The archaeology of Iran’s regime, Mahmood Delkhasteh
The uprising in Iran, which began as a protest against the rigged election of 12 June 2009, caught the world by surprise. No one can be certain where this uprising will lead. What is certain is that Iran will never be the same again.
The brutal,...
Georgia's pluralistic feudalism, Ilia Roubanis
The monitoring of democracy always involves the questionable belief that one has the political and moral credentials to judge how other people's democracy operates. This is not how I found myself in Georgia. Nor is this article an assessment of...
Yemen: travails of unity, Fred Halliday
Yemen is in the news, and for all the wrong reasons. A spate of kidnappings and killings of foreign tourists and aid workers in the first months of 2009 has highlighted the dangers of a country whose people are renowned for their hospitality. The...
Sakhalin, the Island of Cyclones and Abundant Snow, Ksenya Semenova
It's May 14, and it's snowing in Sakhalin. This is nothing unusual, though it's a pity, for the trees were about to blossom. There were jonquils outside my window, but now this tender new spring is sprinkled all over with cold...
Malawi: the lonely forest, Stuart Weir
The American-based International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is a well-respected international organisation that seeks to preserve and enhance the security of wild animals. Among its backers have been celebrities such as Pierce Brosnan and...
Changing lives in West Bank villages, Jane Gabriel
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The increasing economic poverty in villages in the West Bank is...
Conservatives 'comfortable' with Scottish independence?, Tom Griffin
Tom Griffin (London, OK): ConservativeHome has today published a survey of 144 Tory candidates in the 220 most winnable seats for the party at the next general election.
One particularly eye-catching detail: 54 per cent say "the Union should...
Riots strike Dhaka, Oliver Scanlan
Twelve people have so far been arrested in the wake of three days of riots in Dhaka which left two people dead and hundreds injured and also resulted in a ten-storey factory building being set on fire. The rioters were primarily workers in the...
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