and Gulf-MENA...
Oliver McTernan and Julian Weinberg spoke at the colloquium “Peace-making and Statecraft in the Muslim World: Towards a More Convergent Normative Conflict Resolution Framework”, hosted in Istanbul, 10-12 February, by the Folke Bernadotte Academy,...
Forward Thinking have moved offices and have a new address. We are now based at 1 Quality Court, WC2A 1HR. We ask that anyone trying to contact us please use this new address.
Between the 19-22 of September, Oliver participated in the launch of the SHAF Centre for Future Studies and Crisis Analysis in Cairo. The event was sponsored by the Arab League. SHAF is a new...
On the 3rd of May Oliver was invited to give a talk alongside a panel of speakers, as part of Istanbul Zaim University’s Centre for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) Ramadan Webinar series. This...
From the 4th of July, Forward Thinking will be in a new office. Our new address will be: 1 St John’s Lane, Farringdon, London, EC1M 4BL. Our landline will also be changing to:...
On the 23rd and 24th of January Oliver attended the World Economic Forum in Davos where he took part in closed meeting looking at the current challenges facing those engaged in the search for...
Members of the Forward Thinking team visited Brussels on the 14th of January for meetings with a number of European institutions, particularly the European External Action Service (EEAS). The purpose of the visit was...