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 […]


 
 
 

 

Romney’s Foreign Policy or the typical Republican delusion

Much analysis and speculation in the mass media since the kick off of the presidential elections has hovered around what matters most to Americans: Economics; but what about the other main segment of presidential capabilities, ...
by Mohamed Belarbi
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Thailand’s High School Civic Activism In A Time of Martial Law

These days, you don’t see much idealism or activism among Thailand’s youth—not since a coup last May led to the imposition of martial law. Now that the government has banned public gatherings of five people or mor...
by Zashnain Zainal
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COP18: Doha Briefs – Of apples, mangoes and gateway

Finally, COP18 has come to an end; but then, the reactions on the outcome, dubbed Doha Climate Gateway, have been mixed.  Let us sort through the apples and mangoes by looking into the nitty gritties of the Doha Climate Gat...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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A walk by the inequal progress of Mozambique

Jaime lives in southern Mozambique with his wife. He is a Spanish lawyer working for the rights of small communities and their land and she is a doctor in a rural hospital. The country they have chosen to make their home is the...
by Inma López
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Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals [Infographic]

Although only an abridged list of Gandhi’s fundamental belief structures, this infographic outlines the ideal methods for changing the world. The central theme to his wisdom is an internal set of changes that, if adopted o...
by Charlie Hilton
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WATCH: Taking a Look at Brazil Without Makeup

With both the World Cup and the Olympics looming, all eyes are turning towards Brazil. The Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics showed a bright, diverse, and eager city ready to welcome the world. The video below was created...
by Natasha Lipman
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