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| After Murdoch, Anthony Barnett
A potentially awesome shift in the UK’s power structure is taking place if the role and influence of Murdoch’s newspapers is really undermined. This is because the mess that Jeremy Hunt wishes to see sorted out is the very fusion of...  The BBC Investigates , Dan Hind
The BBC has not covered itself in glory in its handling of the scandal at the News of the World in keeping with its poor record in investigative journalism. The BBC has not covered itself in glory in its handling of the scandal at the... Shifting landscapes of citizenship, Christina Slade
In a time of globalization, the renaissance of cultural nationalism is remarkable. Classical countries of immigration, such as Australia, Canada and the United States, have been joined for the first time by the countries of western Europe in... A Different Kind of Plurality: Securing Diverse Media , Justin Lewis
While everyone claims to be for plurality in media and good journalism, this won't happen in the UK without serious regulatory reform and public investment. For years, politicians assumed that Rupert Murdoch’s media empire was... The Crises of Multiculturalism, Gavan Titley and Alana Lentin
Ironically, working through the idiom of multicultural failure is a form of political correctness; a way of talking about issues of migration, identity, power, belonging, legitimacy and socio-political anxiety while steering clear of a... Ukraine: blackmail and bluff, Mykola Riabchuk
 Under the direction of the new Polish presidency, the EU has dangled a huge integration carrot in front of Ukraine’s misbehaving political elite. The rationale, no doubt, is to win out in an us-or-Russia scenario. But Mykola Ryabchuk... Playing politics with Schengen, Polly Pallister-Wilkins
The European Commission has been at the forefront of criticism of France and Denmark for re-introducing border controls. This was not because they in fact threatened Schengen but because such decisions undermine the Commission’s power as... Mexican Caravan of Solace: a movement begins, William Lloyd George
A movement has begun in Mexico. United by the poet Javier Sicilia, victims of the misguided, corruption-fuelled war on drugs are coming together to resist the cartels and the country’s widespread violence. Hackgate, power elites and the limits of the “corruption” critique , Guy Aitchison
The real significance of the "hackgate" scandal in the UK is in revealing an underlying truth about the governing classes and their mode of rule which anyone who’d been paying attention has known all along. Just... US and Iraq grapple with US troop deployment extension, Jaffar Al-Rikabi
US and Iraqi leaders discuss future Status of Forces Agreement for Iraq. Syrian tanks and troops deployed to Homs. Rumours of Mubarak coma denied as protestors fill Tahrir square. All in today's security briefing. A democracy of journalists, Neal Ascherson
The stramash over abuse of power and standards at Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp should reinvigorate the idea of journalists’ self-regulation, says Neal Ascherson. Who should regulate the media? Who should control the press? The... More Recent Articles
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