Friday, 12 March 2010

Barack Obama and America , openDemocracy -


Barack Obama and America ,

Author:
Godfrey Hodgson
Summary:
An inspiring candidate has become a failing president. But a comparison with Lyndon B Johnson shows that the reasons for this outcome are more than personal. Change had come to America before...

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The English: a people without a history?,

Author:
Michael Collins
Summary:
Of all Britain's peoples, the English have traditionally been the centrepiece of 'British history'. Nonetheless, argues UCL historian Michael Collins, it is they who have the most...

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Is Russia’s judicial system reformable?,

Author:
Alena Ledeneva talks to Oliver Carroll
Summary:
In this interview for oDRussia, Prof.Alena Ledeneva talks to Oliver Carroll about the prospects for judicial reform in Russia. Medvedev’s efforts amount to far more than...

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Climate science: a peace-studies lesson,

Author:
Paul Rogers
Summary:
The doubters of global warming are emboldened by their new ability - as in the “climategate” affair - to put climate researchers on the defensive. But the experience of comparable assaults on the...

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Haven't we said so already?,

Author:
Roberta Clarke
Summary:
If the actions recommended by the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action on Equality, Development and Peace were honoured, Roberta Clarke argues that the Millennium Development Goals could be met.
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Palestinian-Israeli talks in the balance as IDF locks down West Bank,

Author:
Oliver Scanlan
Summary:
The IDF locks down parts of the occupied West Bank as uncertainty looms over talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Thailand increases security measures ahead of protests planned for...

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Putting money where our mouths are,

Author:
Lyric Thompson
Summary:
Lyric Thompson, in her last report from New York, writes that as we close the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women, there’s no mystery as to what it takes to close the tremendous gap between...

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