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

Myanmar: The Golden Land in the East

Racked by ethnic violence in recent months, Myanmar is fast re-entering the mainstream news sphere for all the wrong reasons. While the country has been under military rule since the 1960s, since 2010 the country has re-opened...
by Urban Times
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Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada

Canada is, more often than not, placed on the global pedestal in regards to being a prime example of leadership in the realm of Human Rights. Yet, the reality is far from that truth. The oppressive history set to destroy Indige...
by Natasha Lipman
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Aam Aadmi Party’s Debut Means Time To Take India’s Youth Seriously

The results for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2013 were announced on December 8, 2013. Some twitter users pegged it as an event more enthralling than an India-Pakistan cricket match – a contest often viewed with nationalis...
by Chirag Sutar
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International Political Forum

Climate Change Vulnerability in the ‘South’

Africa has contributed the least to global warming among the seven continents, but it is the worst affected by climate change effects and this is projected to get even worse in the future. Adaptation to climate change has faced...
by Daniel Wasonga
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Daily News Roundup – 17 July 2012

  Europe G4S chief to face British Parliament over Olympics security Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security firm G4S, is to explain to British MPs later today why his firm was unable to provide the number of securit...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Can Military Robots Adopt Ethical Standards?

In recent years, the massive and controversial use of drones in U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan has fueled an intense debate. But this controversy is only the tip of the iceberg: the development of standalone a...
by Charlie Hilton
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