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America divided: the politics of inequality , Godfrey Hodgson Eritrea and Isaias Afewerki: a cold logic, Selam Kidane Nepal: ethnic lock, federal key, national door , Oliver Housden "Be innovative!", orders the Kremlin, Andrei Kolesnikov Kashmir: cri de coeur, Seema Kazi The Paradoxes of Devolution and the Forces of Conservatism, Gerry Hassan
America divided: the politics of inequality , Godfrey Hodgson The economic crisis in the United States has had a profound impact on the lives of millions of its citizens. Among the most damaging is the experience of unemployment. In a country where notions of work, self-reliance, and self-improvement are... Read more » Eritrea and Isaias Afewerki: a cold logic, Selam Kidane It is a rare form of success for a small country to engage in perennial disputes with often larger and more powerful neighbours yet to survive intact. Even more so for the leadership of this country to reinforce its own power in the process. This is... Read more » Nepal: ethnic lock, federal key, national door , Oliver Housden The Nepali peace process is entering a critical stage when the country’s democratic future will be decided. Nepal’s very self-definition as a state, in the shape of a new constitution, is at the heart of the process. If the constitution can be... Read more » "Be innovative!", orders the Kremlin, Andrei Kolesnikov Skolkovo is a district on the Western outskirts of Moscow. Since Soviet times, it has been famed for its collective farm growing prize cucumbers and mushrooms, and for being the location of the Summer dacha of Leonid Brezhnev. Now it has also become... Read more » Kashmir: cri de coeur, Seema Kazi 8 January: Inayat Khan (16 years) shot dead by CRPF, Srinagar. 22 January: Manzoor Ahmed Sofi (23 years), shot dead by the CRPF, Parahaspora (Pattan). 31 January: Wamiq Farooq (13 years) shot dead by JK police, Srinagar. 31 January: Zahid Farooq (16... Read more » The Paradoxes of Devolution and the Forces of Conservatism, Gerry Hassan Devolution north of the border has always been filled by paradox and contradiction. Promising radicalism, while influenced by conservatism. Articulating a vision of ‘the new politics’, yet in reality shaped by institutional vested interests.... Read more »