Articles

Good COP, bad COP

“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” Ernest Hemingway’s words, written during the turmoil of war, now …

Oscar Eveno

Labour's policy lifeline

Could foreign policy be Labour's last hope?

Harrison Mole

A Ba’ath postmortem

Assad's removal from power left many hopeful. Is that still the case?

Julnar Aizouki

The silent erosion of Italy's economy

Three decades of selling off the state have left Italy poorer, more indebted, and dangerously exposed.

Alessandro Donati

Kirkuk’s smogged horizon

The city that fuels Iraq’s oil industry now faces the environmental costs alone.

Reebaz Hasan Qader

Tony Blair, Viscount of Gaza

The new blueprint for Gaza claims to be apolitical, yet it places Western hands firmly in control of Palestinian land.

Reuben Arya

Chinese elements of power

Once overlooked metals now shape global power, and China holds the advantage.

Aditeya Nulu

The price of participation

Giving citizens a say over their taxes seems appealing...until it collides with the logic of democracy.

Eliot Forterre

The race Europe is losing

Europe excels at planning and funding; turning those plans into real economic reform is another matter entirely.

Andrea Sirtori

Inheriting corruption

Each and every one of Sierra Leone’s regimes vowed a new beginning; instead, corruption was the common thread between all …

Ibrahim Mustapha Fofanah