Far from being the most vulnerable and weak, or just another form of factor mobility in a globalised economy, migrants may be the most powerful individuals.
The "special relationship" between the defence establishment and private arms companies is not an election issue. We need to make it one.
While movements in Brazil and South Africa have been fueled by unrealized socio-economic expectations and by explosive growth in India, what they have most in common is the subordination of democracy to money.
The pace of reaction to the global climate emergency is increasing, and vulnerable states in the global south are often in the lead.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union has given birth to a new and difficult reality in Georgia.
La condena del ex presidente Efraín Ríos Montt sentó un precedente para la exigencia de responsabilidades a los jefes de Estado. Pero en Guatemala las estructuras de poder de la dictadura militar permanecen en su sitio. Publicado previamente en States of Impunity. English
The city of Baltimore was in a ‘state of emergency’ long before the rioting began.
Smugglers are not the cause of migration; they are the consequences of the EU’s expanding border surveillance regime. The EU should concentrate on saving migrants from this regime.
Eighty-five groups representing 17,000 Syrians have backed the new campaign Planet Syria, demanding international pressure for an end to the bombs and real peace talks.
