Algeria's efforts to resolve crises in Libya and Mali are informed by its longstanding experience of regional diplomacy.
The reasons for the involvement of the west in the MENA region are not limited to oil and security. These are the arguments used by both local autocrats and western powers to maintain control. The real threat however is a global revolutionary movement.
The 2012 US federal law denying visas to Iranian students comes into conflict with the educational mission of the US State Department.
Since the ceasefire agreement last August, fisherman in Gaza are facing increasing restrictions that are threatening their livelihoods.
The forest idea is not based on centre-periphery economies and spatial hierarchies, but on equitable networks of livelihood and exchange. It embodies many historic associations with freedom and social justice.
Jyoti Singh, the real name of the woman in question, has not been allowed to be what she was, but made into what she had no say over.
Tony Hall’s speech on March 2 was full of invented threats. This was a denial of the imminent need for change: the BBC needs rivals and the UK needs more voices.
Snared by geopolitical interests, post-9/11 interventions have too easily been captured by leading states. A robust law enforcement process must serve enforcers of law, not agents of geopolitical interests.
The Indian Home Ministry’s attempt to block the screening could be seen as one example of a broader clampdown on whatever is deemed ‘anti-national’. But what does that say about the mainstream culture?
Development takes time. A lot of time. Meanwhile, people need to be free and we need to be kind.
What can a document sorting out ruling class differences 800 years ago be used for? David Carpenter’s Magna Carta with a New Commentary is a book about documents, which is both its glory and its downfall.
