The refugee protection regime works if it remains limited to those genuinely fleeing persecution — though the Syrian crisis proves again that ways must also be found to protect those at risk of generalized violence. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the future of refugee protection.
The Apology debate initiated by Marina Warners essay has opened out a whole discussion of restitution, justice and our relations to the past. But shouldnt we be careful?
The attacks of Tuesday, 11 September, will ultimately change life in America in ways that are now difficult to imagine, and that may well lead to the US as a
We are being buried under an avalanche of history. But this is a history far removed from the heroic, forward-looking tales that underpinned the idea of progress for two centuries.