Bangladesh civil service quota causes student protests
Thousands of protesters have taken to Shahbagh Chattar in Dhaka, Bangladesh since April 7. Student protesters in the Chattar (square), right at the heart of the city, have demanded the reformation of the quota...
Will the EU turn to the Western Balkans?
When the UK leaves the European Union on 29 March 2019, history will be made. For the very first time, the EU will lose an independent member state. We should know by October how...
Constantine Louloudis: ‘Coaches must give athletes time to think about their future’
Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Constantine Louloudis believes that coaches must do more to help athletes prepare for life after sport, echoing comments made this week by legendary swimmer Michael Phelps, who demanded more...
Will El Salvador ever see justice for the El Mozote massacre?
Despite the estimated 32 cases of human rights abuses that occurred during the Salvadoran Civil War (1979-1992), the incidents in the village of El Mozote and the surrounding department of Morazán will always be...
Does the decline of local journalism threaten British Democracy?
In the United Kingdom local journalism is in trouble. Since 2005 more than 200 local papers have closed and the number of regional journalists has halved to around 6,500 as of February 2018.
This...
Weaving a ‘new tapestry’: When May met Macron
Rarely have France and Britain prospered concurrently. From the Normans to Napoleon, France and Britain have traded global influence for centuries. Not much has changed aside from the scale of the power. The rhetoric was...
Luke Harding: “Russia hacking the US election was one of the greatest espionage operations...
There is a hint of admiration in Luke Harding’s voice as he talks about collusion between the Russian state and President Donald Trump’s administration.
The Guardian’s former Moscow bureau chief is convinced of complicit dealings...
“History will be kind to Theresa May” says former aide Katie Perrior
Theresa May's former Director of Communications, Katie Perrior, described the media as “eating out of the palm of hand” even before she became the leader of the Conservative Party. How has she gone...
Trump pushes Latin America into the arms of the EU
Over the last two years, the global economy has witnessed seismic shifts in its natural order.
Since 2016, the Brexit referendum, the election of Donald Trump in the US, Emmanuel Macron’s rise to power in...
Namibia: African success story or elite propaganda?
On 25 July 2018, Samuel Shali Nghihepa, a sergeant in the Namibian Police Special Reserve Force Division, murdered his ex-girlfriend, Alina Kahehongo, in full view of her colleagues at a local supermarket in Windhoek, Namibia's...
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The Plastic War
From the UN in 2017 to the EU in 2018, we have become accustomed to organisations and countries declaring ‘war on plastic...
Populism to Pensions: Love or Hate for Putin’s New Policy?
It has been close to a year since the 2018 March presidential elections in Russia, which saw Vladimir Putin enter his fourth...
2019: Year of the Vegan?
The word ‘vegan’ was coined in 1944, after members of the Leicester Vegetarian Society became frustrated with the group’s refusal to consider...
