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 […]


 
 
 

 

Balkan Psychosis and Bosnia’s Enduring Legacy

The traumatic images and gruesome stories of ‘ethnic cleansing’ which emanated from the conflict in Bosnia & Hercegovina dominated television screens in the early 1990s. The conflict ended in November 1995 with the sign...
by Neil Cropper
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP -30TH JUNE 2012

Asia North Korea accused of arms deal with Syria The United Nations (UN) released a report yesterday that states North Korea has violated UN resolutions, including possible arms deals with Syria and Myanmar. A panel of independ...
by Tom Dunbar
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Climate Summits Under the Auspices of Corporations

This week another annual climate summit begins. The media, as usual, do not show much interest in this issue; the issue that is already changing the quality of life of millions. Sometimes, it is incomprehensible why the leaders...
by Lívia Magdošková
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The Final Pledge: Afghanistan’s future at the Tokyo Conference

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button”]  It is undeniable that the recent Tokyo Conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan ...
by Jessica Trevis
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International Political Forum

Iran and the Arab Uprisings

Ever since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has tried to cast itself as the head of the radical camp in the Middle East. Iran’s foreign policy did not lose its revolutionary zeal through the years. Iranian support for radical mov...
by Maged Mandour
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SEAREPA: Asia needs Decentralised Development!

Renewable Energy campaigners share their triumphs and torments at the South East Asian Renewable Energy People’s Assembly. Welcome to day 2 of the People’s Assembly here in Sabah. Today, the participants are well into the w...
by Chris Wright
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