By Hannah Polly Williams. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the adverse effects of global climate change will predominantly be experienced by developing countries. This is partially the result of geographical features which make countries in the southern hemisphere more prone to natural disasters and extreme weather conditions such as drought and flooding, and partially due …
By Lena-Sophie Demuth. After World War II, the foreign policy of Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) aimed at getting back in line with its neighbouring states, reconstructing its economy and rebuilding the image of a state responsible for a war that had claimed over 60 million casualties, including more than 6 million deaths in the wake of …
By Ramsha Khan. Have Private Military and Security Companies caused a shift in the paradigm of Warfare? The narrative of warfare in the last decade has been a poignant one, as we bore witness to the terrorist attacks, invasions, and revolutions that ignited across the globe. In its historical context this is not a phenomena out of …
By Tanisha Aggarwal. Over the past twenty years, the East has risen economically and politically at a phenomenal rate. For some, this is a cause for concern. Fears that Western powers, the U.S.A and U.K for example, will be overshadowed are exacerbated by the strong growth rates and growing influence of China and India. What has …
By Enrico Longobucco. Reasons why a technocratic government does not represent a democratic deficit in Italy, but something that people need In recent days, a number of important Italian newspapers published surveys about confidence in Prime Minister Mario Monti. The approval rate for Monti seems to be about 50 per cent, the lowest figure recorded throughout …
By Pras Boolaky. Predominantly because of the media attention, we are scarcely able to forget the importance of global warming as an increasing threat in the 21st century. We are told of the slow but potentially disastrous domino effect it can have on economic, social and political practices. Governments across the globe response to this challenge …
By Brendan Pastor. I was born in 1989, but for the purpose of this article let’s pretend I was born in the ’60s. Then I can say how much I remember the ’70s and ’80s, with a sense of longing nostalgia, much like people from the ’60s usually do. But what I will pretend to miss …
By Ali Shariat When the electoral victories of Ennahda in Tunisia and the Muslim Brotherhood in Eygpt were announced, commentators were quick to question whether the hard fought democracies would be lost. This fear was catalysed not because they did not wish to pursue the establishment of democratic institutions, it was because both these parties …
By David Adelman. Legislating football (or indeed any sport) has numerous difficulties. Attempts to do so, along with the expected resistance to such moves, are having a direct influence on European politics, and even aspects of the Euro-zone crisis. Because of the incredible transnational appeal of football, its captive market (fans of one team will not …
By Christopher Ogunmodede. In superlative, triumphant periods of sustained euphoria, there are those incidents and events, minor and major, which force us to reflect on the challenges ahead and ponder ideas which we might not have thought about. The election of Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the United States was supposed to usher …
