Egypt speaks to an international audience
Collusion and confusion: Hania Sholkamy asks whether the international community will meet the challenge of democracy in Egypt?The unfolding story of Egypt poses a challenge to the meaning of...
View ArticleConstitutional highway to theocracy
Egypt's constitutional draft should be rejected, the draft contains many dangers reagarding private property, the separation of powers and judicial independence for instance. It is important to...
View ArticleLes assises de Kampala: une autre farce politique
Le gouvernement de la RDC et M23, un mouvement rebelle, ont se convoqués en Kampala. A Uvira, au Sud Kivu, un groupe d'élèves explique pourquoi ils les considèrent comme un dialogue de sourds...
View ArticleDiscussions in Kampala: another political farce
The government of the DRC and the M23 rebel group talk in Kampala. In Uvira, South Kivu, a group of students explain why they see this as a dialogue of the willfully unhearing. Français.Talks have now...
View ArticleThe eurozone crisis challenge to democracy: which way forward?
Does the euro crisis ring the death knell for European citizens' influence in the EU decision-making process?During the eurozone crisis, decision-making has become more and more remote from the...
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European foreign policy: resilience versus time
With most European efforts focusing on salvaging the economy and an inaudible External Action Service, is there a future for European foreign policy?Smile Catherine, it could be worse. Demotix/Vedat...
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Something rotten in the ANC state
The palaces of President Zuma and the massacre of miners symbolise how the gulf between rich and poor has widened in the eighteen years since the African National Congress came to power in South...
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Under the capital's streets: a guide to ancient Moscow
Moscow, unlike St Petersburg, is an unplanned city that has grown organically over the centuries, and where new developments can still mean the destruction of older buildings of historical interest. A...
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Of nations and networks
How does the internet transmit and transform national identities? What are the implications of this exchange and absorption on knowledge and the 'rootedness' of communities? This second piece in the...
View ArticleOurKingdom Best of 2012: have your say
Help us pick out the writing and the moments worth remembering from the last year. It's coming to that time when the last year is digested and spat out into pithy features and "Best of" lists, that...
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Mills responds to Curzon-Price on productivity, wages and the UK's low earners
We may not be able to do much about the top decile protecting their earnings, but we can drive the bottom up if we focus on areas of existing strength in productivity - here's whyIn his recent reply to...
View ArticleViolence, space and memory in the new Northern Ireland
Violence in Belfast in September and December 2012 bears witness to the collision of the 'old' and the 'new'. As Northern Ireland embarks upon a decade of centenaries, the question arises: who hosts...
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Who are the Northern Irish? The census and violence over a flag
Last week, Belfast City Council voted to flag the Union Jack only on designated days, sparking protest. What does this say about Northern Ireland today, and does it tally with the recent census...
View ArticleCan Labour build a Britain that works together?
'This is a speech of celebration and integration'. So said Ed Miliband today, of his latest speech on the One Nation Labour approach. But is his party in touch with everyday experiences across...
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Friendship our weapon of choice
One could argue that it has been the ordinary person who has actually best embraced the spirit of the Agreement. While hatred is taught, it can also be untaught. ‘What would a genuinely shared future...
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Three Headliners essays
Laoise, 13, Tarah, 15, and Fionnuala, 15, attend a youth media organisation called Headliners in Belfast. It is not easy for any young person to encapsulate what it means to be who they are but here...
View ArticleRebuilding Somalia
The appointment of two Somali women in key ministerial posts must not mask the massive day to day persecution of women in Somalia, says Hala al-KaribOn 4th November 2012, the new Somali Prime Minister,...
View ArticleA problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?
Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a Shehabi argues that in order to foster constructive engagement with the global south, the...
View ArticleFour Labour myths that scapegoat immigrants
How much distance is there really between Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown’s “British jobs for British workers”? Ed Miliband's speech on integration was a more nuanced and positive take on immigration than...
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A return to Sovereign Money?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently published a working paper arguing for the removal of private bank’s privilege of creating the national money supply. The so called ‘full’ or ‘100%’...
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