South Africa’s relationship with big business
Delivering his Christmas message, South Africa's newly elected African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to build an inclusive South African economy - unwittingly admitting the failure of his own party.
Despite having been in...
Separation anxiety: impasse in Catalonia
How do you solve a problem like Catalonia? As we head into 2018, the recurrent thorn in the side of Spain’s central government is showing no signs of disappearing.
For many, the dominant memory may...
Will Britain have a second referendum on EU membership?
Britain could consider its trajectory between 2015 and the present day as inextricable from that of the career of Nigel Farage. In 2015 he failed to win his seat at the general election, allowing...
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...
Italian election ends in political confusion
Italy hardly went into Sunday's general election humming with positivity. The eurozone’s third-largest economy has the EU’s highest percentage of young people not in education, training, or work according to Eurostat; a national debt...
Terror transformed: from foreign fighters to homegrown terrorism
Since the fall of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State (IS), in October of last year, declarations of the “defeat of the Caliphate” have dominated headlines across the globe. World leaders were united...
The aftermath of Honduras’ coup is fuelling a migrant crisis
The approach of the mid-term elections in the US has seen a sharp uptick in anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from the White House.
On 16 October, Donald Trump sounded his discontent that a large group of...
China – The untold story of the world’s largest church
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch...
Miguel Hernando Torres Umba: “I didn’t realise the extent of the problem until I...
Plata or plomo?
This is the question Miguel Hernando Torres Umba asks during his critically acclaimed production Stardust, a visceral education of the complex realities of the narcotics trade.
Plata or plomo, silver or lead, your...
Bolivia: Relatives rejoice as ex-president found guilty of civilian massacres
There is an Aymara proverb which artfully invokes the idea that returning to the past can trace a path into the future: 'Qhiparu nayraru uñtas sartañani' - 'Looking back, we will move forward'.
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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...
