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Is the WTO deal good news for multilateralism?
Resolving gridlock involves the search for a new kind of politics that builds on the many and various partial solutions to global challenges that can be found today. The only alternative is collective...
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This week's window on the Middle East - December 18, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Water, water, everywhere.Water, water, everywhereIt's raining, it's...
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In Kenya, averting a move to strangle civil society with the financial noose
In October Kenya introduced legislation capping foreign funding to NGOs and requiring that money be channeled through a government body. Though narrowly defeated, the law looked to be a death-knell for...
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Canvassing for ‘None of the above’
Politicians are no longer middle class or working class. Rather, they are political class. They form, or appear to form, a tight in-group from which millions of citizens feel excluded. What is the poor...
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Turkey and neoliberalism, a prequel to #occupyGezi
The drive to reclaim a people's right to their city led to the revival of Turkish civic identity and highlighted the growing importance of social capital. Why did it take so long for Turkey?Street art...
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Istanbul in transformation
The Gezi park protests of June 2013 drew the attention of the world to a very urban conflict in Turkey's capital. Less covered, were the various micro-conflicts behind the scenes which led to eruption...
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EU and US both threatened by secret trade talks
This week’s talks, like the previous rounds, will happen behind closed doors. The negotiating texts will be kept secret from the public but not from the approximately 600 corporate representatives who...
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The impact of a 20% media ownership cap – not so ‘minor’
Rob Kenny responds to Justin Schlosberg's article on media plurality published here.Last week Justin Schlosberg (of Birkbeck, University of London and the Media Reform Coalition) and I debated media...
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No more heroes
Inquests into military deaths away from the battlefield provide important opportunities for removing the carefully constructed veneer of PR that casts all soldiers as heroes.While the killing of...
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Non-violence: past, present, future
An informative guide to non-violent activism worldwide offers a valuable, positive resource through difficult times. It is also a tribute to the lifelong work of its co-editor, Howard Clark. Have the...
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Slovakia: right-wing extremism on the rise
Marian Kotleba, a well-known figure of the Slovak neo-Nazi scene, was recently elected as governor of the central Slovak region of Banská Bystrica. Is this the mere consequence of a protest vote, or...
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Who’s afraid of partisan politics?
Bi-partisan deal-making is often celebrated as progress, but is it any basis for transforming politics in America? This is the final article in our series on trans-partisan politics.Credit: Kevin...
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Where are Europe's leaders?
How do we assess performance, visibility and power in a European context? And why has the EU's leadership failed to engage with Europe's citizens? (Video, 18 mins)The National Council for Voluntary...
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Why the US should join forces with the Baathist regime in Syria
The Baathist regime is indeed guilty of great war crimes, but the human cost of a failed state would be a greater catastrophe. Washington should have learnt this lesson from Afghanistan, Somalia and...
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Welcome to the memory hole - disappearing Edward Snowden
What if Edward Snowden was made to disappear? Whistleblower Peter Van Buren examines how the control exerted by governments on the internet is a threat to the very notion of human memory, social and...
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Sisi’s men: anticipating the coming regime
The challenge Sisi will face, will be in keeping his outer circle intact, a challenge which will be the main determinant behind his policy-decisions. When Egyptians voted for Morsi, they had quite a...
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On western military interventionism
Things are not as clear cut as one would like to believe: like war and peace, black and white, good or evil. As in real life, there are few obvious moral, or immoral solutions. Take Mali.On January 1,...
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Rethinking security: from projecting power to preventing problems
The embrace of corporate partners by science and technology departments and the erosion of distinctions between the military and the police have been at the heart of disturbing security trends in the...
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Russia’s orphan outcasts
Many young Russians brought up in institutional care have ended up homeless because regional authorities are ignoring their responsibility to house them. Georgy Borodyansky reports from Omsk. At the...
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The Chilean presidential elections and foreign policy
Chile has been elected as one of the ten non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (2014-2015). What might the future mandate for foreign policy look like under Chile’s new president? This survey...
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