6 Cities Designing Transport For Women
Women and men have different requirements in public space and transport. Which cities out there are acknowledging that? I love British headlines. More often than not, they scream blue murder about something which would seem qua...
Philippine Typhoon Survivors Ask: ‘Where is our Government?’
Six days have passed since super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) hit the central part of the Philippines but relief is not yet given to many survivors. Many dead bodies are still lying in the streets, refugees are begging for food, ...
Armenia’s Power Shortage: A Lesson For A Post-Fossil Fuel Age?
Through a combination of renewable energy, power conservation and using 12-volt systems, households could significantly reduce their power usage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Abovyan Street, which leads into Yerevan’s ...
Why Assad Will Not Lose: The Unspoken Consensus On Syria
Commentary on the situation in Syria generally revolves around a handful of well worn subjects; the regime’s use of chemical weapons, how the West finds the regime abhorrent, the fact that Russia and China are supporting such...
Dropping Bombs then Dropping Aid – America’s Dirty Secret in Laos
When Laos is viewed from above, the number of craters appear to rival the face of the moon, but these were not made by natural causes. Instead they are the scars that bear testimony to the “secret” war waged by the American...
Worldwide outrage over denationalisation of Dominicans of Haitian descent
Sentence No.168-2013 (PDF) [es], dictated by the Dominican Constitutional Court, has turned the international community on its head. The polarisation within the country has also become more palpable, and debates seen in soci...
