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LATEST ARTICLES ( 77 )

• Chemical Weapons in Syria

  So, there’s been recent reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria. This raised a few questions, and was seen as a ‘red line’ for intervention in the West. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gun Deaths? A Loaded Question

  

  As a European, it can be too easy to chide the US for its obsession of guns. The caricature of a gun-toting, murdering, ‘hick’ is one that is all too... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poland & the Postcolonial

  

  Poland has, for hundreds of years, been surrounded and conquered by its neighbours. Recent history up until the very late 20th century has been no better, with... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Russians (or at Least Muscovites) Have Dash Cams

  Dash cams surged up in popularity because cops used to be crazy, they still are, but I’m talking ridiculously crazy. They would extort money, because they were... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ is Not Worth Fighting for

  Following very real concerns created by governments attempting to violate basic internet privacy, some of which were stopped by the EU itself, when the British... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Comments & Curios V

  Who did you rape in the war, daddy? (a question for veterans that needs answering)A well-written article about the ‘Other’ in warfare, and how easy it is to... Read more

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

• Monday, 18th March

  Monday is a hangover here in Belfast, the St. Patrick’s day weekend is over and the party has gone. In fact, a lot of workplaces preemptively  declared the day ... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lech Walesa the Homophobe – Reactionary Revolutionary

  It seems the more you learn about the great heroes, the more you see their own personal demons. The West’s Eastern favourites, from Yeltsin to Saakashvili, are... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Vince Cable on Austerity in Britain

  Balance of risks Contrary to the rhetoric around economic policy, the real disagreements have had little to do with ideology or economic theory. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Footnote: Poland Now Dependent on Immigrants.

  

  Poland: visa and stamps (Photo credit: Sem Paradeiro)According to a report by the Energy Europe foundation (PL), Poland is now dependent on immigration to... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Populism in Russia is Finally Tackling Corruption

  

  For many years, corruption has been a normal part of life in the post-Soviet Russia. Oligarchs would bribe ministers for government contracts, ministers would... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russian Foreign Relations: Norway

  

  Historically, relations between the Soviet Union (of which Russia was a ‘successor state’) and Norway were at times more than cold. Read more

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

• A Lack of Recent Activity

  Explained by a slight work overload. Earlier on this week I was hosting a presidential candidate for the Iranian elections. Currently I’m busy marking essays,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mr. Moore's Confusion

  

  Reblogged from 19andnerdy: This article, by Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph is wrong on so many counts that it took a lot of effort to read the whole... Read more

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

• Who Will Win the Kenyan Presidential Election? A Look at the Numbers

  

  Reblogged from Opalo's weblog: With elections less than a month away many in Kenya are reading the tea leaves and making predictions as to who they think will... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rapid And Mostly Unnoticed Decline Of Abortion In Russia

  

  Reblogged from Da Russophile: One of the keystones of the "Dying Bear" meme is the factoid that abortions outnumber births in Russia. As Mark Steyn put it,... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 2013: Year of the Bear?

  

  Vladimir Putin, having been recently named possibly the most powerful person on the planet by the American Foreign Policy magazine, could well have been a... Read more

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

• Andrew Ryvkin's Strange Ideas About The Russian Economy

  

  Reblogged from Da Russophile: By the usual standards of Guardian reporting on Russia, this one by GQ Russia editor Andrew Ryvkin is… well, about par for the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Arnold Schwarzenegger Thinks About the Republican Party

  The most important thing is that we need to be a party that is inclusive and tolerant. We can be those things and be the party we always have been. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Comments and Curios

  

  Merkel shepherds the EU away from fiscal cliffs The last minute negotiations in Washington to avoid a budget shortfall show that short-termism is well grounded... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY