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Saxon villages: restoration is for the future, Jessica Douglas Home Aggregating identity in Bhutan, IP Adhikari Iran: a political calculus, Omid Memarian Russian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly Mansky, Mumin Shakirov Living in the best of times? The violence externality, Chris Parton The first Tony Blair Book and the failure of New Labour , Gerry Hassan Blair's flawed approach to peace in Northern Ireland, Robin Wilson MyAid or WhyAid?, Simon Burall
Saxon villages: restoration is for the future, Jessica Douglas Home There are a dozen inaccurate - or half accurate - points made in the thoughtful article about the Saxon Transylvanian villages by Alina Hughes, James Koranyi and Tom Hughes. Since the Mihai Eminescu Trust (MET) – which I founded – is the leading... Read more » Aggregating identity in Bhutan, IP Adhikari Recent political changes in Bhutan have given rise to public debates on several issues pertaining to Bhutanese national identity, including the status of its official language, Dzongkha, which otherwise would have been impossible. Questioning the... Read more » Iran: a political calculus, Omid Memarian The summit meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Washington on 2 September 2010 testifies to the serious attention the Barack Obama administration is devoting to this enduring middle-east conflict. But even these vital negotiations are... Read more » Russian documentary film: extinct, or almost. Interview with Vitaly Mansky, Mumin Shakirov The documentary film maker Vitaly Mansky has been called an artist who is close to the Kremlin, a person who fights the regime, a successful businessman and a cunning provocateur who can make anyone talk. He is certainly a major director,... Read more » Living in the best of times? The violence externality, Chris Parton Whether they are hell bent on crusades or rather hostages of common sense, for some thinkers barbarism and civilisation remain irreconcilable antagonists. They have little time for the idea that our most noble endeavours might actually harness the... Read more » The first Tony Blair Book and the failure of New Labour , Gerry Hassan The past week has been a total Blair-fest. The launch of Tony Blair’s memoirs, the carefully crafted and controlled TV interviews, and the even more planned book signing with resulting protests. It has all had a certain cinematic, star quality to... Read more » Blair's flawed approach to peace in Northern Ireland, Robin Wilson From the moment Tony Blair arrived in Northern Ireland to save the talks at Castle Buildings in Easter week 12 years ago—detecting the ‘hand of history’ on his shoulder—it was evident that the political future of the region would play a key... Read more » MyAid or WhyAid?, Simon Burall A new government proposal to allow the public to determine how development aid is spent has come under heavy criticism, but if implemented correctly MyAid could harness the knowledge of citizens and help build support for rising aid budgets. Read more »