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 […]


 
 
 

 

Radovan Karadžić: The Other Side of the Glass

Guided by a security guard, we entered a room with a glass partition dividing the observers from the courtroom filled with red robed judges and black robed lawyers. The defense advisors of the Republic of Srpska’s former...
by Virginia Winslow
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WATCH: Access to Clean Water for All?

It’s quite simple: without water, we would not exist. It is essential to all human and economic development. We can’t live without water. Today, 780 million people (that’s about one in nine) lack access to cl...
by Natasha Lipman
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WATCH: The Future Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Five Broken Cameras, a documentary nominated for the 2013 Oscars, has been acclaimed as the most successful video of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Perhaps equally as significant however was the footage of the documentary bei...
by Jessica Trevis
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Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

When Mr. Capriles decided to run for president yet again, the natural response was to think “he won’t make it”. Three weeks ago we could only dream of winning these elections. Today, reflecting on what last Sunday meant f...
by Claudia Gonzalez
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COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health

For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...
by Daniel Wasonga
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Pak Votes 2013: Women’s Vote – Women’s Voice

“There will never be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.” Susan B. Anthony – 50 Shades of Feminism None of the key issues Pakistani women face will ever find the right solutions...
by Pak Votes
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