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 More Abuse: Guantanamo Releases Prisoners

“Anybody with real combat experience understands that torture is counterproductive.” – F. Andy Messing, retired major U.S. Special Forces and director of the National Defence Council ———̵...
by Sneha Nanavati
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Daily News Roundup – 24 July 2012

  Europe Germany’s AAA credit rating on negative watch The credit ratings agency Moody’s has changed its outlook for Germany’s AAA credit rating to negative, the first step towards a possible downgrade.  Moody’s s...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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New Battles On The High Seas: Developing Trends In Global Piracy

The demise of Somali piracy In 2008, as warships and other naval vessels started to increase their presence in waters around the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates faced a dramatic change in the rules of the...
by Jens Presthus
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International Political Forum

Despite Accusations Of Fraud And Deception, Will Globe University Expand Into More States?

If you live in California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, or Washington, the answer ...
by Kyle McCarthy
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International Political Forum

Regional Reactions To The Iran Nuclear Deal

As Iran’s long standing sworn “nemesis”, the Israeli reaction, voiced through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denouncing the P5+1 Iran nuclear deal, claiming that the “agreement has made the world more dangerous...
by Oscar Isham
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Time to reshape foreign politics in Latin America

On the 18th November 2012 the International court of Justice in The Hague made a decision concerning a major demand: Nicaragua established a claim over 330.000 square miles of land and sea, space that was previously considered ...
by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas
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