Misleading rhetoric post-violence in Assam
The dual threat of losing a homeland and losing all track of the original inhabitants removes all objective considerations from the debate in one fell swoop The recent killings between two...
View ArticleOn the road to Damascus
There is no escaping the reality that the road to a genuinely inclusive civic politics after the Arab Spring runs through the gates of a religiously-validated pluralism. Even after Islamist electoral...
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Diary of an Egyptian Schizo
As people we need to know why those people got fired, as some people are suggesting that some insiders must have been in on the plan as well as outsider foreign interference… We need to know what's...
View ArticleThis week's window on the Middle East - August 13, 2012
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: diary of an Egyptian schizo Diary of an Egyptian Schizo Rapid...
View ArticleHaiti and the shock doctrine
Haiti, an already very poor country, was shattered by the earthquake of January 2010 centred on the capital, Port-au-Prince. In the aftermath, a rigorous economic programme was imposed by rich-world...
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'Camps' the world over: questioning the legitimacy
Tania Bruguera’s new art project at Tate Modern initiates a debate about the continuing oppression of migrants and the possibility of transforming a momentary experience of oppression into an act of...
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After the Games: the good the bad and the Orbit
With the Olympics over Mark Perryman reflects on the ups, downs and thereabouts. London 2012 has been internationally lauded as a success, but a better Games was possible and we should not allow the...
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Bordering on Peace?
As we move towards the draw-down of foreign forces in Afghanistan, openSecurity asks Afghan, Pakistani and international experts what needs to happen in the region to establish peace. Borders are...
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Is Russia flying over the cuckoo’s nest?
President Putin’s first 100 days have been quite dramatic, with protests becoming edgier and draconian laws being introduced in response. It might be said that events in Russia are developing along...
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Can non-violent resistance and armed rebellion co-exist?
The first and most important casualty of the militarization of the Syrian uprising is the non-violent movement. With two superpowers emphatically vetoing three UNSC resolutions on three different...
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Siberia’s crying cannibal: when business became war
Last month, a Siberian gang leader accused of dozens of murders was unexpectedly given a prison sentence. Could it be that Russia is finally getting to grips with organised criminality? There is more...
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Beware the UK’s 'community rights': the latest mutation of privatisation
Cutting through the coalition government’s rhetoric of localism and ‘community rights’, Dexter Whitfield exposes a strategy to further destabilise and fracture public provision, accelerating...
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The abolition of ‘Broken Britain’
'Broken Britain' is the current expression of enduring prejudices on the Right. How does it fit within the context of British conservatism and what does it tell us about David Cameron's Conservatives?...
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Non-governmental diplomacy: a key to redressing human rights violations in...
Burundi has come a long way, but there are still very dark stains on the country's human rights record. Non-governmental diplomacy can help. An Amnesty International protest in front of the Burundi...
View ArticleourBeeb podcast 2: Claire Enders on the ever growing BBC news monopoly
Part two of an ourBeeb discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the BBC, featuring the CEO of Enders Analysis. What future for democracy, when the BBC becomes a news-providing...
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A-levels 2012: the Tories have already failed a generation
The publication of this year's A-level results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland come at a time of crisis in higher education and the jobs market. As top grades fall and university applications...
View ArticleM23 in the Kivus: regional war and then a repeat of the 2009 accord?
M23's military campaign in North Kivu has profound consequences for Kinshasa and regionally. A regional military force to end the rebellion is hotly disputed: Rwanda and Uganda have interests in the...
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Born in South Africa but representing England: a response to Peter Oborne
Responding to the controversial dropping of Kevin Pietersen from the England cricket team, Sir Peter Oborne declared the impossibility of being born in South Africa and giving full loyalty to England....
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Fallen analogies
Why a widespread analogy is harmful to fragile post-Arab Spring states and civil societies. Egyptian state TV announces that ousted President Mubarak gets life sentence for killing protesters -...
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The Storm still rages in Croatia
Croatians believe Operation Storm is how they got their nation back. So why has it come back to haunt them nearly two decades later? "A hero, not a criminal" - Wikimedia/tomeks1. Some rights...
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