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Join an openDemocracy / OurKingdom public debate on the BBC in Cafe Oto, London on Monday 10th December at 8pm. Panelists include Peter Oborne, Jacky Davis, Omar El-Khairy and Anthony Barnett.
On the eve of the US elections the Arab media has been full of analyses and forecasts about the consequences of the results and their potential impact on the turbulent Middle Eastern area with its conflicts, crises and revolutions.
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Nikolay Nikolov is originally from Bulgaria and currently lives in London. He has a BA in Political Studies from the University of Birmingham, a MSc in
GET FRACKTIOUS on 1st December 2012 Join us in the UK’s biggest climate demo to bear witness to the gravity of the unfolding climate crisis and help us build
Responding to reports of an activist being kidnapped in Kyiv and then imprisoned in Moscow amid allegations of torture, the newly-formed Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition released a statement. oDRussia reproduces the text in English translation.
Is there another way forward for Europe? Mary Kaldor and Sabine Selchow introduce our theme of the week, looking at the continent’s Subterranean Politics. Its frustration and inventiveness are evoked by Geoffrey Pleyers; new ways of decision-making challenge German democracy and attract David Budd
Public service health journalism is high on the agenda as Oliver Huitson's landmark investigation of the BBC's coverage of the Health and Social Care Bill continues to attract much interest, but small response from the BBC, while our Editor-in-Chief reflects on rationality and the considerable fal
A week that saw the death of the first person to set foot on the moon and the start of the global Paralympic games is a reminder of how far human ingenuity and imagination can reach. OpenDemocracy continues to ask whether these qualities can be applied to solving shared, collective problems - from
At openDemocracy this week, critical gazes fell upon a variety of tactics, strategies and individuals. Drones are like suicide bombs – only without the suicides, explains Paul Rogers: the US and its allies might use them with great enthusiasm today, but live to regret it if they inspire jihadists
Analysis, empathy and insight at openDemocracy this week, as our writers make an effort to understand fallout from the Olympic games and the US party conventions, the horrors of Syria's war and struggles for dignity in Sudan, India and Belarus.
The Syrian issue was at the forefront of this year's annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with different countries proposing a range of potential ways forward.
