Who knew what in the UK about the use of torture on Guantanamo detainees? The question itself is very important. We tend to think that the power of the State
We asked some of our authors around the world to respond to the following:
"About the Barack Obama administration, please tell us:
1 one thing you hope for
2
* Editor Nikos Konstandaras points to the State's double humiliation: it killed an innocent; it failed to contain street violence.
* Malcolm Brabant at the BBC describes the culture of
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09-12-2008
ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
openDemocracy promotes human rights and democracy through dialogue and debate. But a global debate without the female half of humanity is neither
The joint experts' statement on Iran
Despite recent glimmers of diplomacy, the United States and Iran remain locked in a cycle of threats and defiance that destabilises the middle
openDemocracy and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) are launching a major debate on the current state of democracy support in the world
The debate will be
"Light the blue touch-paper and wait for the fireworks": that just about sums up the response to my book Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism
The United States presidential election has provoked huge attention in the rest of the world. But there are different kinds of engagement. Some are explored on the day of the
The escalating war in Afghanistan has been rising up the international
agenda in parallel with evidence of the Taliban's increased
sophistication and effectiveness. Paul Rogers has been tracking
A small ad in the British journalists' trade magazine the Press Gazette
has always stayed in my mind. It was placed by a freelancer in Tokyo
seeking commissions. The
What is the war between Georgia and Russia about? Ghia Nodia, theminister of education in Georgia, wrote in his first openDemocracyarticle (“The war for Georgia: Russia, the west, the future”
One man's experience of the UK asylum system, as told to openDemocracy at Sheffield's City of Sanctuary, as part of Refugee Week 2008.
When I came
