Brazil’s Winning Streak

By Gabriel Paquette

Brazil has recently shot to “superpower” status in the eyes of the world. Gabriel Paquette looks at the country’s apparent immunity from the global recession, its new self confidence but also at some of the more long standing problems: the corruption and the deforestation of the Amazon.

 

Assange Case: We Are All Suspects Now

By John Pilger

John Pilger examines the implications of the Supreme Court’s hearings in the Assange case. The case has profound meaning for the preservation of basic freedoms in Western democracies.

Otto von Bismarck

By Lev Myshkin

Jonathan Steinberg has written a gripping account of the life of the Iron Chancellor, a complex and contradictory figure who unified Germany and transformed Europe through the sheer force of his personality and his ability to manipulate Emperor Wilhelm I. The master of Realpolitik was a pugnacious pragmatist, a hypochondriac and much else besides.

Droning On

By John Feffer

Today, the United States maintains a near monopoly on military drone technology, with only Israel and Britain also deploying these systems, but the landscape is rapidly changing. John Feffer, from Foreign Policy In Focus takes a look at the unnerving future of drone technology and its seemingly inevitable proliferation.

Central Asia: Oil, Gas and Islam

By Emmanuel Karagiannis

Emmanuel Karagiannis, the author of ” Political Islam in Central Asia: The Challenge of Hizb ut-Tahrir” discusses Central Asian energy politics, the political future of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan and the growing influence of the controversial Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir.

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