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 […]


 
 
 

 

HeForShe Leader Nbyia Rasoully: Improving women’s health in Afghanistan

Nbyia Rasoully is the founder and president of Women’s Initiative for Sanctioning Empowerment (WISE), a non-profit organization based in New York. She also works for the United Nations, and is the point person for the HeForSh...
by Heenali Patel
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Albania: Waiting for a Better Past

1944 heralded the end of the Nazi occupation of Albania, as the country was liberated by the the National Liberation Movement (LNM).  The anti-Fascist National Liberation Council became the country‘s provisional government. ...
by Ole Elfenkämper
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Safe roads for pedestrians are still a far cry in Kenya

A fair share of Kenyan roads, especially in the urban areas, were built during the colonial era; at a time when urban areas had few dwellers and even fewer motor vehicles. In recent years, the Kenyan government has taken up th...
by Fridah Mlemwa
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 17 AUGUST 2012

  Africa and Middle East South African Police massacre confirmed The South African police minister has confirmed that 30 people were killed in a clash between police and striking miners at the Marikana mine. The miners wer...
by Tom Dunbar
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Development For Whom?

Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...
by Anna Lazzarin
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Scaling Back Israeli Backup

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks moderated by the US continue, with tensions high as both sides accuse one another of reneging on previous deals intended to build trust and move negotiations forward. The only consistent way towa...
by Walt Andrews
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