Georgia: no pictures - no democracy!

Nino Tsagareishvili 25 July 2011

The recent arrest and detention of a group of photojournalists on apparently trumped-up charges continues to be a subject of heated discussion and protest in Georgia. The evidence and the so-called confessions contain a mass of contradictions and are a cause for serious concern about the real motivation for the arrests, explains Nino Tsagareishvili

Norway’s tragedy: contexts and consequences

Thomas Hylland Eriksen 25 July 2011
The atrocities inflicted on Norwegian society by a far-right activist leave the country shocked and in mourning. They will have lasting effects even if their exact character is hard to foresee, says Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Mandela, communism, and South Africa

Stephen Ellis 25 July 2011
The documentary evidence of Nelson Mandela’s membership of the South African Communist Party can contribute to a more truthful assessment of the country’s modern history, says the scholar who uncovered it, Stephen Ellis.

Bahrain: the crisis of monarchy

Christopher M Davidson 25 July 2011
The ruling family’s brutal and misjudged response to Bahrain’s protest movement is undermining its own legitimacy, says Christopher M Davidson.

Europe: from crisis to integration

John Palmer 25 July 2011
The latest European bailout agreement opens the possibility of a decisive move towards integrated economic governance with major political consequences, says John Palmer.

Palestine in the UN: paths to membership, paths to peace

Martin Wählisch 25 July 2011
US and Israeli objections to Palestine's UN membership should be overcome in the aim of implementing the peaceful two-state solution which much of the international community has pledged support of. There are various legal routes to this objective, some more tortuous than others, explains Martin Wählisch.

It’s time for British Zionists to speak out with Arabs in Israel

Ray Filar 24 July 2011
By maintaining a silence around the treatment of Arab residents in Israel, we allow the discourse on human rights to be carried by those with an anti-Israel agenda.

Passing by at 30,000 feet, an Américan ‘threat’ to America?

Craig Scott 24 July 2011
Mexico City to Barcelona flight forced to return to Mexico because Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar, en route to Italy, is prohibited from passing through US airspace

Arab risings and the Israel-Palestine conflict: from national to human rights

Lawrence Joffe 23 July 2011
An Independent Jewish Voices panel discussion suggests that the most important lesson of the Arab Spring may be the introduction of public will and opinion into the debate, and that this applies as much to inter-state diplomacy as domestic governance.

Palestine and the Arab rebellions

Stephen McCloskey 22 July 2011
Despite the Arab Spring, Israeli ‘facts on the ground ‘ will succeed without effective international intercession and greater Palestinian and Arab unity

Critical thoughts on critical thinking in Saudi Arabia

Bobby Thomas Cameron 21 July 2011
Saudi Arabia's government is infusing billions of riyals into programmes and services, much of which is oriented towards education. There is a fundamental contradiction in this endeavour.

A world in hunger: east Africa and beyond

Paul Rogers 21 July 2011
The severe drought across much of east Africa is a human emergency that requires urgent attention. It also signals a global crisis: the convergence of inequality, food insecurity and climate change.

The EU approaches a constitutional moment

David Marquand 20 July 2011
A retreat from the present unsatisfactory half-way house to a Gaullist ‘Europe des Patries’ would be an act of reactionary vandalism.

The EU in the Arab spring

Hélène Pfeil 20 July 2011
The EU has a choice to make: does it want to assert itself as a normative power, or does it want to stay an inconclusive and erratic political dwarf?

The crisis of Russian modernisation

Wayne Merry 20 July 2011

departures Increasingly, the idea of being a modern Russian means to be detached from Russia itself. The problem has long, Soviet roots, and the ruling tandem acknowledges there is a problem. But are they capable of reversing the trend, wonders Wayne Merry ...

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Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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