Dr Olaf Cramme, 28 November 2011

Can the EU survive the crisis?
The financial crisis, and the resulting sovereign debt problems of the poorer countries within the EU have raised questions about ...
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Alex Cobham, 14 November 2011

The Financialisation of Food: Commodity Markets And Human Hunger
World food prices grew strongly from 2003, but fell sharply after the 2008 onset of the global financial crisis. Since ...
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Prof Anatol Lieven, 31 October 2011

Pakistan: A failing and dangerous state?
Looking at the world and war on terror, post the capture and killing of Bin Laden; what are the concerns ...
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Klaus Dodds, 3 October 2011

A Scramble for Resources? The contemporary geopolitics of the Arctic
As the ice melts and the untapped mineral resources of the region become more accessible, there is increasing international tension ...
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Richard Lance Keeble, 19 September 2011

Khadafi, Fleet Street and Libya’s fluctuating relationship with the West
Professor Keeble will look at the numerous attempts by Western powers to assassinate Col. Khadafi over the last 40 years ...
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Professor John Sidel, 6 June 2011

Indonesia and the promise of democracy in the Muslim world
With the wave of 'revolutions' sweeping North Africa and the Middle East and raising hopes of democratisation across these regions, ...
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David Woodward, 23 May 2011

A steady-state economy: Should we? Could we?
There is growing evidence that ever-increasing economic growth in wealthy countries is neither environmentally sustainable nor socially beneficial, yet the ...
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Elizabeth Minor, 9 May 2011

Why we should document every casualty of conflict
On the 17th March the UN Security Council committed to employ ‘all necessary means’ to end violence against civilians in Libya: ...
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Lakhdar Ghettas, 4 April 2011

Algeria and the impact of the Jasmine Revolution
Algeria is the largest country in the Arab world and the civil conflict which ended in 2002 showed that the ...
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Tony Greenham, 21 March 2011

Dangerous banks: can we tame them?
Banks were once kept on a tight leash, but almost four decades of neo-liberal free market ideology let them loose ...
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Nick Megoran, 7 March 2011

Crisis in Kyrgyzstan & the struggle for the control of Central Asia
Civil tensions in Kyrgyzstan came to a head in April 2010, when President Bakiyev was toppled and an interim government ...
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Brian Whitaker, 21 February 2011

Saudi Arabia – What’s wrong with its relationship with the West
Brian Whitaker has done a variety of jobs at the Guardian including most recently 7 years as Middle East Editor. He ...
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Brendan Martin, 7 February 2011

Privatisation of public services: what’s wrong with it?
Privatisation of public services has been a core feature of the corporate globalisation agenda promoted and engineered by international financial ...
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Dr Edward Ashbee, 24 January 2011

Sarah Palin : why is she so popular?
The US midterm elections saw the Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives and add to their numbers in ...
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