ThinkIR http://www.thinkir.co.uk Think International Relations Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:46:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Twenty Cents of Trouble http://www.thinkir.co.uk/twenty-cents-of-trouble/ http://www.thinkir.co.uk/twenty-cents-of-trouble/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:02:09 +0000 Lucas Freire http://www.thinkir.co.uk/?p=2096 It all began when the São Paulo city council decided to increase the bus fare by twenty cents. Anti-government protesters are now all over the place in the larger cities … Continue Reading →

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]]> http://www.thinkir.co.uk/twenty-cents-of-trouble/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ A Breath of Fresh Air in Sri Lanka http://www.thinkir.co.uk/a-breath-of-fresh-air-in-sri-lanka/ http://www.thinkir.co.uk/a-breath-of-fresh-air-in-sri-lanka/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 21:38:11 +0000 GuestContributor http://www.thinkir.co.uk/?p=2080 Non-violent action in Sri Lanka against hate speech and discrimination - by Professor Jayantha Seneviratne On 20 April 2012 a number of militant Buddhists attacked the Muslim Mosque in Dambulla, Sri … Continue Reading →

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]]> http://www.thinkir.co.uk/a-breath-of-fresh-air-in-sri-lanka/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ What can Sir Alex teach politics? Try a little Fergie Time http://www.thinkir.co.uk/what-can-sir-alex-teach-politics-try-a-little-fergie-time/ http://www.thinkir.co.uk/what-can-sir-alex-teach-politics-try-a-little-fergie-time/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 09:31:44 +0000 OwenDThomas http://www.thinkir.co.uk/?p=2067 The last time the British media paid such tribute to one person, the country was burying a former prime minister. Why, since his announcement of retirement yesterday, has Fergie garnered … Continue Reading →

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]]> http://www.thinkir.co.uk/what-can-sir-alex-teach-politics-try-a-little-fergie-time/feed/ 2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Reflections on Plymouth University’s ‘Resistance Films’ Series 2013 http://www.thinkir.co.uk/reflections-on-plymouth-universitys-resistance-films-series-2013/ http://www.thinkir.co.uk/reflections-on-plymouth-universitys-resistance-films-series-2013/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 22:17:08 +0000 PhilipLeech http://www.thinkir.co.uk/?p=2047 by Dr Patrick Holden, Mathilde Martin-Nouvel, David McErlane, and Dr Philip Leech In January-March 2013, the department of Politics and International Relations and Peninsula Arts Centre at Plymouth University organised a short … Continue Reading →

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]]> http://www.thinkir.co.uk/reflections-on-plymouth-universitys-resistance-films-series-2013/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Chronicles of Degenerated Democracy http://www.thinkir.co.uk/chronicles-of-degenerated-democracy/ http://www.thinkir.co.uk/chronicles-of-degenerated-democracy/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:15:03 +0000 GuestContributor http://www.thinkir.co.uk/?p=2010 THE CHRONICLES OF DEGENERATED DEMOCRACY: The Public Broadcaster, the Regulator and the Assassination of Public Debate by Marco Beltrandi and Claudio M. Radaelli Welcome to the world where democracy is upside-down. … Continue Reading →

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