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Was the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission worth the cost?
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) main focus for nearly ten months was the success of their Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). On September 24th 2014, the Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered …
Was Democracy given a chance in Afghanistan?
Last week marked the inauguration of Ashraf Ghani as the new president of Afghanistan. The US and UN have congratulated Afghans on completing the first democratic power transfer in Afghan …
Conservative’s Electoral Anti-Terror Pledges: Dangerous Party Politics?
The Conservative Party Conference 2014 began as the party was hit with yet more scandals. There was a defector to UKIP, whose party manifesto, let us remind ourselves, says “no …
Breakfast and the Papers-Tuesday 9th September
We are all told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We are also often told the importance of keeping up to date with global current affairs. …
Why does the UK needs to submit to the anti-IS ‘war’ effort?
To suggest that the UK Coalition government has been hesitant in involving itself in the current attempts to defeat Islamic State is an understatement. An inability to go beyond verbal …
The forgotten Casualties: the overlooked cost of war
By the end of 2014, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops stationed in Afghanistan will leave the country. Indeed, after almost 13 years of war, the combat troops …
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Law Is An Affront To African Values, Not A Part Of Them
The anti-gay law passed by the Ugandan president Yoseweri Museveni is just what it says on the tin: homophobic. However, embedded in illogical arguments for his signing of the bill, …
‘We will not recognise’: using a Crimean perspective
The latest fuel that has been added to the Israeli-Palestinian fire is murmur of Netanyahu’s newest demand: for the Palestinians to recognise Israel as a Jewish state. The latest fan …
Scaffold, not Talks: The State of Politics in Pakistan by Aamir Aziz
Pakistan has been bleeding for over a decade now. Religion is dear to Pakistanis and most of them cannot imagine living as secularists or avowed atheists, because these popular western …
For Europe or Democracy? The Ukrainian Protests
Two weeks ago the Reuters News agency showed pictures of the Independence Square in Kiev full of frost and sparkling with people. The number of participants has fallen in the …