One of the latest global menaces to territorial integrity takes the form of Venezuela’s threat to ‘reclaim’ Essequibo, a region comprising two-thirds of Guyana. Beginning in October, the escalation of …

In January, Pope Francis visited Chile and Peru in a trip which was overshadowed by controversy concerning sexual abuse cases and consequent cover-ups by the Church in these countries. However, …

Given that 76% of Germans are in favour of the Euro according to Eurobarometer, being a German and a strong anti-Euro advocate is not a usual combination. Nonetheless, Professor Bernd …

Although news of the Russian affair with the poisoning of Sergei Skripal continues to dominate Russian and British headlines, it is important to remember that Russia also has another conflict …

If 2016 was the populist party, 2017 was the hangover. There was much too much noise with the executive orders, press conferences, and tweets. The “fake news” and “alternative facts” …

“Are we Arabs one big lie?” – Nizar Qabani   The Western View Roget’s Thesaurus defines in its 1960s and 1970s editions the word “Arab” as “roughneck, cad, clumsy, deceitful, …

In 1959, John F. Kennedy wrote that TV will be “abused by demagogues, by appeals to emotion and prejudice and ignorance”. A year later, he became president thanks in part …

At the close of 2017, it was estimated that one in every 200 people across England were homeless or living in inadequate housing conditions. On my walk each morning into …

In today’s world, cities grow seemingly limitless, and an ever-increasing number of people live in huge metropolitan areas. Our transportation systems are not able to process such challenges and regularly …

  Quite often and, rather unfortunately, the discussion surrounding immigration to the UK is imbued with outward resentment, nationalist sentiments and to some extent, xenophobic undertones. However the notion expressed …