By Ramsha Khan While ideological clashes between the West and the Islamic world have occurred more frequently in recent years, rarely has a singular action created such a polarised divide between traditional culture and the freedom of expression as the one sparked by the depiction of Islam’s prophet Mohamed in Western media. The issue has …
By Scott Edwards . April 30th this year marked eight years since the formation of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH). Continued instability, a poor development record and the major infrastructural setback represented by the 2010 earthquake suggest that the peacekeeping mission is likely to be extended past its October 2012 deadline, with a UN …
by Helen Jane Martin. An abyss for the lost and stolen, and a refuge for the takers, failed states are characterised as the black holes of the international system. Somalia, the archetypical failed state, is condemned by policy makers who maintain that it incubates terror, breeds crime, facilitates piracy and infects regions; with stereotypical images …
