by anna | Mar 1, 2019 | Asia, Bangladesh, Human Rights, Refugees, Regions
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Editor in Charge, The Asian Age, Dhaka For Bangladesh, it is that old dilemma: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The Rohingya issue is not likely to go away any time soon. A hint of that...
by anna | Oct 1, 2018 | Canada & the Caribbean, Regions, The Commonwealth
By Sir Ronald Sanders Except at time of crisis, many countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) credit their foreign ministries and their embassies or high commissions abroad with little value. Yet, diplomacy, which is the work of foreign ministries and their...
by chloe | Aug 7, 2017 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Regions, The Commonwealth
by Dr Maria Mut, Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Two classical physics theories perfectly apply to the current situation in Gibraltar. The first has been attributed to Heraclitus: ‘Everything flows, moves and nothing lasts forever’. The second one...
by Jack Saffery-Rowe | May 27, 2016 | Africa, Imperial and Postcolonial History, Regions, The Commonwealth
By Professor Henning Melber, Senior Research Fellow, ICWS Image credit: Botschaft-MadagaskarSince the turn of the century the middle classes of the global South have taken centre stage in economic policy circles. Animated by diversification of some countries’...
by chloe | Feb 26, 2015 | Canada & the Caribbean, Regions
Originally posted on Caribbean News Now. by Sir Ronald Sanders, ICWS Senior Research Fellow US commentators are predicting the death of PetroCaribe, the Venezuelan oil initiative in the Caribbean, and the ascendancy of United States as the dominant player in the...
by virginiafiguero | Jun 17, 2014 | Regions
By Yiannos Katsourides, ICWS Visiting Fellow. This year, 2014, marks the third time that Cyprus sent elected representatives to the European Parliament. The elections took place in a volatile and fluid setting defined by mounting anti-party sentiment and fury at the...
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