One of the oldest manifestations of the Syrian government’s corruption has always been the blockage and manipulation of official documents.
Bashar al-Assad is a rational tyrant. Since he inherited the presidency in 2000, Assad has strategically employed brutality to repress dissent and maintain power.
En Cajamarca, Tolima, diez años de lucha contra la multinacional depredadora han terminado en abrazos y lágrimas de alegría. English
In both cases, through democratic processes authoritarian rule is imposed on a previously fairly democratic country.
A tale of woe explaining just how high this particular bar is. Español
Will Brexit ultimately result in a united federal Ireland in a confederation with Scotland, in the EU – with England and Wales outside it?
It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain.
The question of Western Sahara has been in a stalemate since 1976, but with Morocco joining the African Union, the new leadership of Polisario, and the escalation in El Guergarate region, is there room for renewed negotiations?
Every country, just like any individual, has to live with its own mess and pay the price for it.
Centre-right parties showed themselves more willing to hook up with anti-globalism – no threat to the international economic order – than the centre-left parties had with anti-globalisation.
The United Nations has stated that, of the four famines predicted for 2017, Yemen is the worst, with seven million people close to starvation and a further ten million in urgent need.
We are witnessing cumulative processes of politicization – struggles and organization involving migrant workers and activists setting out to build awareness locally, and link up globally.
