Why Soccer-Mad Brazil Hates The World Cup
So it's official: Australia 1, Iraq 0. We're going to Rio! Once again, the ephemeral…More
Browsing: International Affairs
Snowden Did What Congress Could Not
We owe a lot to Edward Snowden. He’s accomplished what the US Congress could not…More
Does Nauru Owe Australia Anything?
Most angles of the debate over offshore detention on Nauru are covered exhaustively by the…More
Major Dissent To International Law
A fortnight ago, I wrote about the deep fractures emerging in international criminal law. In…More
Erdogan Plays Up Religious Tensions
With Turkish PM Recep Erdogan clearing Taksim square of protestors, the Turkish uprising – it…More
Immigrants Under Golden Dawn's Boot
On 29 May each year Greece commemorates the fall of Constantinople in 1453. In Athens…More
Greece's Nostalgic Fascists
Whenever I hear of Chrysi Avgi, Golden Dawn, the late Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign…More
Can Rowhani Bring Iran Back Into The Fold?
Over the weekend, reformist candidate and former chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani won Iran’s presidential…More
Kenya's Silicon Savannah
A programmer walks slowly down the stairs, holding his laptop in both hands as if…More
Let's Leave Orwell Out Of It
It has been a confusing few days in the privacy debate. Last week, The Guardian…More