F1 should not become an instrument of oppression of the Bahrain government
Max Mosley, former president of the FIA, says Formula 1 should not host the Bahrain Grand Prix, and become a tool of the government and thus an instrument of oppression.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
Time to go beyond 0.7 per cent on aid
This Thursday a thousand people from around the UK will be come to Westminster to lobby their MP on international development over a cup of tea.
UK developing cyber weapons: Do we have a doctrine?
The UK government are taking concrete steps to stop the daily incursions into government networks but doctrinally are still vague.
Arab Spring latest: Murder, civil war and motor racing
If the Spring has run dry it’s because of the ruthless cruelty of the dictators, not any lack of democratic will or bravery on the part of the protesters.
Peru faces a choice between the hard right and far left
Peru’s 2011 Presidential election represents the ultimate in political polarisation, writes Left Foot Forward’s Chris Tarquini from Lima.
Syria, where innocence is no defence
Hamza al-Khatib was 13 years old when he was murdered. He was arrested a month ago by Syrian security forces. His dead body was returned to his family last week.
Mladic arrives in Rotterdam to face justice at The Hague
Ratko Mladic arrived in the Netherlands this evening to face trial at the UN War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague after judges in Belgrade rejected his appeal against extradition.
Mladic’s arrest: Background of his heinousness and reaction from Serbia
A round-up of Serbian reaction to the arrest of Ratko Mladic and a look back at eyewitness accounts looking back of this evil man’s atrocities.
Memo to Westminster: UK “independent nuclear deterrent” not actually independent
No single element of the nuclear deterrent – neither submarine, nor missile, nor warhead – is independent despite politicians saying that is what we must have.
Mladic to face justice. Finally. At long, long last
Shamik Das reflects on the capture of Bosnian Serb war crime suspect Ratko Mladic, and looks back at the bloody massacre, the genocide in Srebrenica in 1995.