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 […]


 
 
 

 

Drugs, video games and mental health: what is and isn’t relevant to the gun control debate

The pro-gun lobby in the United States likes to say “guns don’t kill people; people kill people”.  This is true, but irrelevant: the point is that people who want to kill other people find it much easier to do so when th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Only In Thailand: Coup Without A Coup

The Royal Thai Army has imposed martial law in Thailand in a bid to end violence and the political conflict which has gripped the nation since last year. But army officials are insisting that their intervention is not a coup. ...
by Mong Palatino
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Innovation In Asia – A Creative Experiment?

What made the MaD conference 2014 so special? For me, it was because it was an Asian conference. As a youth who was born in Australia, grew up in Hong Kong, but studied in an international school for seven years in Beijing ...
by Helen Leung
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Deadly Storms, Delayed Aid Devestate Mexico’s La Montaña Indigenous

Two major storms, Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid, hit Mexico last month, leaving behind157 deaths according to the latest official reports. One of the hardest hit areas is La Montaña, a region in the southern sta...
by Silvia Viñas
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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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They Lied Until He Died: Zambia Acknowledges President’s Illness Just Before His Death

Left in the dark about their leader’s illness, Zambians were angry more than shocked to learn this week that the country’s fifth president, Michael Sata, fondly known as King Cobra, died in London on October 28.
by Gershom Ndhlovu
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