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Scotland’s September 18 Referendum: Its consequences
by Sir Ronald Sanders, ICWS Senior Research Fellow If the people of Scotland vote for independence from the United Kingdom on September 18, they will be buying a one-way ticket to their own misfortune, with consequences that will go beyond their borders affecting...
The May 2014 European Elections in Cyprus: Dealignment in Process?
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...
Modi-fying India? A presidential campaign and the challenge of parliamentary governance
By Dr James Chiriyankandath Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Co-Editor of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. With the din of the Indian election campaign dying away and the refrain of the BJP - "Abki...
The Nigerian abductions – just who are Boko Haram and how do they survive?
By Keith Somerville, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and teacher at the Centre for Journalism, University of Kent. He is editor of the Africa – News and Analysis website. The release of the latest Boko Haram...
Sri Lanka – straining the Commonwealth
By Sir Ronald Sanders, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and a former Caribbean diplomat The association of 53 nations of the Commonwealth is facing yet another ordeal due to the actions of the government of Sri...
Hidden archives of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO): conspiracy, incompetence or loss of institutional memory?
By Mandy Banton, Senior Research Fellow, ICWS; formerly of the UK National Archives Despite rumours and half-truths long in existence, the official line that no locally created records of former colonial governments were transferred to London at independence was...
Nigeria celebrates its centenary
By Richard Bourne OBE, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Nigeria, put together by Lord Lugard in January 1914, has just been celebrating its centenary. This is slightly less of a hooley than the celebration of 50 years of independence in...
India’s general election: The Modi factor
By James Chiriyankandath, Co-Editor, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics In April and May, India, home to more than half the population of the Commonwealth and the world's largest democracy, holds its 16th general election. We follow an election that could prove...
Can Malta rescue the Commonwealth?
If the diversity of the Commonwealth member states in their economic ambitions and political aspirations is not managed to create mutual understanding and goodwill, it is their differences and divergences that will prevail.
The EPG wanted Ireland back in the Commonwealth
By Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG AM Sir Ronald Sanders is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. He was a member and Rapporteur of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (2010-2011) and a former Caribbean Diplomat. “Get...
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