Children seeking asylum in the UK are regularly disbelieved about how old they are and can end up facing harmful, protracted disputes. The culture of disbelief so often criticised in the Home Office has now seeped into some local authorities.
The BBC viscerally opposes subscription: it wants universal access to homes that only criminal enforcement can deliver.
The latest crisis in Northern Ireland looks like déjà vu all over again. It’s not that the situation never changes but the remedy offered by London remains stubbornly the same.
The truce declared in 2012 may have been imperfect and controversial but positive lessons must be learned amid the country’s current crisis of violence.
With a humanitarian crisis mounting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has eased its military pressure—for the moment.
A renewal of democracy should be the means to cleanse Latin America of its history of corruption and abuses of power. But as the Mexican case shows, unless democracy is extended by enhancing civil society, its promise will not be realised.
The human toll from the Ebola outbreak is all too evident. A more proactive global health policy is needed to avoid its repetition.
Does the rise of non-western states such as China, India, South Africa, and Brazil threaten the dominant model of international politics?
A popular uprising in the west African country reflects a wider awakening among citizens and young people across the continent.
Brazil emerges from the 2014 election with a re-elected president, two problems, and four names in mind.
The UK government seems immune to criticism of its hostile approach to immigration, but the decision to return home for any migrant is not a simple one. Rather than obscuring evidence, the government must be transparent about what really constitutes a solution.
