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Intervening in conflicts

By James Pattison Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 3, 2015

Should governments send weapons or troops to conflicts in other countries? Professor James Pattison compares the ethics of supplying arms with militarily intervention. Western states are less likely to wage major wars in the future. This is for (at least) four reasons. First, despite ongoing conflicts, the world is generally more peaceful. Second, the US’s […]

Tagged With: Afghanistan, austerity, Brazil, BRICS, China, france, Free Syrian Army, humanitarian interventions, india, Iraq, just war, liberia, LRA, rebels, russia, sanctions, South Africa, Syria, Uganda, UK, UN Security Council, United Nations, US, war

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Why devolution is good for the economy

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: March 2, 2015

The case for the devolution of power away from London has centred on the political arguments. Professor Diane Coyle looks at the economic reasons. The context for the devolutionary tide in politics – to the nations and within England to the north and especially Greater Manchester – is that the United Kingdom has long been […]

Tagged With: Bristol, broadband, devolution, DevoManc, Edinburgh, france, infrastructure, London, Manchester, Manchester Independent Economic Review, Paris, skills, transport

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Charlie Hebdo, the caricatures and the great fear of European Jews

By Jean-Marc Dreyfus Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: February 24, 2015

Attacks on Jewish targets in Copenhagen and Paris are feeding emigration to Israel, explains Jean-Marc Dreyfus. The terror attacks in Copenhagen targeted both a cultural centre – where a debate on freedom of speech and the caricatures of Muhammad was taking place – and the city’s central synagogue. Five weeks after the Paris attacks, security […]

Tagged With: Action Directe, Aliyah, anti-Semitism, Baader-Meinhof, Copenhagen, Denmark, france, Gaza, genocide, Holocaust, Iraq, Israel, Jews, jihad, Palestine, Paris, Six Day War

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Iran talks end in failure but France is not the only culprit

Siavush Randjbardaemi By Siavush Randjbardaemi Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 13, 2013

Frenzied negotiations in Geneva on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme have come to nothing despite early hopes for progress. Fingers are pointing at France for the failure of the talks but that may not be entirely fair, writes Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi. The Geneva meeting began as a preplanned, routine get together for senior diplomats […]

Tagged With: diplomacy, foreign policy, france, Geneva, iran, nuclear

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