Friday 12 February 2010

Afghanistan: 

propaganda of the deed, openDemocracy 

Afghanistan: propaganda of the deed,

Author:Paul Rogers Summary:
The deluge of publicity about a large-scale military operation against the Taliban 
must be set against Afghan realities that tell a different story.The military campaign now...Read more »

The American political system: ruin and reform,

Author: Godfrey Hodgson Summary:
The Supreme Court has just made even harder the effort to limit the degradation 
of American politics by money, says Godfrey Hodgson.For many years now, many informed...Read more »

Russian Reform at a Turning Point ,

Author: Denis Corboy William Courtney Kenneth Yalowitz
Summary:
Much of Russian history is characterized by pendulum swings between orthodoxy 
and reform to overcome backwardness. Russia is again debating reform and the...Read more »

Philanthrocapitalism: the defense,

Author: Matthew Bishop Michael Green
Summary:
Today's big philanthropists understand the power of politics, and Michael Edwards should 
give them more credit It is a sad irony that the one thing...Read more »

Kenya's artisitc renaissance,

Author: Selina Cuff Summary:
Energetic new talent is emerging in Kenyan art. Who, and why has it been so long?

African culture has cachet around the world. Whether it is films from South Africa, 

music from Nigeria, artefacts...Read more »

Sri Lanka's self-signed death warrant,

Author: Chaminda Jayanetti
Summary:
Sri Lanka's imperilled democracy

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Every Saturday, on one of the main roads leading off London’s famous Trafalgar Square, 

locals and tourists briefly stop to watch a group of...Read more »

Changing politics,

Author: Dolan Cummings
Summary:
Pledges for Progress from the Institute of IdeasThere's a feeling in the air ahead of the 
forthcoming general election. But it isn't change that's in the wind so much as...Read more »