More than three weeks into the Egyptian political crisis, it has become clear that Egyptian democracy is even more volatile than previously thought. On openDemocracy, Heather McRobie reports from the streets of Cairo, Sara Labib offers a devastatingly thorough analysis of the new draft constitutio
Fragility was one of the themes of this week’s openDemocracy – from how President Milos Zeman’s ‘tired and emotional’ state may influence Czech-Russian relations, to the vulnerability of neglected wooden churches in Russia. The tentative positive movements towards gender equality, and the fragilit
Where will a new Europe come from? From the bottom up, says Etienne Balibar! The worst crisis ever faced by the European construct is, for the French philosopher, exactly the right moment to reinvent what doesn't work.
Has a red line been crossed in Syria? Bob Rigg urges caution and takes us through the history of chemical weapons in the Middle East, Mary Kaldor looks at what arming the rebels would do and laments the lack of a serious discussion about the plight of the Syrian people, Shelley Deane examines the
Does Enrico Letta's newly formed government have what it takes to get Italy out of its dire situation, or is it nothing but a new layer of paint on the crumbling house of Italian politics?
In a series of public lectures the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at the Open University examines social sciences at a time of crisis, exploring its limits, reworking old
Monday, 13 May, Middle Temple, 7pm. Gala Evening Honouring Defenders of the Rule of Law - Join Sir Henry Brooke CMG, Geoffrey Robertson QC and Sigrid Rausing for an evening
Europe is increasingly unpopular, the recession hits the euro area and Angela Merkel is now facing a new populist party. So Brussels opens up to a timid change of season. But austerity has not yet been defeated politically, in elections and in the streets.
Counterpoint and the Polish Cultural Institute in London will be hosting an event entitled 'Re-capturing post-Communist Reluctant Radicals' on 22nd April in London at School of Slavonic and
Counterpoint launch a pamphlet on populism and the Front National by the eminent sociologist Michel Wieviorka at an event in Paris, on the18th April.
The publication is part of the
Camp Frack 2
10-12th May, Lancashire. A weekend of activity in opposition to Fracking and other forms of extreme energy, and in support of One Million Climate Jobs! Programme includes
Without a government at Palazzo Chigi, Italy’s politics has been displaced. And as the “Offshore Leaks” scandal has revealed, the country’s economy has meanwhile moved to tax havens.
