The American Irony: Guns for Protection Against Guns
As the United Nations voted through the long awaited Arms Trade Treaty in early April, the United States is still unable to achieve small amendments to their gun bill. President Obama expressed his disappointment, calling A...
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
The Frontline Club recently hosted Shereen El Feki, author of Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World. With her new book released in March 2013, El Feki explores the sexual lives of men and women in Egypt a...
Life in the Shadow of North Korea
The tension between North Korea and South Korea has intensified continuously and dangerously over the past few weeks, to the point where the North has become a leading feature of international media coverage. However, the voice...
Privatise the Costs of Bank Failure
We are living in startling times in the European Union. For the past three years, Angela Merkel has used Germany’s large voting power within European institutions to force through an agenda of collective impoverishment fo...
Undercover Eurocrat: Bash a Banker
Forgive my long absence. Welcome back to Undercover Eurocrat! This week in Strasbourg, the big story of the week was MEPs voting overwhelming to restrict the annual bonuses bankers receive to 100% of their salary, (or 200% with...
WATCH: Charity – Who Cares what the Overhead is if These Problems Are Getting Solved?
In a fascinating TED Talk, activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta dissects the problems faced by the non-profit sector in the USA – many of which apply elsewhere in the West. His goal is to change our thinking about charitable ...
