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 […]


 
 
 

 

More Than A Fair Share: A Jewish State For Jewish Citizens

Another national identity crisis surfaced last month, stoking the recent global wave of national struggles to carve out “true” values and recognise “true” citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a n...
by Gustav Isherwood
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4 Reasons To Watch The German Elections

1. A Dignified Affair Germany’s polls make a refreshing change for the seasoned election observer, more dignified than the circus of American votes and with more exciting coalitions than in Britain. Election campaigns are bri...
by Bruce Rothberg
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Riot Ramifications Spill Over to US Presidential Campaigns

While the effects of the recent riots continue to spread across the Muslim world, and details are slowly emerging about its filmmaker, ramifications of the controversial film, The Innocence of Muslims, have also been playing ou...
by Laura Casey
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Carpet Bagging, Liz Cheney & the Cowboy State: The Looming US Senate Battle for Wyoming

The daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney has announced her intention to run against Senate incumbent Mike Enzi from Wyoming in the upcoming 2014 Republican primary. There’s nothing strange about that in itself, ex...
by Trudy McIntosh
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Palestine’s Version Of The Ice Bucket Challenge

Over the last couple of weeks the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has created a storm on social media, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves being soaked in ice water as a campaign to create awareness about the amyotr...
by Priyanka Mogul
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COP18: Doha Briefs – Pulling off the blinders

Ambition has been the buzzword of late at COP18, and this is especially with regards to finance and cutting down of Green House Gas emissions. Ambition Lacks There has been a constant outcry by the least developing countries a...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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