Oil Production And The Prisoner’s Dilemma
In 2014 the geopolitics of oil production changed dramatically. Due to the recent U.S. shale boom, Saudi Arabia – the world’s largest oil exporter – lost its position as a ‘swing producer’ in the oil industry which ha...
‘Me’: On Gender Constructs
This poem is about attitudes that try to define a particular gender, and how different societal labels lead to subtle discrimination. I was born, and you looked at your weighing scales. I babbled, she smiled and filled ...
Ten Years On: No Peace for Iraq
On Saturday 12th another car bomb exploded in the Iraqi city of Samarra killing at least 14. Civilians, and more recently school children, have been deliberately targeted in attacks. The fact that the car bomb exploded in a sh...
Daily News Roundup – 29 August 2012
Europe Rich should pay more tax – Nick Clegg Nick Clegg, the leader of Britain’s junior coalition party and deputy prime minister, has suggested in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that the rich should be asked t...
Singapore’s ‘Pink Dot’ LGBT Rights Rally Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite #WearWhite Opponents
Singapore’s Pink Dot, an annual gathering at Hong Lim Park in celebration of love, equality, and LGBT rights, attracted more than 26,000 people on June 28, 2014 — the largest ever Pink Dot event since the first in 200...
From Littering to Spitting: Sanitary Problems in India’s Public Spaces
Lack of hygiene in India’s public space is not a new occurrence. It has stayed in the country for many generations and continues to grow to this day, without people realizing that keeping their environment clean is a societ...
