From the eight candidates running in the Iranian presidential elction on 17th of June, only the first three are considered major figures.
Rafsanjani: With a new watchword, "Democratic Development&
If there is one thing you may find in the plans of presidential candidates regardless of their political perceptions is the claim of working for the people. This is heard
“We see a global system of emissions trading as inevitable” says Steve Lennon, chair of the environment and energy commission of the International Chamber of Commerce, which represents companies in
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Most historians date the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States to December 1, 1955. That was the day
Bloggers of Iran (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation) Blog Watch (Jane Perrone, The Guardian) IFEX: Iran communique (Related Links) Harvard's Global Voices (Blog Roundups)
openDemocracy's debate on the politics of climate change comes to end this week in the sense that no new articles will be commissioned for the climate main page
The mathemathics is straightforward, and the leaders of the world's most powerful countries need to act fast.
So argues Fred Pearce on openDemocracy in an incisive memo to
Sorry folks, I’ve been away and my well planned route to technological upgrade failed. Hence the long silence. Now I’m off to Brussels. The capital of a momentous
Over the past few weeks, the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay has once again been making headlines, and interestingly, in the states there are signs of a shifting attitude
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Iranian Students Polling Agency (ISPA) has published "some interesting poll results":http://www.ispa.ir/MorePage.aspx?tName=ANews1&pType=ANInXML&Id=35 which could be
In today's Financial Times, Tim Yeo of Britain's Conservative party calls for a cross party consensus in favour of nuclear power. Writing today on openDemocracy, energy
