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Learning from the Universal Experience of Victimisation an interpretation of a lecture presented by Dr. Ilan Pappé for the Kurdish Society at the University of Exeter by Mahroo Rashidirostami and Jeremy Wildeman On the evening of Wednesday March … Continue reading
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By Catherine Owen Its half past eight on a hot August evening, and we are seated cross-legged on cushions around a low, makeshift table in the yard of a household in the Ak-Orgo novostroika (new-build) settlement on the outskirts of … Continue reading
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On March 3rd, 2012, Professor John Mearsheimer and Professor Stephen Walt published an article in the Financial Times under the heading, “Mr Obama must take a stand against Israel over Iran.” This, as one would expect, is a well written, precisely argued … Continue reading
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by Jonathan Kamkhaji and Claudio M. Radaelli Scenarios about the likely future of the Euro-zone have proliferated in the current discussion among policy-makers, journalists, bloggers and social scientists. However, if we look at what is common in the different predictions about … Continue reading
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by Emile Badarin Based on the talk given by Professor Norman Finkelstein at University of Exeter (11 February 2012 at 18:00), I will summarize his argument as the following. To resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Professor Finkelstein argues for a two-state … Continue reading
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‘Stop Kony’ or rather #Kony2012 is trending worldwide and had gone ‘viral’. The use of twitter and other social networking sites as a platform for ‘change’ has been once again highlighted and galvanized in order to create awareness about Joseph Kony … Continue reading
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by Ben Boulton, PhD Candidate in Politics DESPITE its conclusion amidst bloodshed and internecine strife, the recent intervention in Libya has been hailed by its perpetrators as the dawning of a new age in international relations, the point at which state … Continue reading
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Something is afoot in Russia. Since December 4th – the date of parliamentary elections that were widely perceived as riddled with electoral fraud – a protest movement of sorts has swept the country. Rallies calling for new elections have been … Continue reading
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It seems to me that there are some interesting parallels between two prominent stories in the news cycle: the question of Scottish independence and the resurgence of the Falklands Islands territorial dispute between the UK and Argentina. Earlier in the … Continue reading
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Just some thoughts about the status and perceptions of feminist scholarship in academia and the broader public. When we read and analyse Foucault writing on prisons and punishment or on sexuality, we do not limit our horizon by thinking of … Continue reading
