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Kickstarting taxation
The Starbucks and Googles of this world will always find tax loopholes. We need to link taxation once again to civic virtue and demonstratable social impact. We'll get them on the spirit of the law,...
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Diary of a dancer
Russian ballet dancers used to defect to the West, but two years ago Xander Parish left the Royal Ballet for St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Ballet. Extracts from his diary, from his first Giselle in St...
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President Budimir of Bosnia arrested on charges of corruption
Accused of receiving bribes to pardon convicts, the President of Bosnia is one of a number of senior officials arrested on the orders of Bosnia's State Prosecutor’s OfficeŽviko Budimir, the President...
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NPT: toothless in the face of real world dangers
The core purpose of the NPT was security and the prevention of nuclear war, but the esoteric diplomacy of the current regime has become too far removed from the dangerous and messy world of today’s...
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A new Europe can only come from the bottom up
Simply put, 'another Europe' must be able to suggest alternatives that make sense to the majority of the citizens across the continent.European Union stars in Paris. Flickr/notarim. Some rights...
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Deorientalizing citizenship? An introduction to the second Oecumene symposium
In the first of a series of videos from the Oecumene project's second symposium on citizenship, orientalism and colonialism, Engin Isin discusses the major themes addressed in the symposium and...
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What stops the UK protecting victims of trafficking?
How we’ve managed to make protecting trafficking victims so complicated.Recently on OurKingdom I wrote about the shocking plight of adults and children who are forced into sexual or labour exploitation...
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What next for libel reform in Britain?
Recent reforms to UK libel law look set to encouarge greater freedom of expression. The coming months will be pivotal in determining how they are put into practice. During the course of the...
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Careful what you wish for: thinking through the neoliberal nation
The destructive power of neoliberal globalization has prompted renewed interest in nationalism on the left. But the legacies of empire and the political nature of the neoliberal project itself suggest...
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Failed cities?
Everyday life in some western cities is often more dangerous than living in so-called 'failed states'. Is it thus time to re-scale security analysis? "NOLA against crime". New Orleans protest against...
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A financial transaction tax for Europe
A tax on financial transactions in Europe could reduce harmful speculation and help restore some political control over the markets. So why don't we have one yet?Protesters call for a 'Robin Hood Tax'...
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When cooperation is collaboration
How should liberal Russians interact with an increasingly illiberal regime? Writer and Putin critic Grigory Chkhartishvili (a.k.a Boris Akunin) delivered a simple message at yesterday's opposition...
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Cyprus: Divided by history, united by austerity
A political settlement to the Cyprus dispute is no longer just a romantic fantasy; it may be the only way out of the country's current economic crisis.The economic crisis which has gripped both sides...
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Britain's housing crisis: on Novara Radio
We need homes, but why growth? The Novara radio show discusses the housing crisis in Britain. For more Novara radio episodes, go to the Novara Media website. Country or region: UK Topics: Democracy...
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The Italian government's doomed quest for stability
When the only thing holding a coalition together is fear of the voters, instability is just around the corner. The Letta government in Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Demtix/Simona Granati. All rights...
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Religious liberty, the minority problem and geopolitics
In a keynote lecture from the Oecumene project's second symposium, Saba Mahmood shows that religious liberty is a mechanism of statecraft and discusses the implications for religious minority...
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The politics of piety and secularism
In this video interview from the Oecumene project's second symposium, Saba Mahmood discusses Malala Yousufzai, women's reform movements in the Middle East and the politics of piety.This video is part...
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A social Europe must be a political Europe
My dear Etienne Balibar, in a recent article you explain how a new Europe can only come from the bottom up. But how would this shift from top-down to bottom-up work, and what does it even mean?Inside...
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From shadows to darkness
After being sidelined since December 2011, the Kremlin's once-mighty propagandist Vladislav Surkov was today ousted from government. Mikhail Loginov looks back at the career of the former 'grey...
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UK Border Agency insists that Sri Lankans pay to get maimed so they can claim...
Burnt with metal rods and cigarette butts? Maybe so, says the Border Agency, but you paid someone to do this to you. A surgeon with expertise in torture scars argues that 'self-torture by proxy' is a...
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