Category Archives: Multilateral Foreign Policy

As Obama hosts the Burmese President, he must address the regime’s dreadful human rights record

By Guest | Published: May 20, 2013

Setting aside the ethics of this approach – which is unlikely to be altered anytime soon – the US can still afford to get tough with Burma without losing purchase over the Burmese government.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Torture evidence found in Syrian government prisons

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 17, 2013

Torture devices and evidence of abuse have been found in government-controlled prisons in the city of Raqqa, the first city to come under the control of the opposition, a report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) claims.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

It’s time for Spain’s indignados to grow up

By Tom Gill | Published: May 16, 2013

United Left needs a resounding endorsement, shouted loud and clear from the streets, if radical change in Spain is to have a fighting chance.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Peace makers promote peace, not boycotts

By Guest | Published: May 10, 2013

The international community should disabuse those Palestinians promoting boycotts of the idea that they can avoid these compromises. By failing to take that stand against the boycott campaign, professor Hawking has done nothing for the cause of peace. If anything, by encouraging behaviour that entrenches the conflict, he has set it back.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , , , , | 34 Responses

So why did Stephen Hawking think it was ok to visit Iran and China?

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 9, 2013

Is Israel uniquely bad, or has hypocrisy towards the Jewish state become so widely accepted among some progressives that even an eminent scholar like Hawking is susceptible to hypocritical and lazy double standards?

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , , | 328 Responses

While the world argues about chemical weapons, Syrian civilians are still being slaughtered by the regime

By Carl Packman | Published: May 7, 2013

Despite the fact that Carla del Ponte, a former prosecutor for U.N. tribunals investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, has talked only of “suspicions” regarding the Syrian opposition’s possible use of chemical weapons, her comments have gained a lot of attention over the weekend.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Responses

UK aid to South Africa: cock-up, rather than conspiracy?

By Richard Darlington | Published: May 4, 2013

The case for progressive internationalism is as strong as ever, but for us to have purchase on the issue of global poverty, Britain needs a presence in these countries beyond our Embassies or High Commissions.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , | 4 Responses

Why David Cameron is right about Syria

By Carl Packman | Published: April 27, 2013

Cameron is right. Continued engagement with the rebels, especially around this sensitive time, will eventually bring results.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , | 3 Responses

Putin launches ‘witch hunt’ against dissent

By Adam Wadsworth | Published: April 24, 2013

Repression, violation of human rights and legislation preventing freedom of expression have been the emblem of the regime of Vladimir Putin, Amnesty International has said in a new report.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK’s commitment to a New Deal for the world’s poorest

By Felix Grenfell Bozek | Published: April 18, 2013

In order to continue to support the world’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens, Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the New Deal and its support for the integration of the New Deal into the post-MDG agenda when she goes to the International Dialogue event on Friday.

Posted in Multilateral Foreign Policy | Tagged , , | Leave a comment