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Scotland's future: "I didn't want to tear my hair out"
Yesterday, the Scottish government produced its blueprint for an independent Scotland. Here, feminist comedian Liz Ely and independent MSP Jean Urquhart respond.The Scottish Parliament/wikimediaLiz...
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20 years of arbitrary detention in Britain
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of Campsfield, the immigration removal centre which heralded a mass expansion of detention and opened the door for profit in immigration control in Britain. Yet...
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Scotland's future: better than Cameron's permanent austerity, a stepping...
Yesterday, the Scottish government published their blueprint for an independent Scotland. Here, the new co-leader of the Scottish Green Party says what she thinks.Maggie ChapmanThe oil-baron funded...
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It is time that right-wing extremist acts are labelled as terrorist
'Lone-wolf attacks' by those inspired by the Far Right are driven by an ideology commited to violent individual acts. However, the UK cannot seem to decide whether to treat these acts as 'hate crime'...
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The Egyptian constitution: the militarized state
In order to gain a deeper understanding of articles related to the military in Egypt's amended constitution one needs to look at the clauses in conjunction with other clauses. This will shed light on...
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Rights-based approaches to development: from rights ‘talk’ to joint action
The rights based approach to development is increasingly popular, but more rights-based money isn’t the answer to the world’s ills. Rights-based practitioners will have to do a better job of evaluating...
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A regional affair
For the citizens of Lebanon and Beirut, the human cost of the attacks is tragic. The complex web of trans-regional motivations and alliances which provides the backdrop to this latest attack also...
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Iran nuclear deal: the fall-out
The interim nuclear deal between the western powers and Iran faces significant domestic and international challenges. But after long hostility it may prove a trust-building stepping-stone to a larger...
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Scotland's future Parliamentary debte: the battle lines are drawn
The Scottish Parliament today debated the SNP's white paper on the future of an independent Scotland. Adam Ramsay went along...The debating chamber at Holyrood/wikimediaI just sat through the Scottish...
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Propagan-duh!
Egyptians are not an uneducated and gullible herd. Neither were Germans in the 1930s-40s. But the masses can be short-sighted. They see what is going on as a war for their own survival....
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Is Ukraine its own master?
The world was waiting for Ukraine to take its first step towards joining the EU this week, but a few days ago its president announced a not-entirely-unexpected U-turn. Valery Kalnysh reports from Kyiv....
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Religion and politics in post-coup Egypt
How have the highest religious authorities in Egypt reacted to the conflict between Egypt's military and the Muslim Brotherhood, and what does this tell us about the part they play in Egypt's unfolding...
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Syria's chemical weapons: is the UN exceeding its mandate?
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons should be a technical agency of the UN. But it has arguably become a piece in a geo-political chess game dominated by the US, invited into Syria...
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Brokering Geneva II
How can the US and Russia look past their longstanding rivalry to move the political track forward and bring Syrian parties to the negotiating table?Over two and a half years on, a deep paralysis has...
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Syria and Libya, a slow meltdown
The diplomatic agreement over Iran is welcome. But it also conceals policy failure and media neglect in two arenas of deepening war and insecurity: Syria and Libya. The interim agreement over Iran's...
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The city of soap: Nabulsi identity beyond the communal experience of occupation
Nablus' soap - a potent symbol of Nabulsi identity - at the height of its popularity was exported to the Middle East, western Europe and beyond. However, restrictions have negatively contributed to the...
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British government hires private jet to deport hunger-striker Isa Muazu
A Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike at a UK immigration detention centre is due to be forcibly deported tomorrow.Protesters at Air Charter Scotland's offices, East Kilbride, 28 November...
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A new German government: but what about that new German politics for Europe?
After months of campaigning, leading to an election, followed by weeks of negotiation, the German Social Democrats and Merkel's CDU/CSU have finally agreed to form a grand coalition. But can this...
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Lambeth's political cult: the lessons
The experience of control and domination among a former radical group in south London must be understood in its true reality, says Alexandra Stein, a former cult member and now an academic.My one hope...
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Gulf states and Iran: don't moan, act
The international deal over Iran reveals the weakness of Arab Gulf diplomacy. It's time for a new approach, says Khaled Hroub.Many politicians in the Arab Gulf countries have a straightforward view of...
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