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Taking sides in Ukraine
Most commentators have turned a blind eye to some of the more unsavoury aspects of either Putin and the Maidan, depending on their ideological background. Hypocrisy is everywhere, but that doesn't mean...
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Little green men
Events in Ukraine may develop with lightning speed, but the fear of war is ever present – a new kind of war. There is a war on in Ukraine – and, moreover, it’s a pilot project for a new kind of war....
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Building bridges in Russian civil society
Direct aid givers, civic activists, and political activists spend as much time arguing amongst themselves as they do building civil society. With such divisions, it is clear that bridges need to be...
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Don't forget what the economy is for: response to Mills
In response to John Mills, the New Economics Foundation's head of social policy argues that it's vital that economists like John Mills don't ignore that the economy is woven into society and dependent...
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There is an alternative: the British economy can thrive once more
As things stand, the British economy faces a future of decline. But it doesn't have to be this way - there is an alternative. Here, we publish a full pamphlet from John Mills outlining his plan for the...
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New OurKingdom series - There is an Alternative
Today we launch a new series on ideas for reshaping the UK's dysfunctional economy, centering on the new Civitas pamphlet from economist and businessman John Mills. Despite a particularly magnificent...
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You can’t bounce off the walls if there are no walls: outdoor schools make...
New approaches to kindergarten offer children a potentially transformative experience of education in nature - an antidote to rote-learning and a much better preparation for an integrated life. Credit:...
View ArticleHIV: Violations or investments in women’s rights?
In the context of widespread sexual violence and its reciprocal links to HIV, Alice Welbourn reports on how the formal scientific evidence base alone is beginning to be recognized as not...
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Russian civil society and the law
Russia’s foreign agents law caused a great deal of controversy when it was introduced late last year. But the woes of Russia’s NGOs don’t end there…Since its introduction in November last year, much...
View ArticleIndia’s policing disorder
In the 1990s Mumbai's 'crime-busting' policing strategy included routine extra-judicial executions, known as 'encounter killings'. Here this state violence is examined as communalisation of the police,...
View ArticleAfghan media face an uncertain future
The presidential election has shown Afghanistan’s increasingly mature media scene at its best – hopefully not for the last time.Afghanistan’s vibrant and diverse media scene is often held up as one of...
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Campaign finance reform would be a wasted effort
The still fresh McCutcheon v FEC Supreme Court decision, which removed limits to political campaign contributions, has angered activists and reformers, who call it nothing less than the privatization...
View ArticleThe creation of a border security state
Americans may increasingly wonder whether NSA agents are scouring their meta-data, reading their personal emails, and the like. On the US-Mexican border no imagination is necessary.Sometimes you really...
View ArticleThe return of great-power politics
“Sustainable security” claims to address the causes of insecurity, not just symptoms. But when those “symptoms” are huge inter-state crises—as between China and Japan over disputed islands or between...
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Have they healed yet? Western dreams about Rwanda
Shattered societies cannot be mended with pills or analysis or technology or foreign aid. Our need to hear that Rwanda is ‘healing’ tells us more about ourselves than it does about Rwanda.Rwandan...
View ArticleMythic origins or original sin? Euroscepticism and an ever closer reality
Euroscepticism is a strategically invented social construct – much like the myth of “ever closer union” itself – to capture and channel growing popular discontent with the aftermath of the European...
View ArticleTurkey, from tension to transition
The fierce conflicts of Turkey's last year may create the foundations of a new socio-political consensus, says Galip Dalay.Turkey has come under an intense international spotlight as a result of two...
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Economics of disintegration in Ukraine
‘Shock therapy’ was imposed on the post-Soviet world by the West, with catastrophic results. Now, we are planning on repeating that experiment in Ukraine. In the future, people may look back on the...
View ArticleOnly a broad-based financial transaction tax will be effective
A well constituted financial transaction tax (FTT, or Tobin tax) can not only reduce levels of inequality but also curb some of the destructive elements of financial activity and make a positive...
View ArticleThe modern lesson of matza
A question asked on the radio impels the author to ponder about the absense of peace demonstrations in Israel, Netanyahu's and Abbas' visits to the White House and why matza is what it is.The school...
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