Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

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...
by Gustav Isherwood
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Ignorance causes Islamophobia in the Netherlands

A video showing a young Dutch man talking about Moroccans, and why he thinks that extreme-right politician Geert Wilders is correct in saying that they should return to what he thinks it their ‘home’, went viral a...
by Bauke Danielle Schram
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[Warning: Graphic] Video from Gaza documents the killing of journalist Ramy Ryan by Israeli missiles

A graphic video showing the killing of journalist Ramy Ryan in Gaza and an attack on an ambulance and rescue workers by Israeli air strikes has surfaced online.Warning: This six-minute video is very graphic. Viewer discretion i...
by Global Voices
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Legal Job Trafficking in Sweden

Over the past two years 47 Cameroonians have gone to Sweden to work with tree plantation in the northern forests. They were all expecting to return to their families with enough money to pay off debts, invest and start a better...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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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 Davi...
by Mohamad Osman
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Benign Or Bellicose? China And The South China Sea: The Ambiguities Of The Peaceful Rise Paradigm

“China loves peace” (Li, 2014). This solemn claim by the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has probably sparked scepticism, if not misbelief, in Washington, Tokyo or Canberra. The recent Chinese charm offensive reiterating the Mid...
by Leonard Schuette
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The Iran Deal: A triumph for soft power

On July 14th, An agreement was finalised by The United States, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, France, China, and Iran, on the latter’s nuclear programme, summarised neatly as follows: “The full implementation of this JCPOA...
by Simon Fraser
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PHOTOS: One Palestinian Museum’s Artistic Message To The Pope

The Pope’s visit to the Holy Land (today’s Jordan, Palestine and Israel) has been the focus of many activists hoping to get the Catholic pontiff to speak out in favor of the Palestinian cause. One such symbolic act ...
by Joey Ayoub
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Time To Re-Politicise Private Property

The tenants of private property remain a guiding and integral component in the continued status of liberalism. This is irrespective of the different ways liberalism has manifested itself across the globe. While liberal policies...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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