An intense battle for the Iraqi city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, hints at the background and future of the wider conflict.
EU scrutiny in the field of the use of closed materials in UK courts is of paramount importance for the future of democratic systems of justice, even if it polarises once more the positions for or against Brexit.
After the Nigerian presidential election, the new government must address the social and economic policy vacuum Boko Haram has filled if the threat from the Islamists is to be tackled.
A recent statement by a prominent Russian opposition figure is testament to an unpalatable truth: Crimea’s annexation is popular with Russia’s ‘liberal elite.’
Saudi Arabia, by committing itself to an unlimited military escalation in Yemen, has over-reached itself.
On this Land Day, while world powers have recognised the danger of the religion-centric Islamic State (IS), it is ironic that some of the same governments are urging Palestinians to accept Lieberman's "axe"-wielding Jewish version of IS.
The last days of the war on drugs - and how to bring them to pass. The video of the London open book event.
As Ukraine turns into an oligarch republic, civil society has few chances left to make itself the true victor of EuroMaidan.
The sanctions knife cuts both ways – rallying around the flag, and regime change.
Tunisia faces the challenge of responding to security threats while avoiding a return of the security state that Tunisians rose up against in 2011. It's a rocky but clearly marked path.
In the experience and activity of political dissidence, care for the soul realized itself through denying the falsehoods imposed by the authorities and exalting truth above any imposed scheme.
The individual should learn to expose himself to the risk of giving up his egoistic prerogatives, in order to build a new form of community.
