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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhen will the walls in Belfast come down?The wall may be down in Berlin, but there are still plenty of them in Belfast.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe wider tragedy of Gordon Brown: New Labour, the Murdoch press and the state of our democracy
What the Brown v Sun affair says about Labour, the wider left, and the sorry state of democracy in the UK
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Published in: openEconomyHere comes the citizen co-producer
The austere public budgets that will come out of the financial crisis offer, as a silver lining, a renaissance in...
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Published in: openSecurityOpenness and security: an editorial introduction
openSecurity's editor explores the themes of openness and security in an introduction to the new section.
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Published in: openSecurityArab governments and Iran trade accusations after Houthi crackdown in Yemen
Saudi offensive against Houthis provokes Arab-Iranian diplomatic row. Cambodian refusal to extradite Thai ex-PM...
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Published in: HomeVictims are not sacrifices
There is a danger that Palestinian subjectivity, Jewish diasporic experience, the use of psychoanalysis and our...
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Published in: openSecurityKorean navies exchange fire in border incident
South and North Korean ships clash off west coast. Iran charges US hikers with espionage. Japan promises $5 bn aid...
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Published in: oDRGerman boost to Ukraine's EU bid
Ukraine’s hopes of joining the EU some day may have been improved by changes in the German cabinet, observes Andreas Umland.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA referendum, yes - but in or out
David Marquand responds to Eurosceptic attacks on his recent post
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Published in: openSecurityAbbas resignation threat puts PA in jeopardy
Abbas's threat to resign puts PA in jeopardy. China outlines £6bn plan for African development. Saudi forces gain...
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Published in: HomeGermany and Europe: 1989, 2009...2029
The Berlin wall’s collapse symbolised Germany’s place at the heart of European and world politics. Twenty years on...
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Published in: HomeWhat Lisbon means for Europe
openDemocracy asked five of our authors for their takes on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty. Here are their comments
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Published in: HomeCan Greece Lead the Way?
As the left across Europe flounders in the wake of the economic crisis, the Greek socialist party under George...
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Published in: openEconomyDealing with the post-crisis: the US's pain options
The banking crisis creates a quantum of pain that we will all feel. But there are choices in the way that pain is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPolice confiscation powers to be given to councils, quangos and others
We should be concerned about powers given to local councils and quangos
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Published in: HomeThe trial and the wall
The celebration of Europe’s “velvet revolutions” is an appropriate time to recall that what happened in Srebrenica...
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Published in: HomeThe other 1989s
The great events in Europe in 1989 had a worldwide impact - and of a more destructive kind than is often...
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Published in: openSecurityIran has tested sophisticated nuclear warhead designs
The IAEA has asked Iran to explain evidence that it has tested a sophisticated design for a nuclear warhead. Saudi...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlair for EU? Nonsense from start to finish
Rumours that Tony Blair will be EU President are based on misconceptions
