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After the plane crash: Russian attitudes to Katyn, Alexei Levinson openDemocracy - Latest articles from openDemocracy After the plane crash: Russian attitudes to Katyn, Alexei Levinson Immigration: control vs governance, Saskia Sassen Sri Lanka's war: time for accountability, Meenakshi Ganguly Russia's fleet in Crimea: what's the real deal?, Marina Starozhitskaya Central Asia - the smouldering volcano, Carlo Ungaro The Baloch people have a right to self-determination, Peter Tatchell UK Election: Three Cheers for Uncertainty, Jeremy Hardie Obama's plan for Iran and Chinese resistance , Arash Falasiri After the plane crash: Russian attitudes to Katyn, Alexei Levinson Russia’s attitude to Poland is first and foremost defined by the key questions of its historical choice. This is evident from the slogan of the Russian liberals, possibly their best ever: “Our freedom and yours!” Poland’s tragedy is that... Read more » Immigration: control vs governance, Saskia Sassen The United States has resorted to fairly extreme state action in order to control undocumented immigrants. This is a long history, with ups and downs. The current phase of strong-state action began in the 1990s with Bill Clinton. But the US is not... Read more » Sri Lanka's war: time for accountability, Meenakshi Ganguly Sri Lanka’s authorities have failed seriously to investigate the allegations of abuses committed during the first months of 2009 - the endgame of the twenty-six-year internal armed conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). An... Read more » Russia's fleet in Crimea: what's the real deal?, Marina Starozhitskaya “Have you heard a volcano has erupted in Crimea? It has this unpronounceable name - Ey-a-won’t-let-you-keep-the-fleet-here?” I said to my colleague, hoping to cheer him up. He continued: “yes, the Constitutional Court has already ordered the... Read more » Central Asia - the smouldering volcano, Carlo Ungaro Events in Kyrgyzstan seem to have crept up unexpectedly.   Public opinion was apparently unaware or inattentive: it was principally, and understandably, focused on other theatres, albeit in areas not all that distant, such as Afghanistan. ... Read more » The Baloch people have a right to self-determination, Peter Tatchell The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is urging the complete demilitarisation of the rebel province of Balochistan, as a precondition for a negotiated political settlement to end six decades of economic neglect, ethnic persecution and... Read more » UK Election: Three Cheers for Uncertainty, Jeremy Hardie Why do we get so worried when we don’t know what is going to happen? In the current British general election we are being asked to think about new experiences, at least for the UK, like a hung parliament, elections under proportion... Read more » Obama's plan for Iran and Chinese resistance , Arash Falasiri Despite the fact that the United States has since last year attempted to reach an agreement with both Russia and China to impose the fourth set of UN sanctions on Iran, these negotiations are still ongoing. While there is a huge expectation from the... Read more »