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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe perils of improvising policy: from the Balfour Declaration to BrexitAs we experience the consequences of the referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, we might fruitfully revisit...
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Published in: ourEconomyTransfer (mis)pricing, the jewel in every multinational enterprise’s crownHow developing countries lose $3 billion every day through an accounting trick that allows corporations to avoid paying tax.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Britain’s recognition of Israel violated its colonial “mandate” over PalestineBritain’s undertakings from the government’s own archives, show a pride rooted in false promises of “one nation...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe colonial roots of Trump’s discourse on IranThe colonial image of Persians as hypocritical and unreliable is so deeply entrenched in western imagination, that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: Fanon, race & politics - an interview with Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (part 2 of 2)Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: Fanon, race & politics - an interview with Mireille Fanon-Mendès France (part 1 of 2)Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAnother case of energy colonialism: Tunisia’s Tunur solar projectThe unrestricted flow of cheap natural resources from the global south to the rich industrialized north, maintains a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: the partition of India – lessons learned, an interview with Rajmohan GandhiRajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi distills the vital lessons from the past, the complicated legacy of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaColonial history in the French elections: Algeria, Le Pen, and fascism at the heart of EuropeMarine Le Pen's declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France's painful history,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe world’s last colony: Morocco continues occupation of Western Sahara, in defiance of UNSome claim that the admission of Morocco will now resolve the question of Western Sahara’s occupation but in fact...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe wave of democracy in EgyptA democratic force no doubt existed in Egyptian politics but it was marginal and contingent upon circumstances...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRecolonising international law: Israel’s naval blockade against GazaIsrael invokes the privileges of engaging in international armed conflict but denies Palestinians their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSingling out Israel: a perspective from the leftHow did the struggle for Palestine gain such prominence on the left? The answer might tell us something about...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical Islam in neoliberal timesNeoliberalism devours other competing world-views through the commodification of cultural difference—turning a tidy...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOil politics and the battle for KobaneDecades of energy colonialism in the Middle East come face to face with a democratic challenge in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaObjectifying female fightersWe must acknowledge women's agency without allocating gratuitous attention to physical appearances or banal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael and the mirror of ISISNetanyahu is warning us off an organisation which, like Israeli Zionism, claims its legitimacy on religious grounds...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFilm review: 'Omar' and the nature of colonialismA review of Omar (2014), the most recent offering from the Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, which portrays the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRejecting victimhood: the case for Palestinian resistanceSeeing rocket fire from Gaza as a counter-discourse. This method of resistance is less about fatalities than...
