By Jessica Reed in Brussels
25 different countries, 25 different cultures- you shouldn’t be surprised if nobody laughs at your jokes! - a participant of the ECC.
After the
By Jessica Reed
This week-end Anthony Barnett and I will be in Brussels on behalf of openDemocracy and oD Today, to blog the European Citizens consultations - an event where
By Josh Gregory
I was in Mongolia a few months ago, and initially I found it rather surprising that the name 'Genghis Khan' (or as his descendants call
By Jessica Reed
Every friday we ask one of our authors to recommend a blog they are currently reading. This week's Blog of the Week suggestion comes from
by Richard Young
After Hungarian media yesterday published oD's Bad Democracy results, voting has gone quite bananas, with votes pouring in from Hungary - causing panic/excitement/mild
By Jessica Reed
Ministers met yesterday for the Climate change and Energy summit in Mexico to set up a new framework aiming at tackling the environment issues once the Kyoto
By Felix Cohen
It is now possible to contact openDemocracy through Skype; just add us a contact with the user name opendemocracy. Not only that, but while you're
By Jessica Reed
Remember when earlier this week we discussed David Cameron's oh-so-trendy 2.0 website? Today the BBC reports that Cameron has been spoofed. Well, I can&
By Sarah Lindon
India and Pakistan’s return to peace talks last month prompted fresh discussion of an idea which Indian and Pakistani mountain climbers have been promoting atop summits
By Jessica Reed
Today representatives from more than 20 countries are meeting in Mexico to discuss climate change. The summit will take place as the Stern Report on climate change
By Alexis Hood
This week, I interviewed Jennifer Latheef, a Maldivian photojournalist and human rights activist.
In 2003, the government arrested Jennifer for protesting about deaths in police custody, and
By Jessica Reed
According to a BBC report issued today, some UN relief money is being channeled through charities with connections to extremist groups, which are accused of recruiting children
