Our final century? Threats to the survival of the human race in the 21st...
Film: Martin Rees speaks to TalkWorks on nuclear disarmament, threats confronting humanity in the 21st century and what must change as part of the 2013 Global Perspectives series.Part 1: The nuclear...
View ArticleA call to engender Turkey’s peace process
Turkey’s agenda for peace aims to overcome the decades-old Kurdish question and raise democratic standards. While welcoming this initiative, Yakin Ertürk questions whether the end of conflict will...
View ArticleWhy I left the Civil Service: Thatcher, trust and democracy
A former economic civil servant tells her story of working under Thatcher. The change of culture in Whitehall and the loss of trust, she says, must now be undone.In the many thought-provoking articles...
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We remember: an obituary
In Britain and the world, this is a day of remembrance - in grief or in anger. But what should we remember - and who?She was born in the 1920s, with most of her childhood spent at the sharp end of the...
View ArticleTies of blood: how Thatcher altered 'British'
By discarding the social and cultural ties of the Empire, Margaret Thatcher did away with old ideas of Britishness based on allegiance, desire, history and character. Blood was what mattered. As...
View ArticleBonjour Tristesse
French parliamentarians – left or right, including the Socialist Speaker of the House – stick tooth and nail to their perks. The opposition is crying out against what they call being taken back to the...
View ArticleOur final century? Threats to the survival of the human race in the 21st...
Film: Martin Rees speaks to TalkWorks on nuclear disarmament, threats confronting humanity in the 21st century and what must change as part of the 2013 Global Perspectives series. Part 2: Threats from...
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Power, politics and public monuments in Nairobi, Kenya
For the Kenyan novelist, playwright and essayist, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, power through cultural subjugation was the principal tool of colonialism. The monuments of Nairobi can be read as a history of...
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The helpless and the resourceful, or the beginnings of Polish populisms
Poland has two populisms: “the populism of the dispirited”, mobilising those who struggled to adjust to life in the new Poland; and a form of neo-liberal populism, embracing free market capitalism and...
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Memories of war in the divided city
The dilapidated buildings which dot downtown Beirut are constant reminders of what existed before, what was destroyed during, and what has occurred since the civil war which violently divided the...
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If only it were fiction ...
In a few months, the EU will decide whether to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine. President Viktor Yanukovych is, however, focussed on a different agenda - how to win a second term in 2015....
View ArticleWake up calls: why aren't we up yet?
The bombings in Boston brought to mind familiar images from past American tragedies and its wars abroad. But why are we still shocked? It is an event that never ceases to stop people still. All the...
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The British Dream: a review, and the author's response
A new book on immigration and inclusion by the former Prospect Editor lays out a vision of a shared future Britain. Sunder Katwala, director of think-tank British Future, reviews the book, and the...
View ArticleLabour in times of rising foreign direct investment in developing countries
Why are certain countries more successful at attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)?Globalisation is said to have changed the very nature of labour, a key factor of production that has its own set...
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Kenya 2013 elections: reflections on the Supreme Court ruling and the role of...
The recent ruling by Kenya's Supreme Court of Kenyatta's presidential victory implies that democracy is taking root in the country. But were its actions simply to avoid more bloody conflict, rather...
View ArticleAQIM: Maghreb to Mali, and back
The crisis in Mali highlights the distinctive character and trajectory of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. A group forged in reactivity and ambiguity, marked by fluid leadership and unarticulated...
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Scottish independence: not worth the trouble
Chart the actual probable outcomes of independence, and there is little to recommend it to the Scots, if slightly more to the English. Yet the results would be devastating.Scotland’s independence is a...
View ArticleKenyatta in State House: what's next for Kenya and the ICC?
The inauguration of a head of state facing an ICC arrest warrant will have profound consequences for Kenya's previous cooperation with the court. As Kenyatta was sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president on...
View ArticleThatcher's funeral - the crowd, the media and reality
Despite shameless media fawning the streets were in fact eerily quiet; the biggest crowd out was the police. But signs of her legacy are still pervasive.On Thatcher funeral day, I had to catch a...
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Dimon Don't Cry
The Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, doesn't like his online nickname “Dimon,” but whatever we think of Dimon’s playground problems how does one stand up to online bullies? And why are so many...
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