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 […]


 
 
 

 

No Longer Silent: “Queer Pakistan”

“Please tell me, is there any doctor who can help me become straight?” This is one of the questions on the forum of the newly launched Queer Pakistan (@QueerPK) website that aims to provide support to Pakistan’s LGBT co...
by Ayesha Saldanha
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Responsible Capitalism And The Rise Of Africa

Africa is still a continent beset with problems; famine, poverty and lack of infrastructure remain major issues in certain states, as do drought, state fragility and employment. Rotten governments remain endemic and many citize...
by Jonah Joffe
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Eaten to Extinction: Asia’s Appetite for the Endangered

A big step has been made in the fight against the illegal animal trade. The sixteenth conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), held in the Southeast Asian hub of Bangkok this March, ann...
by Neil Andrews
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International Political Forum

Sri Lanka & Myanmar: The Face of Buddhist Extremism

An unholy partnership between peace advocating Buddhism and nationalism has been taking place in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. This new phenomenon of Buddhist extremism or radical Buddhism is sweeping through Asia, shattering all ster...
by Gaanashree Wood
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The abducted assyrians and the fight against the Islamic State

The Islamic State has released 19 Assyrians after they abducted an estimated 220 members of an Assyrian community in Northern Syria. The abduction is just one in a staggering series of attacks towards Christian communities in t...
by Bauke Danielle Schram
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International Political Forum

Uganda and the Culture of Corruption

Uganda is and remains among the most corrupt nations in the world. To many donors and investors, Transparency International’s corruption perceptions ranking provides a basis for choice of countries where investment is li...
by Ivan Atuyambe
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