Not that kind of Persian: What to do about Iran
World politics has been fixated over the last few days on the agreed nuclear deal between President Obama of the United States and Hasan…
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No Peace on Hispaniola
Haitians in the Dominican Republic At first, one would assume that the Dominican Republic and Haiti have much in common. Both share the island…
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A Victory For Tradition
On 26th of June 2015 the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional and…
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Eritrea and the state of human rights
Eritrea has been in the media more than normal recently, that is to say it has been in the media at all. The small…
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Turks have their say
No Delight for Erdogan: The implications of a pivotal election for Turkey. On Sunday the 7th of June the Turkish people dashed the hopes…
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The Middle East: A Divided Region
Sectarianism & Conflict in The Middle East The Middle East is wracked with conflict. The region has struggled to remain truly stable since the…
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Rethinking the Iraq War
“Anyone who says that Saddam Hussein was ‘okay a bad guy but…’ doesn’t know what they’re talking about”, so said the late Christopher Hitchens….
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The Arab Spring: Five Years On
As winter turned to spring in 2010-2011, a revolutionary wave spread infectiously across North Africa and the Middle East in events compared by many…
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Nepal Earthquake
The Worldly’s Mano Emmanuel, currently on a gap year in Pokhara, Nepal, sent us this short report following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Before I…
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A fork in the road? Cuban-Venezuelan relations
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela and leader of the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’ from 1999 until his death in 2013, oversaw a dramatic shift away from…
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