-
Australasia
Anger and fear is real – but don’t blame migrants
Australia’s anger over housing, inequality and living costs is real, but blaming migration risks fuelling the populist politics of fear and division. Alan Gamlen Pearls and Irritations We are living…
-
Asia
Türkiye: Long Prison Terms for Children Accused of Crime
Uphold Child Justice Standards; Reject Harmful, Ineffective Approach (Berlin) – A new Turkish law that imposes heavy prison sentences on children found guilty of committing crimes is likely to cause harm…
-
Analysis
Syria’s Hardest Transition: From Revenge to Justice
A war does not truly end simply because a government falls or political power changes hands. Fiona Ko Ko Violence leaves memories, fears and deep wounds behind. If these wounds…
-
Features
Iris Murdoch – The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts
Can We Become Better by Learning to See More Clearly? Eva Ierides Dinos Toumazos In The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts, Iris Murdoch asks one of the oldest and…
-
Africa
Spain: Humanitarian and Rights Crisis in Ceuta
Ensure Adequate Reception Conditions, Access to Information, Asylum (Milan) – The Spanish government and local authorities in its North African enclave Ceuta should act urgently to provide adequate shelter to…
-
Features
Jean-Paul Sartre – Existentialism and Humanism
If We Are Free to Choose, What Are We Responsible For? Eva Ierides Dinos Toumazos In Existentialism and Humanism, Jean-Paul Sartre begins with a difficult idea about what it means…
-
Environment and Climate Change
Nature Does Not Negotiate
Human societies are built on negotiation. Isla Hera Governments negotiate budgets. Countries negotiate treaties. Businesses negotiate prices. Citizens negotiate competing interests and priorities. Democracies themselves depend on compromise, adjustment and…
-
Democracy
Hannah Arendt – Civil Disobedience
Can Disobedience Help Protect Democracy? Artemis Orphanou Dinos Toumazos Hannah Arendt’s Civil Disobedience begins with a difficult democratic problem. Citizens are normally expected to obey the law. But what happens…
-
Analysis
Fighting inflation without making inequality worse
Interest rates are a blunt tool for tackling inflation, and can hurt the people least able to absorb higher costs. Mark Diesendorf Pearls and Irritations Abraham Maslow, an eminent psychologist,…
-
Features
Isaiah Berlin – Two Concepts of Liberty
Can We Be Made Free Against Our Will? Artemis Orphanou Dinos Toumazos In Two Concepts of Liberty, Isaiah Berlin asks a question that seems simple: What does it mean to…
-
Africa
Sudan’s Separation 15 Years Ago and Today’s Disaster
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed, former senior officials for the African Union’s mediation team, on how the split between Sudan and…
-
Civil Liberties
Martin Luther King Jr. – Letter from Birmingham Jail
Can There Be Peace Without Justice? Artemis Orphanou Dinos Toumazos Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail was written in 1963 during the struggle against racial segregation in the…
