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John Laughland
John Laughland (born 6 September 1963) is a British eurosceptic conservative author who writes on international affairs and political philosophy. He is the director of Forum for Democracy International. Career Laughland has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford, studied at Munich University, and has been a lecturer at the University of Paris and at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He also holds the French post-doctoral habilitation degree for his work on sovereignty in international relations. Laughland has contributed articles to ''The Guardian'', ''The Mail on Sunday'', ''The Sunday Telegraph'', ''The Spectator'', '' Brussels Journal'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''National Review'', ''The American Conservative'' and ''Antiwar.com''. He was until 2008 the European director of the European Foundation, a eurosceptic think-tank chaired by Bill Cash MP. Laughland was guest editor of ''The Monist'' in January 2007. From 2008 to 2018, he was Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodes Forum 2014 (15696354408)
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes (regional unit), Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes (city), Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. In 2022 the island has population of 124,851 people. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens. Rhodes has several nicknames, such as "Island of the Sun" due to its patron sun god Helios, "The Pearl Island", and "The Island of the Knights", named after the Knights Hospitaller, Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. Historically, Rhodes was famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Fortifications of Rhodes, The Medieval Old Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
