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Confessions of a recovering environmentalist, Paul Kingsnorth Abkhazia: two years of independence, George Hewitt China’s next elite: 2012 and beyond , Loh Su-hsing and Kerry Brown Strategy and insurgency: an evolution in thinking?, Adam Elkus and John P. Sullivan Sovereign debt work-out: reform needed, Nic Benton Dreaming of the sea, or a holiday in Moynaq , Daniel Metcalfe South Africa poised to boost AU troops in Somalia, Jamie Munn The Last Man of Iron: can we find leadership without certainty?, Gerry Hassan Britain may soon replace the House of Lords, Stuart Weir Why the Referendum is a “Good Thing”, John Jackson
Confessions of a recovering environmentalist, Paul Kingsnorth Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity … and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, Nature is imagination itself - William Blake Scenes from a younger life # 1: I am 12 years old. I am alone, I am scared, I... Read more » • Abkhazia: two years of independence, George Hewitt The events of August 2008 changed the course of history in the Transcaucasus. Two weeks after a ceasefire in the “five-day war” of 8-12 August, President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia declared his country’s recognition of both South Ossetia and... Read more » • China’s next elite: 2012 and beyond , Loh Su-hsing and Kerry Brown It is a commonplace that the relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China is the most important single bilateral relationship in the world in the early 21st-century. It is less well known that in autumn 2012, both... Read more » • Strategy and insurgency: an evolution in thinking?, Adam Elkus and John P. Sullivan Counterinsurgency and its discontents dominate discussion of American defense policy. Hot topics of discussion include assessing the meaning of what is popularly known as the Iraq “surge”; COIN’s role in Afghanistan strategy, as well as the... Read more » • Sovereign debt work-out: reform needed, Nic Benton The accumulation of debt by low and lower-middle income countries often leads to significant hardship, as funds which could be used to promote human development are diverted to service onerous repayment agreements. According to the World Bank, low... Read more » • Dreaming of the sea, or a holiday in Moynaq , Daniel Metcalfe There can’t be many places worthy of the epithet ‘former seaside town’. Indeed, Moynaq, now miles from any water, hasn’t moved an inch. What has happened is the shoreline has simply receded by 40 km. Along with Aralsk, Kazalinsk, Uchsai... Read more » • South Africa poised to boost AU troops in Somalia, Jamie Munn The African Union’s (AU) mission in Somalia could soon receive a boost, with reports suggesting South Africa may send troops to the troubled country. Themba Maseko, a spokesperson for the South African cabinet said that ministers would be meeting... Read more » • The Last Man of Iron: can we find leadership without certainty?, Gerry Hassan The tributes to Jimmy Reid have been many and fulsome. They have come from across the political spectrum and from near and far – from his hometown of Glasgow to the Govan of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, to across the UK and internationally. If Reid... Read more » • Britain may soon replace the House of Lords, Stuart Weir The 'Yes' team for the AV referendum is being assembled as I write. The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust are in the lead with other organisations like Unlock Democracy joining in and being invited.... Read more » • Why the Referendum is a “Good Thing”, John Jackson Whilst I agree with Stuart Weir that the referendum is ‘an ugly and undemocratic manoeuvre’, for all the reasons he has set out in his post of 11 August, it is nonetheless a “good thing”. I say this for two reasons. Firstly, it represents an... Read more » •