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Coalition deal announced as social frustrations mount, Anthony Skinner Kyrgyzstan: components of crisis , David Gullette Kyrgyzstan: referendum in a time of upheaval, Judith Beyer A platform for humanity , Diana Francis Tunnels of Opportunity, Sameh Habeeb The Palestinian vuvuzela , Khaled Hroub Preserving the slender thread in Pakistan, Kaustav Chakrabarti Toward a new Alexandria, Lisbet Rausing A New Era Starts for Scottish Politics: Alex Salmond talks real on Independence, Gerry Hassan
Coalition deal announced as social frustrations mount, Anthony Skinner On 10 June 2010, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law bloc and the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) formally announced that they had formed a political coalition. The overwhelmingly Shi’ite coalition is merely four seats short of a... Read more » Kyrgyzstan: components of crisis , David Gullette The violent unrest in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, which resulted in the deaths of as many as 2,000 people in the week following 10-11 June 2010, is the result of ineffective governance and extensive poverty. The cycle of violence... Read more » Kyrgyzstan: referendum in a time of upheaval, Judith Beyer When the violence erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan on June 11, I was staying in a mountain village in Talas province. Separated by a 3.300m mountain pass and located a two-hour car drive away from the main road which connects the northern capital... Read more » A platform for humanity , Diana Francis In the run-up to the recent UK elections, the Bath Stop the War Coalition convened a meeting of Bath activists from the four relevant sectors: peace, economic and social justice, human rights and democracy, and environmental protection. In the... Read more » Tunnels of Opportunity, Sameh Habeeb Gaza is still living under siege, but life goes on thanks to the marvellous adaptability of its huge population. There is a crisis in nearly every life sector from water, to food, power and industry. So this ingenuity takes a myriad of forms, but... Read more » The Palestinian vuvuzela , Khaled Hroub When Mexico scored against France in faraway Polokwane, the blaring noise of vuvuzelas was merely the background to the joyful screams and cheers that filled the open garden of the elegant Azure restaurant in Ramallah. My Palestinian friends... Read more » Preserving the slender thread in Pakistan, Kaustav Chakrabarti The arrest of Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, the alleged Times Square Bomber, resulted in a flurry of public warnings from senior US officials. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton warmed Pakistan of ‘severe consequences’ should another... Read more » Toward a new Alexandria, Lisbet Rausing Imagine a new Library of Alexandria. Imagine an archive that contains all the natural and social sciences of the West—our source-critical, referenced, peer-reviewed data—as well as the cultural and literary heritage of the world's... Read more » A New Era Starts for Scottish Politics: Alex Salmond talks real on Independence, Gerry Hassan Scottish politics are on the verge of their biggest shakeup for decades. A linked debate on the Calman commission, fiscal autonomy and the implications of the Budget and forthcoming cuts, will now be shaped by Alex Salmond’s repositioning of the... Read more »