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LATEST ARTICLES ( 77 )

• Bob’s Your Uncle! Prince Charles Gives Legs up to Unidentified Food Supplier in...

  In this letter, Prince Charles pushes an initiative which links hospital catering to local farmers' hubs. He hails the leader of the project at Royal Brompton... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Flag, by John Agard

  What’s that fluttering in the breeze? It’s just a piece of cloth that brings a nation to its knees. What’s that unfurling from a pole? It’s just a piece of clot... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why the Pro-democracy Protesters in Hong Kong Aren’t Going to Back Down Because...

  viaThe party has backed down before, they will do so again. In isolated parts of China such as Tibet and Xinjiang where they have more control over the... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Securitisation of Oil and the New Islamic State

  

  The Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant – ‘ISIS’) currently controls key parts of an area larger than the U.K., and a not insignificant population base. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Securitisation of Oil and the New Islamic State

  The Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant - 'ISIS') currently controls key parts of an area larger than the U.K., and a not insignificant population base. This... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• FRONTIERS of GOVERNANCE: THE OECD as an INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION (Review of Ch...

  The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Pal states, is “an organisation deliberately engaged in policy transfer”. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Insight into White House Press Briefings

  QUESTION: I'm sure that you are dreading - probably dreading this - but it has to do with the drones. MS. PSAKI (White House Spokesperson): No, I'm not... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Insight into White House Press Briefings

  QUESTION: I’m sure that you are dreading – probably dreading this – but it has to do with the drones.MS. PSAKI (White House Spokesperson): No, I’m not dreading... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “There Should Be No Place for Such Cynical Bullying in a 21st-century World...

  I am starting to lose this one. How dare anyone excuse a great power hurling brute force against a small one, justifying it with some nonsense about extremists... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “There Should Be No Place for Such Cynical Bullying in a 21st-century World...

  I am starting to lose this one. How dare anyone excuse a great power hurling brute force against a small one, justifying it with some nonsense about extremists... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• After Assad: Three Future Scenarios for Israel

  NOTE: This policy briefing paper is focused on Israeli interests and potential policy routes. Executive Summary Israeli interests in Syria Israel desires peace... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• After Assad: Three Future Scenarios for Israel

  NOTE: This policy briefing paper is focused on Israeli interests and potential policy routes.Executive Summary The current Syrian crisis, a complex and violent... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Update on Global Affairs: How is Russia Attempting to Manage Its Relations with...

  Every week, ISN Zurich, takes on a different topic/question. This week is about Russia and its ‘wider neighbourhood’,with a dossier from ISN Zurich... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Update on Global Affairs: How is Russia Attempting to Manage Its Relations with...

  Every week, ISN Zurich, takes on a different topic/question. This week is about Russia and its 'wider neighbourhood', with a dossier from ISN Zurich available[1... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Different Maps of World Freedom

  

  Reporters Without Borders map of World Press Freedom shown below (French non-profit NGO).Compare with the American-funded Freedom House map of world press... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Now Have Superpowers

  

  Correction, I have glasses. I never realised I needed glasses until this Monday, and now I have spent a week occasionally wearing my glasses. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Now Have Superpowers

  

  Correction, I have glasses. I never realised I needed glasses until this Monday, and now I have spent a week occasionally wearing my glasses. Here is a picture... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Saudi Arabia and the U.S. as an Example of Complex Interdependence

  Simply put, America is reliant on continued Saudi output of oil and Saudi Arabia is reliant on American dollars. For America, Saudi Arabia is a key regional... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Saudi Arabia and the U.S. as an Example of Complex Interdependence

  

  Simply put, America is reliant on continued Saudi output of oil and Saudi Arabia is reliant on American dollars. For America, Saudi Arabia is a key regional... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Logic of Empire

  Athenian:For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretenses—either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede, or are now... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY