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Save our party from the precipice! A LibDem's plan for recovery, Naomi Smith...
Britain's 'third party' is no longer worthy of the name. Trevor Smith joined the Liberal Party in 1955 when it had five MPs; he fears he may die with the LibDems having the same number! Britain's...
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The shock-and-awe of mega sports events, Christopher McMichael
How mega sporting events bring the logic of war to host-city governance. The example of the football World Cup in South Africa highlights how security for mega-events has become a self-reinforcing...
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The social union between Scotland and the UK: how would it fare with...
Crucial to the argument for Scottish independence is the idea that leaving the political union of the United Kingdom will not mean leaving the social union. But what is this 'social union'? With his...
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What “Great Transformation”?, Jakob Vestergaard
Martin Wolf’s suggestions for an overhaul of our economic system are sensible, but fundamentally insufficient for the Great Transformation we need. The headline for the 2012 World Economic Forum in...
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The freedom bus, Kacem Jlidi
A chance to share stories that underscore the rich Palestinian history of popular resistance and sumud (steadfastness). Johanna Wallin is a human rights activist and mother to Jasmine, a one year old...
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Scotland needs a One Question Referendum. It is that simple!, Gerry Hassan
The Scottish independence referendum may be more than a question of 'in' or 'out'. Would a third option - devo max - empower the people through more choice, or muddy the waters? The Scottish...
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Algeria: reform or securitization of civil society?, Mélissa Rahmouni
While most of the world attention has been focused elsewhere, the early days of 2012 have seen a series of strikes and protests in Algeria. Is this the long awaited Algerian awakening? Since the first...
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Tunisia: animated movie sparks violent clashes between Islamists and Freedom...
Freedom of speech is under contention in Tunisia as never before. “I was in front of the courthouse. A man ripped off the sign on which I had printed, "In the Quran, even Satan has the right to...
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Anyone but Putin: how Russians should vote in March, Grigorii Golosov
Russians keen to punish Vladimir Putin at the polls on March 4 have four opposition candidates to choose from, but all are tarnished in some way by their links to the government. Grigorii Golosov...
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The far horizons of peacebuilding – and the near, Dan Smith
Peacebuilding and development can no longer be thought of in terms of what was always an over-simplified polarisation between the powerful stability of the giver and the weak turbulence of the...
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The contest over peace and security in Africa, Alex de Waal
The dominant interventionist approach to peace and security in Africa by-passes the hard work of creating domestic political consensus and instead imposes models of government favoured by western...
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Capoeira and security: the view from upside-down, Zoë Marriage
Through an account of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, we uncover two simultaneous stories of security: first, the gradual monopolisation of violence by the state; second, a somatic, lyrical...
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Taking the Pope to court, Shareen Gokal
In a landmark effort to bring Vatican officials, including Pope Benedict XVI, to account for crimes against humanity - the widespread and systematic sexual violence perpetrated by the Catholic Church,...
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The English conversation has finally begun. What took so long?, Sunder Katwala
Englishness is finally finding a voice, after more than a century. Why has it been muted this long, and is it time now for a strong civic nation, or will an England of blood and soil emerge?...
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The Exile Nation Project - Jean Marlowe, Charles Shaw
Jean Marlowe is known as the Godmother of Medical Cannabis in the State of North Carolina.In this wildly entertaining interview, the feisty Marlowe gives her irreverent take on the hypocrisy of...
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The hole at the heart of the Labour Party, Stuart Weir
Ed Miliband’s sortie against Stephen Hester and City bonuses is a sign of life in Labour. But Labour’s position on the benefit cap reveals a deep-seated weakness. Ed Miliband’s sortie against Stephen...
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Words of welcome: 2011 Olof Palme Prize, Pierre Schori
On January 27, in its 25th award ceremony, the 2011 Olaf Palme Prize for International Understanding and Common Security was given to Lydia Cacho Ribeiro and Roberto Saviano for their tireless and...
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The December 2011 Bonn Conference: a farewell to Afghanistan?, Carlo Ungaro
Several new elements are added, almost daily, to worsen the complexity of the situation, and rumours of an imminent military coup in Islamabad do little to clarify matters. In December 2001, just over...
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Karachay-Cherkessiya: how the Caucasus is feeding itself, Mikhail Loginov
The nationalist-populist leader of Russia's protest movement Aleksey Navalny has made much of a claim that the Kremlin has been 'feeding' unruly citizens in the North Caucasus at the expense of...
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Attacking Iran: lessons from the Iran-Iraq war, Annie Tracy Samuel
Military action against Iran, and even the continuing threat of attack, is likely to give the Islamic Republic a new lease on life. The presumed aim of an attack by the United States and/or Israel on...
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