Via IHT:
A court in Turkey on Wednesday ordered blockage of all access to YouTube, the popular video-sharing Web site, over a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the
by Tan Copsey
Our favourite warrior-intellectual General David Petraeus was on the wireless this morning and as usual his comments were rather enlightening. In amongst the standard issue army line,
by Jessica Reed
An interesting initiative called Face 2 Face:
The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face
by Rafael Broch
Freedom House is a giant NGO who try to advance the global spread of freedom. To that end, sponsored by the US-government, they produce reports assessing the
by Jessica Reed
Come on, don't lie. Can you name 53 African countries under 10 minutes?
The students of UC Berkley help you to find out with this
by Tan Copsey
Grist detailed this rather interesting story of how the levers of capitalism were put to good effect to prevent a large expansion in coal-fired power plants in
"Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein" (NYT)
What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at
by Johannes Koch
Al Jazeera prides itself on being the alternative, other (more or less important) voice of global media - presenting and challenging the norms of ‘western-led’ media from
by Tan Copsey surpervising the very funny openDemocracy staff
This week has been strangely un-amusing. Perhaps it’s the constant pressure of real-life unfunny political events getting in the way,
by Tan Copsey
I saw a rather interesting little piece on Juan Cole the other day about inverting the logic of resource wars. He argues that US security could in
by Jessica Reed
Here are some interesting facts reported by Le Monde Diplomatique's editor Ignacio Ramonet:
* On February the 7th in Paris most of the European governments signed
by Jessica Reed
Paris' mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, has been criticized in the past for implementing extravagant projects in the heart of the capital (I am thinking about Paris Plage
