Spain’s supreme court has refused to register a new Basque political party pledged to non-violence, because of its suspected links with the banned terrorist group ETA. But the decision is more complex than it appears, says Guy Hedgecoe.
Both the west and the Gaddafi regime are assessing the prospect of a military stalemate in Libya. In any extended campaign, United States-Israel cooperation could offer Tripoli an unexpected gift.
The changing dynamics of the Libyan conflict highlight the contradictions of "humanitarian intervention" when pressed to serve the western way of war, says Martin Shaw.
The opening of the Arctic to ship-passage will transform the region’s political as well as environmental landscape, says Øyvind Paasche.
Daniel Goldhagen’s book “Worse Than War” includes British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s among its case-studies of “elimination”. A close reading of the demographic evidence reveals the falsity of the argument, says David Elstein.(This article was first published on 4 March 2010)
The evolution of new forms of governance in rural China is an important if often hidden part of the country’s major transition, says Kerry Brown.
Migrant women especially face extreme discrimination in Brussels. But they don’t necessarily see it that way.
In memory of the Jewish Palestinian and Israeli actor, director, film-maker and activist who founded the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp.
Democracy is once again the challenge. Overcoming divisions through the development of new welfare systems will be vital to the success of this project.
The emergent movements around the politics of food are a vital component of debates on the planet’s future, says Geoff Andrews.
The prospect of Turkish membership of the European Union looks more remote than ever. But neither Europe’s infirmity nor Turkey’s widening horizons need be the end of the story. A revived relationship based on mutual benefit remains possible, says Nora Fisher Onar.
