Gaddafi’s madness explained: how political profiling analyzes leaders’ personalities

Faults and shortcomings of a disunited Union

Morally justifiable? China’s opposition to Japan’s bid for a permanent UNSC seat

Why you should conceal your face at protests and demonstrations.

When the good will of the State is not enough

This article justifies the need of including both subjective and objective elements on the response of the State to the situation of victims of violence at Colombia, South America.

Incommunication in Political Practice

The aim of this article is to describe the practice of incommunication, understood as discursive conflict constitutive of political deliberation.

Do Religious Political Theorists Even Care about Neutrality?

In light of religiously-inspired critiques of public reason, it is usually assumed that political theorists working within religious traditions have no regard for neutrality as a political value. Moreover, the religious foundations of their political theories are taken to be anathema to the concept of neutrality. This article challenges these assumptions. It explains the conceptual relationship that necessarily obtains between a conception of neutrality and other values within any well-developed political theory.

The Dirty Legacy of Europe’s New Cultural Metropolis: The Ruhr Area’s Old Industrial and New Cultural Energies

What takes place when the Ruhr area in Germany, one of the largest urban zones in Europe (also known as the ‘coal pot’), redefines itself and its formerly industrial landscape as a cultural capital of Europe

Carl Gopalkrishnan – Portrait of the Artist as Polemicist

Does art lend itself to polemics? Is there a role for the artist as polemicist?

Art of the Possible and Corruption in Indian Politics Today

A historical view of Indian politics that aims to demonstrate that the key to the art of the possible in politics is courage of well reasoned convictions and the support of the masses in a democracy.

Student Protests – Neither Radical Nor Progressive.

This article takes a long, hard look at the recent student protests and questions whether they were as radical as presented and whether by ignoring the question of what is the intrinsic worth of knowledge and education, students are able to win the hard argument that needs to be won.

Alternative Vote vs. First Past The Post An opinion piece on the undercard of the local elections

A discussion of the real difference between AV and FPTP and a criticism of the referendum campaigns.

The Kyrgyzstan Crisis of 2010: Return of the Violent Revolution?

This article focuses on the socio-political crisis in Kyrgyzstan in April to July 2010. The colour revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan have fascinated scholars of the post-Soviet space. However, recent events in Kyrgyzstan depart from this model of peaceful reform, which begs the question: are we witnessing the return of the violent revolution in the post-Soviet space? The author looks at the riots in Kyrgyzstan in order to ascertain the implications of the apparent return of the violent revolution.

Where Religion meets Revolution: Liberation Theology and the Impulse to Social Justice in World Religion

Traditionally the world religions have stood in firm protest against social change, but what happens when roles are inverted and religion leads revolution? Arthur Westwell examines Liberation Theology that arose in Latin America in the 1960s, and considers how best to view the current Arab Spring in light of the successes and failures of this remarkable movement.