SPOTLIGHT

Labour Economics: Economy in 2020

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Economy in 2020’ is admirable for the working class in its principles but ultimately has its flaws. Battered and bruised, with knees rocking after a haymaker, Labour’s current predicament within British politics resembles that of a boxer that has been tactically outclassed for ten rounds, it’s close to a stoppage. Granted, politics has […]

The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

The UK Conservative government has a strategy for tackling the current “refugee crisis” that is theoretically convincing but practically contradictory. The strategy consists of letting as few refugees onto UK soil as it can get away with, whilst increasing efforts to tackle the source of the crisis. The former is implicit in the numbers: until […]

Sport

Athletics’ Quick Fix: How the politics of doping is taking athletics to the brink of ruin

June 2003 As most sport-crazy 9 – 90 year-old boys do, I began reading my copy of the Mail on Sunday from the last page to the first. But on this particular day, my eyes were strangely captivated by the side column rather than the main headline. “World’s Fastest Couple give birth to baby boy”. […]

The fall of oil and the environment


The Fall of Oil and the Environment Bane or Blessing? The recent rapid decline of the price of oil, from around $115 per barrel in mid-2014 to below $50 per barrel by August 2015 (Brent Crude), has prompted widespread concerns about negative impacts of cheap oil on the environment. These concerns can be roughly divided […]

Human Rights

Rufgee crisis: Lessons David Cameron can learn from Lebanon’s example

In the midst of the current refugee crisis it’s easy to get caught up in numbers. Germany is expecting 800,000 by the end of the year – and 500,000 annually for years to come. Australia says they’ll let in 12,000 and David Cameron announced that the UK will accept 20,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian […]


 
 
 

 
International Political Forum

How The Dutch Are Reinventing The Poisoned Food Industry.

Although it has been a year since I moved from my hometown Amsterdam to London, I’m far from integrated in terms of the British food culture. Keeping a ‘normal’ healthy diet, I find it hard to find decent, afforda...
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Greece-Germany: Politics of EURO 2012 Quarter Final

Once the Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany had been set an article was posted on UEFA’s website with the cruelly ironic headline, “Greece Hope to Profit from German Lessons”.  As if the European community...
by Colin Busby
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The environmental case against the TPP and why it fails

Every day brings a new set of protests against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with protestors marching in the streets on New Zealand against corporate greed. The full details of the TPP are scant and negotiations between a...
by Aparna Chandrasekar
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Civil Society In Morocco And The Evaluation Of Public Policies

Democratising in Morocco is more far-reaching than ever before due to the growing role of civil society at the national level.
by Mohammed Qasserras
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Trick-or-Treat For A Better World This Halloween

We’re all familiar with Halloween. It’s a joyous day for kids – a day of fancy-dress costumes and all the candy you can eat. It’s the one day a year when kids are encouraged to take candy from strangers...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Egypt: All The News That’s Unfit To Print

In 2013, Egypt was ranked 158 out of 178 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders Freedom Index.  This troubling ranking is a reflection of the Egyptian Armed Forces and the Muslim Brotherhood both of which have commi...
by Daniel Weiner
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