Down with the Benevolent Dictator! But what is to come thereafter?
What will replace these dictatorial regimes once the Arab Spring is over? This is a question luring in the background that is vital to answer. It all relies on how these states transition, aside from the fact that many of these countries, like Libya, are suffering from a power vacuum, which can and has led [...]
Catch-22? Greece: their future in the EU, Eurozone, and for the West
Many in the past and through recent months have wondered why Greece–the birthplace of Western Civilization–has faltered to such an extreme. Greece has gone through many transformations in the last century. At present, the Papandreou government is having to pay for sins of many past governments failures’ to reform economically. In the past months, the world [...]
Shirin Ebadi: The role of women in promoting peace in the Middle East
This is a review of a lecture given by Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. It took place at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 2 February 2011. When she came into the room, Shirin got a rapturous welcome from the crowd, packed into the stairwells, in the [...]
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate
The release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Nobel Peace laureate and leader of Burma’s non-violent pro-democracy movement who spent a total of 15 years under house arrest in Rangoon has reignited hopes amongst the Burmese population and has revitalized the opposition. Since her release she has made it abundantly clear that democracy is [...]
