Iran watchers in Washington are paying attention this morning to.... the John Bolton UN ambassador nomination hearings taking place today in the Senate Foreign Relations committee.
Why is obvious. Because
There are 70 million people in Iran. 70% of them are under 30.
In June the world’s eyes will be on Iran as it holds its “democratic” presidential elections.
Umbra at Grist magazine announces the results of her climate quiz results here.
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A Historic Meeting
I’ve just come from a historic meeting in the Houses of Parliament. No, not in the Commons, the so-called legislature of the United Kingdom, but
In a continuing discussion on the merits of the arguments put by David King and Benny Peiser (following comments by Charlie Kronick here), Alexander Bates, who says he is Barrister
The UK government's chief scientific advisor, who yesterday contributed this comment to the openDemocracy debate, is said to be a keen advocate of nuclear power.
But in today&
This openDemocracy debate starts from the point that man made climate change is a challenge that requires a political response.
It is about the politics, not the science of climate
Yesterday Benny Peiser published an article on openDemocracy in which he took issue with David King's view that climate change requires urgent and committed action now by government
Here's a neat application that creates a visual, on-the-fly map (in colour) of what the most popular stories are in the Google News Aggregator. Looks very
Nope, it's not just Anthony Barnett calling for electoral reform in the UK. From Perfect.co.uk a roundup of similar statements and an open invitation to a
Hossein Derkhshan (aka Hoder - the Iranian blogger) has posted photos of openDemocracy headquarters on his Flickr photo-sharing account from his recent visit to London.
Ever wonder what we look
Mostafa Moeen, the main reformist party's candidate has had an informal dinner and meeting with Tehran-based bloggers and has had an intense discussion with them. Adventures of
