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Can Russia afford to be an outcast in world politics?
What President Putin has been pursuing during his months-long battle against Ukraine’s economy and society was the semi-collapse and semi-implosion of the Ukrainian state. But at what cost?The...
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This week's window on the Middle East - April 14, 2014
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, Contempt and humiliation greet the first Papal visit to Israel in 50...
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Can the 'P5' process deliver on disarmament?
Given political will, what could nuclear weapon states, individually and as a group, realistically do to positively affect change and inject hope into the Non-Proliferation Treaty?The five...
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Critical citizenship for critical times
The author reflects on critical thinking, citizenship, and what contribution higher education might make to Egypt’s future during these turbulent times.As someone who has been studying critical...
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You’re a Russian reporter – stay out of Ukraine!
Ukraine's border and security officials are applying a restrictive policy on Russians entering the country, particularly male Russians of military age, and reporters.... In early February Andrei Yurov,...
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Woman stands naked on airport runway, takes overdose
Britain deports mentally ill asylum seekers in leg restraints and paper suits. A new report by the prisons inspector sheds light on an ugly business.Charter Flight by Oviyan for Corporate WatchA...
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Man loses job. What next? (He's G4S's Nick Buckles, by the way)
What happens when a chief executive loses his job because his company has failed shareholders and the public?Nick Buckles, ex-chief executive of government outsourcer G4SNick Buckles, chief executive...
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Justice for asylum seekers: Back to the drawing board, Ms May
The British High Court has found the level of support given to asylum seekers ‘flawed’: a political calculation rather than an assessment of what constitutes an essential living need. We must force...
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Can philanthropic oligarchy nurture economic justice?
Will NGOs and foundations ever be able to look at their moneyed benefactors and challenge how they generated their wealth? The national correspondent of NonProfit Quarterly takes on our series on the...
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Boko Haram: time for an alternative approach
Military responses to Boko Haram have proved ineffective, as the latest atrocity in Nigeria highlights. An alternative focused on good governance, policing and socio-economic development, supported by...
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Left behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s election
Despite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low. Failure to address the growing disaffection resulting from the urban-rural gap...
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Let's forget about EU reforms
Those who bet their political career on EU reforms are likely to return from Brussels with little to show to their voters. It is time to embark on a more realistic European agenda.The EU Parliament in...
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Free event: After the Party? The future of and beyond the mass party
In collaboration with OurKingdom, the Centre for the Study of British Politics and Public Life at Birkbeck are hosting a free debate on April 24 about the future of mass party politics - is radical...
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Sexual violence on the margins of Delhi
While debates on sexual violence in India focus on the city, the experiences of women expunged to the city's fraught, anonymous margins, are all too often excluded. Content warning: this article...
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Book review: A Quiet Word
This book shines a bright light on the murky dealings surrounding politics, PR, big business and journalism, but the real issue it uncovers may not be lobbying but rather the dire state of our...
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The many legislatures under Westminster's wing
There are around 18 legislatures responsible to Westminster, spread across the world and with a whole plethora of constitutional arrangements. Westminster is responsible for eighteen other legislatures...
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Keeping alive the spirit of Greenham Common
As Britain commemorates the First World War a writer seeks out and listens to some of the women who created Britain's most compelling peace movement.Women At Greenham, 1983 (Photo Lesley...
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“We are all brothers in the end”. Three conflicts, three generations; Syrian,...
Madaba is a large town in central Jordan and host to many of its neighbours' refugees. There has been some tension between Syrian refugees, Palestinians and Jordanians. But what is the current...
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North African diversities: Algeria in flux
Algeria’s circles of power and their relationship to a complex society and history are hard to grasp. Francis Ghilès describes his own route to understanding the country in the post-independence era,...
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Why are they protesting in Rome?
April 12 saw violence break out in the capital of Italy as protesters responded to new reforms proposed by current Prime Minister Matteo Renzi that would create significant reductions to public sector...
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