On Monday, Yasser Seddiq, an Egyptian journalist working currently for Ahram Online, the English language the electronic news website of Egypt’s Ahram newspaper, contacted me regarding the US National Security Agency spying revelations. Below are his questions and my answers. 1- After a series of reports of alleged U.S. eavesdropping on foreign leaders and others […]
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The Swedish Defence Research Agency has just released a ‘Review of the Practical Implications of UNSCR 1325 for the Conduct of NATO-led Operations and Missions’. NATO’s implementation of UNSCR 1325 on women, peace and security is the subject of my research, so understandably this report interested me but so did the NATO response to it. […]
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At the end of last week, the Commission announced it was supporting the opening of accession negotiations with Albania, a decision that the December European Council will be asked to approve. This comes on the back of a 4 year process since Albania lodged its application, including a series of very stringent and involved demands […]
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This is an attempt to collate a list of recommended Politics and International Relations blogs. The list is incomplete and subjective! I’ve tried to only include those blogs suggested by readers (rather than authors) and which are ‘active’. The only exceptions being when I want to link to one of ‘our’ blogs! Nearly all of […]
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Yesterday saw the UK’s Supreme Court hand down its ruling on R v. Secretary of State for Justice and McGeoch v. Lord President of the Council. These cases related to two prisoners on life sentences for murder challenging the denial of their right to vote. Unlike the Hirst case of 2005, which first established that the […]
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This week saw the release of UKIP’s list of candidates for the 2014 European elections. For a party widely expected to top the poll next year, this is an important stage in their management of that election. It was also an important event, because the party had made a conscious effort to change its mechanism […]
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