Published in: North Africa, West Asia
The perils of improvising policy: from the Balfour Declaration to Brexit

Published on: 4 September 2019

Written by: Gardner Thompson All articles by Gardner Thompson

As we experience the consequences of the referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, we might fruitfully revisit...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Gandhi, Palestine and zionism: a book review

Published on: 20 January 2018

Written by: Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui All articles by Fazzur Rahman Siddiqui

In India it is the season for rediscovering Gandhi, and everyone from politicians to intellectuals are doing it in...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Money where your mouth is: Salaita, freedom of speech, and the new market of education

Published on: 3 October 2014

Written by: Arianne Shahvisi All articles by Arianne Shahvisi

I'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
Israel - the last of the settler colonies

Published on: 10 September 2014

Written by: Jonas Fossli Gjersø All articles by Jonas Fossli Gjersø

Examining the history of colonialism suggests that Israel today is more analogous to apartheid South Africa or...