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Lampedusa deaths: identification and families’ right to know
It is a principle that those who perish or go missing in humanitarian disasters should be identified. This principle should also be applied to migration tragedies, though it is infrequently acted on by...
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Media plurality - Schlosberg responds
The final installment of the conversation, here Justin Schlosberg responds to Rob Kenny's article. In response to my brief on media ownership limits, Rob Kenny helpfully moves the discussion forward by...
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Commercialisation and nationalism in Polish football
Could there be a link between the increasing commercialisation of Polish football and the rise in far-right hooliganism?An anti-racism banner is unfurled at a match between Ruch Chorzow and Legia...
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From utopia to dystopia: technology, society and what we can do about it
The superficial post-war dream that technology would solve the world’s social problems has transformed into a nightmare of electronically enabled global surveillance and suppression. Yet with...
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Inside Theresa May's "hostile environment"
The British government feels obliged to make life hell for immigrants arriving in the UK. Another example of how in “Fortress Europe”, cruelty is now official policy.While the British government wants...
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A conclusion to dystopia
Bringing in the themes explored in our project “Real Life Dystopias”, guest-editor Yiannis Baboulias examines the nature of the political and financial institutions that produce them globally.“Detroit...
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The Central African Republic facing its R2P moment of truth
The world is responding, albeit slowly, to the human rights crisis in the Central African Republic, showing that – despite all the disputes over Libya and Syria – the ideas underpinning the...
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Appraising Ethiopia’s Saudi policy
We are full well aware that we should not kid ourselves about the likely short- and long- term costs of severing all bilateral ties. What we are proposing of course is limited in scope and time....
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In Ukraine, free cheese is a mousetrap
Viktor Yanukovych has fled from Europe into the welcoming arms of Mother Russia. But as Valery Kalnysh reports, the cost to Ukraine could be high.After their president Viktor Yanukovych’s talks with...
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Washington’s wedding album from hell
The US launches drone strikes against groups or individuals whose behavior simply fits a “suspect” category: young men of military age carrying weapons, for instance (in areas where carrying a weapon...
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Mandela and Cuba: another memory hole
Recognition of the role of Cuba in aiding the ANC whilst the western powers backed apartheid is hardly serviceable in maintaining the conventional Cold War narrative. Hence the media's impressive...
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Iran deal: the view from Saudi Arabia
Iran’s adoption of an actively conciliatory foreign policy has set the stage for Iranian-Saudi cooperation and for further developments to take place.The November deal struck between the P5+1 and Iran...
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Israel/Palestine: trapped by our own narratives?
This tragic historic clash - the product of centuries of virulent European antisemitism at home and rampant imperialism abroad, crowned by double or, in this case, treble dealings - is the root of the...
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Indian elections: democracy reaffirmed?
The election results which have just come in have been stunning. BJP won thumping majorities in Madhya Pradesh (165/230), Rajasthan (162/199) and a comfortable majority in Chhattisgarh (49/90).Over the...
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South Sudan: grim legacy of neglect
A power-grab by rebels would come with huge civilian casualties and also set a bad precedent in a country with long ethnic rivalries, lacking a professional military and with an armed civilian...
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The one that didn’t get away
President Putin’s amnesty which has seen Pussy Riot’s Alyokina and Tolokonnikova released, as well, perhaps, as the Greenpeace 30, is by no means extended to everyone. Young activist Taisiya Osipova...
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Anti-ngo legislation in Israel: a first step toward silencing dissent
Ultra-nationalist political parties are yet again trying to crack down on dissenting Israeli NGOs. This is the latest in a longer series of efforts to fundamentally re-define Israel as the “state of...
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Degrees of privilege
We pretend that the university entry system is broadly meritocratic. But in Britain the privately educated child of a professional family is three times more likely to get into a top university than...
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Britain's Bulgaria-Romania phobia
The panic in Britain over prospective Bulgarian and Romanian immigration is based on misunderstanding of European rules. It is also at odds with the country's best traditions, says Dimitar Bechev.Does...
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Georgia and migration: a policy trap
Europe's politics of migration control are being exported to Georgia with potentially dangeous results, says Gavin Slade. The detention and deportation of immigrants have become key strategies of...
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