Thursday 18th March
America and Israel: a historic choice
The serious row between Washington and Tel Aviv is about far more than the construction of homes in east Jerusalem; it goes to the heart of the close military alliance between the two states.
(This article was first published on 18 March 2010)
People focus: on power, justice and capabilities
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen spoke about power, justice, and ‘capabilities’ in the Demos Annual Lecture 2010. Watch the debate and revisit our archive
A media eclipse: Israel-Palestine and the world's forgotten conflicts
Global coverage of world conflicts pales into insignificance when compared with reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are causes and consequences to this imbalance
Forgotten lessons: Palestine and the British empire
While the conflict that is the legacy of British involvement in Palestine daily captures world headlines, Britain's foster-role is too often ignored
The Battle for Khimki Forest
The plan to construct a section of the new Moscow-St.Petersburg motorway through the legally-protected Khimki Forest Park will destroy a rare eco-system. Dogged local resistance has turned this into an international issue, but not derailed the plan
Giving a damn for the media
Typically missing from most of the plans put forward in the UK media debate is any really innovative thought about how to raise new resources to support high-quality journalism in new times
Healthcare and religion
Healthcare is not God's work
