Voters' Block: Will EU governments hold referendums on a new treaty? by Chris Prosser
As the European Union lurches from crisis to crisis, the chances of getting a new EU treaty are on the rise. Such a new treaty might be the 'Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union', which is due to be signed in March by all EU members apart from the Czech Republic and the UK. Or, if the worst fears of the Eurozone countries are realised and Greece > > > > Read more
Fighting words: African leaders should be careful to call Western intervention 're-colonisation' by Seamus Duggan
The institutions of the United Nations are slaves to the objectives of Western powers, and these powers are determined to make Africa an appendage to the West. Or so Thabo Mbeki claims. Mbeki, the former president of South Africa and the founding chairperson of the African Union, made these comments in a recent speech deploring what he termed the 're-colonisation' of Africa. Mbeki went on to > > > > Read more
Reflections on Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's visit to Oxford by Ayyaz Mallick
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, was hosted on 20th February for a talk at the Oxford Union by the Oxford University Pakistan Society and the Oxford Union Society. As the ravishing, young female foreign minister of a country embedded in popular media imagination as a haven for all sorts of retrogressive elements, Ms. Khar’s visit was bound to generate a lot of > > > > Read more
Afghanistan’s human rights gains are too precious to compromise by Ishtiaq Ahmad
Compared to the Taliban era of the 1990s, Afghanistan has made impressive gains in the sphere of human rights, especially women’s rights. The Afghan constitution prohibits discrimination between citizens “whether man or woman”. Consequently, Afghan women have a visible presence in parliament, cabinet, civil administration and media. As pillars of civil society activism, they have played > > > > Read more
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