Charlie Hebdo: An attack on free speech everywhere
Yesterday, on January 7th 2015, gunmen entered the Paris office of satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including police officers, the editor and journalists. The event marks the deadliest terror attack on Fr...
The Iraqi-Kurdish Oil Deal And The Fight Against Islamic State
In early 2014, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) began independently exporting crude oil through Turkey, angering the central Iraqi government which “claims sole authority to export oil from the country”. In total, th...
A Sharply Divided Brazil Re-Elects Dilma Rousseff. Let The Healing Begin?
Brazilians reelected Dilma Rousseff as president on Sunday in the most competitive vote since the end of the country’s military dictatorship and the beginning of direct elections in 1989. The incumbent from the Workers’...
Why Are Rice Farmers Protesting In Thailand?
Hundreds of rice farmers have been protesting over the last several days in Bangkok after the Thailand government has repeatedly failed to provide payments under the rice pledging program. Delayed payments have already reache...
Over-Capacity, or what does the closing of Ford Genk teach us about Europe?
On Wednesday October 24th, the employees of the Ford factory in Genk, Belgium were given the news that the factory will be closed, and all employees will have to find another job by 2014. This obviously directly affects the 4.2...
War Tourism in Sri Lanka
Since the end of its civil war in 2009, Sri Lanka has been criticised for its handling of thousands of Tamils displaced during the conflict and has faced a barrage of war crimes accusations. Now the government has laid out pla...
