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Kyrgyzstan failing, and an arc of crisis, Vicken Cheterian Why are Kyrgyzstan’s slum dwellers so angry?, Balihar Sanghera NPT: challenging the nuclear powers' fiefdom, Rebecca Johnson Women at the Public Service Broadcasting Forum, Lis Howell Will London's East End witness a return to confrontation? , Nick Ryan
Kyrgyzstan failing, and an arc of crisis, Vicken Cheterian The already grim situation in the central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan has, around the southwestern cities of Osh and Jalalabad in particular, become desperate. On 10 June 2010 and the subsequent days, members of the Uzbek minority in the area have... Read more » Why are Kyrgyzstan’s slum dwellers so angry?, Balihar Sanghera The land seizures in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan before and after the 7 April 2010 uprising have been portrayed in the mass media as having been perpetrated by criminals and an ignorant rural class. In fact, they are a response to the uneven development... Read more » NPT: challenging the nuclear powers' fiefdom, Rebecca Johnson Two weeks after the Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was proclaimed a success, what does it all signify? The representatives of some 190 governments applauded vigorously when the Conference Chair, Libran Cabactulan,... Read more » Women at the Public Service Broadcasting Forum, Lis Howell It would be tempting to say the Public Service Broadcasting Forum’s symposium last Thursday was a load of bollocks. This is usually an accurate description of these sorts of events. Most panels are chaired and populated by men. They disregard or... Read more » Will London's East End witness a return to confrontation? , Nick Ryan This Sunday two armies are threatening to clash on the streets of the East End of London. One involves a broad coalition of ethnic, Islamic and far-left groups, plus trade unions, churches and teachers. The other is a loose collection of far-right... Read more »