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Published in: openSecurityWashington split by revised US nuclear strategy
White House reconsiders nuclear weapons policy. Pakistani Taliban chief killed by US airstrike. Dubai moves to...
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Published in: HomeThe danger of majority tyranny
Switzerland's democracy lies nearer to the dividing line between direct democracy and tyranny of the majority than...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow will POWER2010 take forward the Power Pledge?
The POWER2010 campaign has identified 5 reforming priorities for the next Parliament. Where next?
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Published in: oDRLife and death of an independent newspaper in Oryol
In 2004, some local journalists in Oryol founded an independent newspaper ‘for those who want the truth’. Although...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe debate on modern liberty one year on
To mark the publication of The Convention on Modern Liberty: The British debate on fundamental rights and freedoms,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Convention on Modern Liberty: The British Debate on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
One year on from the Convention on Modern Liberty, the many great talks, speeches and articles inspired by that day,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhere’s the Democracy?
The annual British Academy lecture was delivered this week by M.H. Hansen, a leading authority on Athenian democracy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTake a long hard look at Labour
Unable to offer voters any positive reason to vote for the government beyond the worthless platitudes in Brown's...
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Published in: openSecurityHizbollah General Secretary meets Ahmadinejad in Damascus
Hassan Nasrallah meets with Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Damascus. A suicide attack kills seventeen in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAccountability under democratic constitutions
A personal overview given by the Minister of State at the Department of Justice to a conference at Wilton Park
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Published in: oDRSaving the Amur tiger
With the Amur tiger population facing extinction, organisations from Russia and abroad have been working to save...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnd then there were three: the Power 2010 pledge
English Votes on English Laws and Power 2010
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Published in: HomeNetanyahu and the sanctioning of Iran
Israel’s attempt to rally support for energy sanctions against Iran look like failing, for good reason. They would...
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Published in: oDRDrug crisis on Russia’s borders
Russia’s drugs problem has reached crisis point in Orenburg Region. It borders on Central Asia and is used as a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPower 2010 after the vote - can it light up the country?
The POWER2010 campaign for democratic renewal in the UK has unveiled its five-point Pledge for the election.
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