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Ukraine's justice deficit, Carolyn Forstein
As the 2012 European Football Championship approaches, co-host Ukraine has been hitting global headlines for its treatment of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko. Carolyn Forstein argues, however, that...
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Tickets, anybody got tickets?, Mark Perryman
The claim that the 2012 Games are a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for the UK is diminished by London-centrism and a shortage of tickets. Mark Perryman outlines how this could have been avoided and...
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NATO’s role in the southern Mediterranean: learning lessons from the EU,...
Keeping a safe distance might actually help the NATO Alliance to rebuild its credibility in the region. As the EU recently learnt, breaking down 'democratization' into concrete bits and treating...
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The West on Ukraine: when ‘anti-racism’ becomes xenophobia, Anton Shekhovtsov
Condemnation in the British media of racist incidents in Ukraine has moved on from concern into hysteria, says Anton Shekhovtsov. Not only unfair, it does little to encourage those trying to push a...
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Noah's stories in shaky archipelagos: Martinique, Haiti, Fukushima, Ryuta...
In the third piece of our series on Fukushima (see Fabian Schäfer and Andy Chih-ming Wang) the Japanese anthropologist and cultural critic begins by thinking that he will have to go very far indeed to...
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Anger and activism at the G4S annual meeting, Hilary Aked
More than 70 people demonstrated outside the G4S Annual General Meeting in London yesterday to protest against the security company’s human rights record in various business sectors, from Israeli...
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Yanukovych, the luxury residence and the money trail that leads to London,...
European leaders’ decision to boycott Ukraine’s Euro 2012 has highlighted the role of Yanukovych as the new black sheep of Europe. Yet Yanukovych made his own own ‘European choice’ long ago – it is...
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Labour should talk about England (but no action, please): Ed Miliband on the...
The Labour leader has set out his defence of the Union in a speech that appealed to his party to recognise England and show pride in the English. But is this enough, with Scotland considering...
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Occupy LSX 2.0: beyond the May campaign, Sam Halvorsen
Rumours of the demise of Occupy LSX have been greatly exaggerated. After a succesful May campaign, the spirit and experimentation remains fertile among the London contingent. Occupier Sam Halvorsen...
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Trust, universalism and funding the BBC: video highlights of a debate with...
Video highlights of a debate over the future of the BBC with Greg Dyke, Lis Howell, Liz Forgan, Helena Kennnedy, David Elstein and Anthony Barnett, on trust, legitimacy, universalism and how to pay...
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Egypt’s presidential election: repeating Iranian mistakes?, Saeed Rahnema
Egyptians are now forced to choose the lesser of the two evils: Mohamed Morsy and Ahmad Shafiq. Which one? The question is a forcible reminder of the debates and discussions that took place in Iran...
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The hypocrisy of Us, Rori Donaghy
Syrian diplomats have been expelled and the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has explained that his priority is ‘to provide for the end of all violence’ amidst waves of public revulsion at the...
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City of ghosts, city of music: La Habana lost and regained, Teofilo Ruiz
In pursuit of La Habana - the journey of a lifetime. (Photos by Scarlett Freund) After more than half a century and many unfulfilled promises, I traveled to Cuba in late February 2012. Having left...
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It’s the journalism, stupid: defending free expression can be the BBC’s new...
As freedom of expression and journalistic independence comes under renewed threat in eastern Europe and around the world, the BBC should be confronting censorship abroad head-on, as well as leading by...
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Azerbaijan: the geopolitical conundrum, Elkhan Nuriyev
The recent Eurovision song contest catapulted Azerbaijan into world news and focused attention on its internal problems. But foreign policy issues are a cause of considerable concern too. The country...
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Connecting cultures or putting up barriers? Migration and the Commonwealth,...
In the wake of Jubilee Commonwealth events, Migrants’ Rights Network is hosting a debate at London’s SOAS tonight about Commonwealth migration and its role in building ‘Britishness’. In the wake of...
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Belief in the Union: solidarity with the Greeks, Francesca E.S. Montemaggi
They think ‘Europe’ is ‘foreign affairs’. But Europe is nothing if it is not its citizens. That is why, the day before the Greek elections, a demonstration in solidarity with the Greek people will...
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Controversial doctor and Barnardo’s serve UK’s flawed child detention policy,...
Cracks show in ‘compassionate approach’ to locking up children for the sake of administrative convenience. Cracks show in ‘compassionate approach’ to locking up children for the sake of administrative...
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Peacebuilding in an impossible context? Perspectives from Pakistan, Zahid...
Caught between the restrictions placed on them by the state and a relationship with the general public framed by suspicion of collaboration with the West, Pakistani peacebuilders need to articulate...
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The gender gap and the American presidential election , Ruth Rosen
Will the gender gap that decisively helped Bill Clinton and Barack Obama win the presidency again? Only if women remember who waged the 'war against women', against their economic equality and against...
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