Politics
Articles about Politics, ordered by date. 
Commodities and dependency - The Facts
The facts and figures of commodities and our dependence on them.
The pitfalls of resource wealth
Natural resource wealth isn't always a blessing. As Wayne Ellwood discovers, sometimes it can be just the opposite.
Will fracking realign the world?
Pundits foresee an altered world order brought on by fracked gas and oil. Dinyar Godrej thinks the changes could play out quite differently to the most common predictions.
Who is Olli Rehn?
Tough love, harsh truths, austerity cuts – it’s all in a day’s work for the European Commission's ‘archangel of fiscal sobriety’.
Is it time to junk the UN Security Council?
Lecturer and writer Phil Leech and researcher Richard Gowan go head to head.
Crude triumphalism in Sri Lanka
On the eve of the Commonwealth summit in Colombo, Lewis Garland reports on the insidious disempowerment of the country's Tamil community.
Even if you have nothing to hide
Indifference to the US's spying tactics is dangerous, says Mark Engler.
Mandela, my hero!
The current 'beatification' of Mandela is an attempt to neutralize his political legacy, says Steve Parry.
Letter from Botswana: independence or surrender?
It's time for the nation to shake off its lethargy, says Wame Molefhe.
Country Profile: Bolivia
A miner, pick in one hand, rifle in the other, adorns many main squares of Bolivia’s highland mining communities, symbolizing the country’s tradition of radical social movements.
A word with Fawzia Koofi
Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi wants women to get out of their traditional closet.
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