“It’s not fair!” That’s one of the more common complaints uttered by children. Many parents wisely refuse to get into a discussion about what is…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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On Tuesday 23 March 2021, Israelis voted for the fourth time in two years in a legislative election. The only democracy in the Middle East,…
The trolley problem will be familiar to anyone who has spent lockdown watching Netflix’s excellent after-life comedy series The Good Place. Just in case you…
In the wake of the Arab Spring ten years ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan developed a neo-Ottoman strategy aimed at regaining influence over North…
Luminous was the Pope’s three-day visit to Iraq, which he completed on 8 March. It was the return to Mesopotamia of some of the light…
I’m not a republican, despite the shenanigans on television involving Meghan and Harry this week. I am unlikely ever to be. Why? Partly because the…
“Pain delivers progress.”Abhijit Naskar I was recently asked for my views on a sustainable transport policy for Hereford. Having said “I will write something for…
For a short while last year, those working in the social care sector were briefly recognised as frontline workers in a global pandemic which has…
Ten years ago, in Benghazi, the insurrection began against Gaddafi, the “Guide” who had ruled Libya with an iron fist since his 1969 military coup…
In 2011 a National Referendum was held on whether the UK should adopt the Alternative Vote system. It was decisively rejected by 67% of the 42%…
How to handle the sovereign debt accumulated during the Covid-19 pandemic is both an economic and a political issue. In this event we will examine…
In his Mulhouse speech of 25 March 2020, delivered from a military field hospital, the President of the Republic explained that we were at war…