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Published in: HomeBetter-off siding with Russia or China: there's no dictator's dilemma todayDemocracy promotion by the west has been a grubby, hypocritical affair. Is there any hope for doing it properly?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical citizenship for critical times
The author ponders the protest cycle endlessly repeated in Egypt and asks what kind of critical thinking,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGetting transition rightGathering in Salzburg, Austria looks at improving diversity and inclusion in the post-revolution MENA region.
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Published in: ourBeebLet the public take over the BBC
Tessa Jowell MP who was Culture Secretary in the Blair government when she secured the BBC's future calls for it to...
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Published in: HomeThe real-time online direct democracy challenge
Can we imagine how real-time online direct democracy might improve the following: freedom of speech; the democratic...
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Published in: HomeIn defence of greatness: Britain's carrier saga
A single cost-cutting decision to an expensive naval project is in itself a mere adjustment. But in a wider context...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria's crisis: weapons vs negotiations
A strong momentum is building for armed intervention in Syria, either by channelling arms to Syria's rebels or...
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Published in: HomeThe Great Partnership: multiculturalism, faith and citizenship
Do the supposedly civilised values of human rights and responsible citizenry become exclusionary, used to divide...
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Published in: oDRRise of the lumpen elite: is this really what we fought for?
The great battles waged on behalf of democracy in the 20th century have ended in crisis, proposes the painter and...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida franchise: the Nigerian case
The growth of the Boko Haram armed movement in Nigeria illustrates the capacity of modern Islamist groups to...
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Published in: HomeThe London bombs, five years on: a digest
The coordinated bomb-attacks on London’s transport network on 7 July 2005 (“7/7”) left dozens dead and hundreds...
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Published in: HomeArab insurgencies, women in transition
The waves of change in the Arab world have women at the centre. But how will they fare as revolt turns towards a new...
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Published in: HomeTunisia, or democracy’s future in jasmine
The homegrown insurrection of a friendless people in Tunisia carries a profound lesson in the understanding of...
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Published in: HomeIsrael’s security: beyond the zero-sum
The prospects for progress in the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in Washington are meagre. But breakthrough is...
