Cameron the global statesman contrasts with Miliband’s wholly domestic speech
Having been wholly omitted from Ed Miliband’s leader’s speech last week, David Cameron put foreign affairs at the front of his conference speech today.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
Secret trade agreement places western profit over global welfare
A little-known trade agreement due to be signed in Japan this weekend stands to wreck access to crucial drugs for much of the developing world, while risking freedom of speech in the developed. It has been written in secret becausetest
Palestine UN bid: Without courage, the cause of moderates will be lost
Israel, the Palestinians and other voting states in the UN Security Council must show courage. Without this the cause of moderates on both sides will be lost.
Protestors shelled as Yemeni unrest enters third day of bloodshed
The uprisings in Yemen have entered a third day, and show no signs of getting any less bloody – in the early hours of this morning, two protestors were killed.
Preventable killers are no longer just a western problem
Guppi Bola reports from the UN Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases summit.
We need to stand up for human rights in the Indian sub-continent
Barry Gardiner MP, chair of Labour Friends of India, writes for Left Foot Forward ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary debate on human rights in the Indian sub-continent.
The global financial crisis, not 9/11, has defined the last decade
The global financial crisis, not 9/11, has defined the last decade, argues Tom Rouse.
Obama mocks the mad Right and makes the case for the State
President Obama invoked the heroes of the past and delivered a passionate defence of State investment in his Jobs Act speech overnight, reports Shamik Das.
Abu Salim shows we must do more to protect doctors in conflicts
The horrors of Abu Salim show the law is being routinely ignored by governments and others engaged in conflicts in many countries, writes Labour’s Rushanara Ali.
Liberal intervention won’t always be a ‘West only’ business
Luke Bozier responds to Shashank Joshi’s Telegraph article last week in which he outlined why he thinks Libya could be the last ever Western-style intervention.