Going for Bronze
OK, so the International Olympic Committee shouldn’t have given the Games to China because of…More
Browsing: International Affairs
Making Friends, and History
The report by the bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Commission for Truth and Friendship, or CTF, received…More
Death of a Dissident
In A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, a microstudy of Russia’s penal system…More
A Long Wait for Justice
It was hot and humid in Karachi last Wednesday as Iftikhar Chaudhry, the deposed Chief…More
Beijing in the Blogs
China is so hot right now. By the end of this week the country will…More
Will Obama Disappoint?
The transition has been seamless. Remember this time last year, when every poll was obsessively…More
One Wall Obama Won't Be Breaching
At a much publicised rally in Berlin attended by some 200,000 people, US Presidential nominee…More
Warning Bells for Brown
It is hard to imagine that Gordon Brown will stay as Prime Minister until the…More
What Lurks Beneath
Precious few heroes emerged during the chaos of the 2000 crisis in Fiji. A bunch…More
Telling it Like it Isn't
It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is consistently voted the…More