Stuart Mole
Biographic Data
| ID | 5930891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stuart Mole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stuart |
| FAMILY NAME | Mole |
| SIGNATURE | MOLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9098-8021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mandela’s gift? The strange birth of the Commonwealth’s watchdog
Smoke and mirrors’
Averting catastrophe
Bloody Commonwealth peacemongers’
In the international campaign against apartheid, the Commonwealth is often cited as clashing repeatedly with its former imperial master, the United Kingdom, whether on sport, arms sales or sanctions against South Africa. Yet little attention is paid to the quite different role a united Commonwealth was able to play in South Africa’s transition from apartheid, following the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in February 1990. This article uses …
Desmond Tutu, apartheid and a ‘God-filled life’
More than a god? The Duke of Edinburgh and the Commonwealth
Shortly before the body of the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest in the vaults of St George’s Chapel, the Archbishop of Canterbury intoned a final farewell to the Prince for his ‘life of service t
Remembering Patsy Robertson
Patsy Robertson with Sir Shridath Ramphal [Photograph by Colin Patterson © Commonwealth Association, reproduced withpermission from Cheryl Dorall] Patsy Robertson, who has died at the age of 86, pl
Apartheid, Guns and Money
If the first casualty of war is truth, the last act of a tyrannical regime is to attempt to expunge all evidence of its crimes. In 1992, with apartheid’s end in sight, South Africa’s president, F.W
Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth
Nelson Mandela’s relationship with the Commonwealth was long lasting and defined by more than the struggle against apartheid. These images capture some of the key moments in that relationship.The p
Mandela and the Commonwealth
Few would deny the historic importance of South Africa to the Commonwealth. As an independent dominion within the association after 1931, it was a powerful ally in war, a significant trading partne
Apartheid 1948–1994
My first visit to South Africa for 16 years was coming to an end. As I drove towards O. R. Tambo airport, outside Johannesburg, I could see thick plumes of smoke rising from the centre of Pretoria
Out of Malta, Beginning Anew
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Malta witnessed high drama in the election of Patricia Scotland as the organisation’s new Secretary-General. This article notes, among other things, that it once again demonstrated the myth that the Secretary-General is chosen on the basis of consensus. In the view of the author, although the conference discussed a number of issues of substance and importance, there is an urgent need to…
Ramphal on Record/The Record on Ramphal
Colombo Notebook
Justice for Chagos
As squalid deals go, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s clandestine agreement with the US government at the height of the Cold War over the use of Diego Garcia as a military base is one of the d
In the Ring
UK Parliament’s Praise Becomes Fainter
Negotiating with Apartheid
The 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, meeting in the Bahamas, established an Eminent Persons Group to encourage dialogue towards the establishment of a non-racial and representative government in South Africa. The Group visited South Africa and met with leaders of the front-line states, government ministers and black leaders in South Africa and African National Congress leaders in exile. Its report was published as a Penguin Special …
The Wider World is Short of Ideas’
A Great Global Good?’ Reviewing the Modern Commonwealth
The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has inaugurated another High-level Review of the Commonwealth and an Eminent Persons Group. This article considers previous reviews and the potential and prospects of this latest one. It reports on the Round Table Centenary Conference held at Cumberland Lodge in January 2010, which was devoted to a critical study of Commonwealth institutions and processes
Whose Commonwealth? Responses to Krishnan Srinivasan's The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth
Krishnan Srinivasan's provocative book The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth is the first full-length study of the Commonwealth for some years. The Round Table invited five leading Commonwealth scholars and activisits to respond from varying perspectives. They find the book stimulating and irritating in equal measure. The debate is set to continue
Seminars for statesmen’
The Commonwealth was transformed by the independence of India, Pakistan and Ceylon, and now has 53 members. The Commonwealth summit has accordingly changed in size and character. The author traces the evolving character of Commonwealth summits and of the parallel events now associated with them, and suggests some ways in which they might further evolve
The 2003 Nigerian Elections
The 2003 Nigerian elections presented a challenge. Could Nigeria build on the four years of civilian government instituted in 1999 and consolidate its nascent democracy? Or would violence, corruption and malpractice provide a pretext for the return of the military rule that had dogged Nigeria for most of the years since its independence in 1960? The Commonwealth Observer Group present at the National Assembly and Presidential elections in April r…
From Empire To Equality
Migration is an ages-old well nigh global phenomenon and features prominently in the history of the British Empire and its much transformed successor the contemporary Commonwealth. Twentieth century debate about the nature and significance of migration has accompanied changing assessments of the Empire and Commonwealth, especially in the second half of the 20th century. Some crucial realities face the Commonwealth on the question of migration. So…
Issues of commonwealth membership
Concern to regularise the criteria for membership of the Commonwealth culminated in the Harare Declaration of 1991 which sought to codify the processes of enlargement while establishing a set of principles to guide acceptable behaviour by member states, particularly in the related fields of democracy and human rights. The admission of several countries without a direct association with Britain marked a departure from the founding principles of th…
Negotiating with Apartheid
The 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, meeting in the Bahamas, established an Eminent Persons Group to encourage dialogue towards the establishment of a non-racial and representative government in South Africa. The Group visited South Africa and met with leaders of the front-line states, government ministers and black leaders in South Africa and African National Congress leaders in exile. Its report was published as a Penguin Special …
Apartheid, Guns and Money
If the first casualty of war is truth, the last act of a tyrannical regime is to attempt to expunge all evidence of its crimes. In 1992, with apartheid’s end in sight, South Africa’s president, F.W
Seminars for statesmen’
The Commonwealth was transformed by the independence of India, Pakistan and Ceylon, and now has 53 members. The Commonwealth summit has accordingly changed in size and character. The author traces the evolving character of Commonwealth summits and of the parallel events now associated with them, and suggests some ways in which they might further evolve
