Ukraine: Where East Meets West
Our political – as opposed to geographical – notions of east and west are still to an extent influenced by the Cold War. Since that time the ascendancy of the US has seen western [...]
Unfair Stereotypes Can Make Youth Less Employable
How to judge the reaction of a crowd with low expectations? Youth unemployment in the UK has just fallen to its lowest level in 2.5 years. On face value the figures could be taken as a cause for [...]
Drone Wars: Death from a Distance
The ‘drone war’ sounds like something lifted straight from a Star Wars script. It speaks of a dark dystopian future where war has been stripped of what little made it human and is fought between [...]
How the Celtic Tiger Ate Ireland
During the 90’s and much of the 00’s, Ireland was the poster boy for the neo-liberal fantasy of sound economic management. Its Celtic Tiger economy along with the similarly feline [...]
Education Reform Ahead in the UK?
Education in the UK may be on the verge of a seismic shift if the recommendations of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility and leading think-tank Centre Forum are put into [...]