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 […]


 
 
 

 

Occupy Central with Love and Peace

Occupy Central with Love and Peace, or Occupy Central in short, does not refer to the Hong Kong version of the anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. Nor is it a romantic title of a melodrama. Instead, it is a pro...
by Bryan Chan
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International Political Forum

Alien in Lebanon: Why I Can Never Call My Country Home

A month ago, I was having dinner with my friends. I don’t know how in so many years of friendship we still manage to always stumble upon topics that we have never discussed before. On that night one of my friends was caught o...
by Lama Miri
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International Political Forum

Problems in the Pipeline: Violence in the Sinai Peninsula

The 7th July attack on the Egyptian North Sinai gas pipeline constitutes just one of a dozen such attacks since the removal of Mubarak. Worryingly though, this was the boldest and most carefully planned to date, providing an om...
by Marc Scarisbrick
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International Political Forum

The Plea For Peace, Mr. Putin

On the 26th of December 1991, when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed, the Iron Curtain finally shred; the long-lasting struggle for democracy came to an end and in purely Wilsonian style one might have said that...
by Kasia Gilewska
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2014 Olympics & Anti-Gay Sentiment In Russia

Discriminatory behavior and recent anti-gay laws are sparking controversy in Russia, who is set to host the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Human rights activists are outraged at the horrific outpouring of violence culminating gay rig...
by Bre Cruickshank
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Israel and the Arab Revolutions: Opportunities or Risks?

These risks will transform to opportunities for Israel to take over more Arab lands under the pretext of the Jihadist threats and weak governments that cannot provide security and peace. In the very least, Israel will create bu...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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