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Hada, Liu Xiaobo, and China’s fear, Natalia Lisenkova and Kerry Brown The award of the Nobel peace prize to Liu Xiaobo reflects the determination of at least part of the international community to maintain a focus on human rights in China and those who seek to uphold them. By the same token, the immense energy... Read more » Belarusians: in need of a nation, Natalia Leshchenko The presidential election on 19 December 2010 means that the light of international attention is again being cast on Belarus. Much current discussion of Belarus focuses on the contest between the “Soviet” understanding of the nation... Read more »• Street politics, violence, and media, Martin Shaw “The relationship to violence is also much better, as shown by the spontaneous revulsion of the demonstrators against throwing the fire extinguisher at Millbank. There is an understanding of the need for no willed violence against people.... Read more » Iran: the double-edged world, Nasrin Alavi The killing of the young Iranian woman Neda Agha Soltan in June 2009, captured on a mobile-phone and transmitted around cyberspace, became the human face of the Iranian’s opposition sacrifice after the stolen presidential election of that... Read more » Kushchevskaya: crime and punishment in a Russian village, Grigorii Golosov On 5 November a horrific crime was committed in the village of Kushchevskaya in Krasnodar Territory. A farmer, Server Ametov, was killed in his own house. A further 11 people – his family, which includes three children, and several visitors –... Read more » Israel vs Iran: rumours of war, Paul Rogers A recent article in this series noted that a number of political developments in late 2010 were increasing the prospect of an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. These included the results of the mid-term elections in... Read more » Ireland’s existential crisis: a contrary view, John O'Brennan The Republic of Ireland’s financial meltdown is an epic of institutional and policy failure. For more than two years, since the implosion of its leading banks in September 2008 required massive government intervention, the precipitous fallout... Read more » Baby Boom to Moral Bust: How Britain's youth will suffer most from the cuts, Edward Denison Unprecedented snowfall and the accompanying chatter of climate change marked the start of Advent last week. At a time when Christians celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, in Britain this year there can be no such optimism. The bleak... Read more » Britain, greet the age of privatised Higher Education, Alan Finlayson Let’s be clear about what has happened. The House of Commons has not voted only for a rise in tuition fees in English universities. It has voted for the privatisation of British Higher education. In July of this year, David Willets Read more » More Recent Articles WikiLeaks and democracy, Patrice de Beer Not quite a ray of sunshine: interview with Belarusian writer Uladzimier Arlou , Ingo Petz Don't believe Clegg's mantra of 'progressive' education reform, Stuart Weir Student protests give voice to the ‘disconnected’ generation, Andy Mycock After weeks of student protests, tomorrow is decision day, Niki-Seth-Smith The failure of British multiculturalism and the virtue of reciprocity , Afshin Shahi The battle for Russia’s heritage resumes, Clementine Cecil The migrants who care, Alessio Cangiano Why the cap won’t fit, Faiza Shaheen How to destroy Hezbollah, Dyab Abou Jahjah
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