Smoke and mirrors’
In the Ring
From Empire To Equality
Migration is an ages-old well nigh global phenomenon and features prominently in the history of the British Empire and its much transformed successor the contemporary Commonwealth. Twentieth century debate about the nature and significance of migration has accompanied changing assessments of the Empire and Commonwealth, especially in the second half of the 20th century. Some crucial realities face the Commonwealth on the question of migration. So…
Issues of commonwealth membership
Concern to regularise the criteria for membership of the Commonwealth culminated in the Harare Declaration of 1991 which sought to codify the processes of enlargement while establishing a set of principles to guide acceptable behaviour by member states, particularly in the related fields of democracy and human rights. The admission of several countries without a direct association with Britain marked a departure from the founding principles of th…
Issues of commonwealth membership
Concern to regularise the criteria for membership of the Commonwealth culminated in the Harare Declaration of 1991 which sought to codify the processes of enlargement while establishing a set of principles to guide acceptable behaviour by member states, particularly in the related fields of democracy and human rights. The admission of several countries without a direct association with Britain marked a departure from the founding principles of th…
From Empire To Equality
Migration is an ages-old well nigh global phenomenon and features prominently in the history of the British Empire and its much transformed successor the contemporary Commonwealth. Twentieth century debate about the nature and significance of migration has accompanied changing assessments of the Empire and Commonwealth, especially in the second half of the 20th century. Some crucial realities face the Commonwealth on the question of migration. So…
The 2003 Nigerian Elections
The 2003 Nigerian elections presented a challenge. Could Nigeria build on the four years of civilian government instituted in 1999 and consolidate its nascent democracy? Or would violence, corruption and malpractice provide a pretext for the return of the military rule that had dogged Nigeria for most of the years since its independence in 1960? The Commonwealth Observer Group present at the National Assembly and Presidential elections in April r…
Seminars for statesmen’
The Commonwealth was transformed by the independence of India, Pakistan and Ceylon, and now has 53 members. The Commonwealth summit has accordingly changed in size and character. The author traces the evolving character of Commonwealth summits and of the parallel events now associated with them, and suggests some ways in which they might further evolve
Whose Commonwealth? Responses to Krishnan Srinivasan's The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth
Krishnan Srinivasan's provocative book The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth is the first full-length study of the Commonwealth for some years. The Round Table invited five leading Commonwealth scholars and activisits to respond from varying perspectives. They find the book stimulating and irritating in equal measure. The debate is set to continue
A Great Global Good?’ Reviewing the Modern Commonwealth
The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has inaugurated another High-level Review of the Commonwealth and an Eminent Persons Group. This article considers previous reviews and the potential and prospects of this latest one. It reports on the Round Table Centenary Conference held at Cumberland Lodge in January 2010, which was devoted to a critical study of Commonwealth institutions and processes
The Wider World is Short of Ideas’
Negotiating with Apartheid
The 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, meeting in the Bahamas, established an Eminent Persons Group to encourage dialogue towards the establishment of a non-racial and representative government in South Africa. The Group visited South Africa and met with leaders of the front-line states, government ministers and black leaders in South Africa and African National Congress leaders in exile. Its report was published as a Penguin Special …
In the Ring
UK Parliament’s Praise Becomes Fainter
Colombo Notebook
Justice for Chagos
As squalid deals go, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s clandestine agreement with the US government at the height of the Cold War over the use of Diego Garcia as a military base is one of the d
Ramphal on Record/The Record on Ramphal
Out of Malta, Beginning Anew
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Malta witnessed high drama in the election of Patricia Scotland as the organisation’s new Secretary-General. This article notes, among other things, that it once again demonstrated the myth that the Secretary-General is chosen on the basis of consensus. In the view of the author, although the conference discussed a number of issues of substance and importance, there is an urgent need to…
Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth
Nelson Mandela’s relationship with the Commonwealth was long lasting and defined by more than the struggle against apartheid. These images capture some of the key moments in that relationship.The p
Mandela and the Commonwealth
Few would deny the historic importance of South Africa to the Commonwealth. As an independent dominion within the association after 1931, it was a powerful ally in war, a significant trading partne
Apartheid 1948–1994
My first visit to South Africa for 16 years was coming to an end. As I drove towards O. R. Tambo airport, outside Johannesburg, I could see thick plumes of smoke rising from the centre of Pretoria
Apartheid, Guns and Money
If the first casualty of war is truth, the last act of a tyrannical regime is to attempt to expunge all evidence of its crimes. In 1992, with apartheid’s end in sight, South Africa’s president, F.W
Remembering Patsy Robertson
Patsy Robertson with Sir Shridath Ramphal [Photograph by Colin Patterson © Commonwealth Association, reproduced withpermission from Cheryl Dorall] Patsy Robertson, who has died at the age of 86, pl
More than a god? The Duke of Edinburgh and the Commonwealth
Shortly before the body of the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest in the vaults of St George’s Chapel, the Archbishop of Canterbury intoned a final farewell to the Prince for his ‘life of service t
Bloody Commonwealth peacemongers’
In the international campaign against apartheid, the Commonwealth is often cited as clashing repeatedly with its former imperial master, the United Kingdom, whether on sport, arms sales or sanctions against South Africa. Yet little attention is paid to the quite different role a united Commonwealth was able to play in South Africa’s transition from apartheid, following the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in February 1990. This article uses …
Desmond Tutu, apartheid and a ‘God-filled life’
Mandela’s gift? The strange birth of the Commonwealth’s watchdog
Smoke and mirrors’
Averting catastrophe
Political science (20 works) · Commonwealth (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (15 works) · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism (11 works) · Government (linguistics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Australian History and Society (6 works)