The End of War?: Global Citizenship and Changes to Conflict
Iraq, although it has suffered far too much and far too long, cannot in devastation compare to what Vietnam, Laos, and parts of Cambodia had levelled against them by the...
Political Corruption is Normal Politics – Millionaires Control British politics
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Tuesday, 18 October 2011 04:08 Liam Fox's resignation has highlighted a deeper corruption in British politics and national life - over and above the goverment's...
Health and Violent Conflict: The Role of Health in Building Peace
BY WOSSEN KIFLE** | 07.09.2011 Introduction In the war zones of contemporary intrastate conflicts, the health of the population is severely affected by the accompanying humanitarian crises and complex problems,...
Colonial Dynamics of Genocide
Imperialism, Identity and Mass Violence* BY DR. NAFEEZ MOSADDEQ AHMED** | 05.06.2011 Modern empires have invariably been associated with violence. Historical cases such as the European conquest of the Americas...
Integration in the Global South: What role for IBSA Dialogue Forum?
BY MEHMET OZKAN Introduction With the globalization process, economy and politics are so intertwined that both cannot be analyzed separately. Economic development, international security, global governance and representation also need...
The Cosmopolitan Epics of 2004: A Case Study
By Assoc. Prof. Saverio Giovacchini | 02.04.2011 Assoc. Prof. Saverio Giovacchini Hollywood cinema has often reproduced the self-conscious American fascination with empires noted by many cultural critics and historians.1 As is...
The Rise and Rise of Super Fascism
By Ghali Hassan 11 December 2011 Mention fascism and most peoples' minds turn to Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Japanese Fascism, Papadopoulos' Greece and South Africa's...
At War Against Islam
By Ghali Hassan | 02 October 2010 As usual, this year’s commemoration of the 9/11 attacks is marked by hate of Muslims and Islam. From New York to Florida in the U.S....
Neo-Cons, having Declared History’s End, Try to Reclaim the Past
Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 21 September 2010 Having declared that History ended around 1989, it seems that some neo-conservatives are keen also to reclaim aspects of History as 'their' achievement....
Culture, Epistemology and Foreign Policy: An Alternative Reading of U.S.-Turkish Relations Within the Context of the Middle East
By Dr. H. Akın Ünver | 17 september 2010 Turkish-American relations have always been defined as a 'strategic partnership'. Almost without exception, decision-makers and diplomats at the highest levels point...
New Dynamics of Turkish Politics
By Dr. Ibrahim Kalin | 14 September 2010 With nascent constitutional reforms, the Turkish political landscape has undergone a major process of 'terraforming'. On September 12, 2010, exactly thirty years after...
“What Soviet Threat?” What If Attlee’s Radicalism Had Prevailed?
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 28 August 2010 Although British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee (1945-51), is properly known as a Cold Warrior no less gung-ho than his Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin,...
Why All Middle Eastern Politics Can’t Be Reduced Merely to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
By Barry Rubin | 16 August 2010 I simply cannot comprehend why so many in the West refuse to see that Arabs can be revolutionaries. It is remarkable that so many...
Afghan Intel War Leaks And After
By Shahid R. Siddiqi | 15 August 2010 Washington uses inaccurate WikiLeaks Intel to whip Pakistan military and ISI and deflect attention from its own failures and excesses. WikiLeaks founder, Julian...
Clement Attlee, David Cameron and the Special Relationship With India
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 13 August 2010 British Prime Minister David Cameron recently declared his wish to build – or rather renew – Britain's 'special relationship' with India. The likelihood...