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It isn’t new news that America has consistently been unable to ratify UN treaties. Even UN treaties that would largely benefit the United States and American companies, even…
The military activities of the last forty years, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, have been disastrous for America and the United Kingdom. Most of all, they’ve been a testament…
Next week, on 12 December (or 12/12/12 for numerophiles), the European Parliament (EP) will hand its prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to two Iranians, jailed…
Two current sports stories constitute something of an allegory about why India continues to present a policy and strategy challenge for those countries which in recent years have…
On the left side of the Atlantic there is plenty of chatter about so-called STEM jobs. Employers searching for candidates for these Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
A few days ago Prime Minister Julia Gillard released the long-awaited White Paper, setting out the “roadmap” for Australia’s relations with “Asia” until 2025. When this was first…
As luck would have it, two parliamentary delegations are currently planning a trip to Iran for the same date. This Sunday, four members of the European Parliament …
The economic system, globally, is outwardly and structurally liberal. Trade is the norm, isolationism is rare, and prices are generally the product of competition between…
When The Economist labels the UK Border Agency’s revocation of London Metropolitan University’s licence to teach international fee-paying students a “case of xenophobic populism…
Iran’s regular claim to be a superpower on par only with the United States usually makes people shrug. After all, the Islamic Republic appears to be very much a pariah on the…