Fleeced. A letter from the Russian provinces,
Summary: Corruption has always been part of Russian life, and the Oryol region today just offers a rather extreme example, says Elena Godlevskaya. Some of the main perpetrators have been named, but the... Science, defence and strategy,
Summary: Without strategy, the science of war overtakes the art of war. War has always been such a tremendously complex undertaking that every force waging it has sought to simplify and standardize. At... Living in a world of make-believe: the mythmakers of the globalising age,
Summary: Despite the failings of the neo-liberal model, the media still uses its advocates in City institutions, financial bodies and agencies associated with them to explain and analyse the crisis ...Is Iran heading towards another revolution?,
Summary: Iran's history contains three millennia of despotism, but also three revolutions in the past century alone. The current unrest may suggest that another is on its way. It poses formidable... Yemeni foreign minister rejects US intervention in al-Qaeda fight ,
Summary: Yemen’s foreign minister rejects possibility of US intervention in its battle against al-Qaeda, suggesting fears that US support might do more harm than good. Aid agencies warn of return to... Clegg on the attack,
I don't know if I am being fair to Nick Clegg, but I read a short piece in the Guardian today on his condemnation of Labour and the Conservatives as 'corrupt'. Quite right too, their resolve to protect... Intelligence agencies in the United States under fire as airport security undergoes review worldwide,
Summary: President Barack Obama criticises intelligence agencies for security failings as airport security undergoes review worldwide. The UN food agency suspends operations in south Somalia. A suicide attack... A New Year Letter to Independent Candidates from Terry Waite,
Summary: The next Parliament looks set to see a large intake of new MPs, quite a few of them independents. But chances are you haven't heard of the Independent Network. The next... A brave new world?,
Summary: Is there a good response to China's ‘resilient capitalist authoritarianism’? The world is heading towards the second scenario envisaged by Francis Fukuyama in his afterword to The End of... Can consumers save our climate?,
Summary: After Copenhagen, can market forces – and consumers in particular – help address global warming? In an article originally published on |
Friday 8 January 2010
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