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Published in: oDRNobody wants Russia’s TurksRussia’s Meskhetian Turks, exiled from their homeland seventy years ago, have to put up with ignorance, prejudice,...
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Published in: oDRBlood and treasureCan an invasion of Afghanistan ever be considered to be a mission accomplished? The British in the 19th century, the...
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Published in: oDRLeaving Afghanistan leaves Tajikistan waryWhat impact will the withdrawal of the Western-dominated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in...
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Published in: oDRAfghanistan, then and nowModern urban versus traditional rural Afghanistan, then and now. Time may have moved on, but the problems are big...
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Published in: TransformationWhy we need radical love to create changeLiving on an isolated island with my dog, it was a departure to find myself with 4,000 other LGBTQ people at the...
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Published in: oDRSochi Olympics – the dangers of rebrandingWhat does President Putin hope to gain from hosting the Winter Olympics? There is a grave danger that the messages...
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Published in: HomePope Francis: a theology for changePope Francis's fresh, informal style has been met with popular acclaim during his first year in office. But his...
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Published in: oDRNailing things down…Pyotr Pavlensky is the performance artist who nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square. Pained, the...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s spinning moral compassVladimir Putin’s latest political course as president – from the jailing of Pussy Riot to the law against gay...
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Published in: oDRPrayers for the deadIn Kyiv, Metropolitan Pavel – aka ‘Pasha the Merc’ – has succeeded in closing down Ukraine’s only specialist...
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Published in: oDRRing out new bells!While lightning and neglect are taking their toll on Russia's wooden churches, a growing volunteer movement is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIslam and politicsThere remains a deeper problem in making a religious text foundational and that can be summed up in one word: commitment.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe root of the Syrian-Iraqi question
If Saddam Hussein and Hafez Assad had worked towards unlearning the new reality which Sykes-Picot aimed to create in...
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Published in: oDRThe indiscreet charm of the Russian cynicRussia’s foremost historian of culture reflects on the cultural functions of cynicism in Soviet and post-Soviet...
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Published in: TransformationIs there any value in New Age thinking?Defining 'New Age' is difficult - the term has been appropriated by all kinds of cults. In my view, the New Age...
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Published in: HomeYou cannot ignore religion in social policy-making in the Middle East
Governments and global development agencies will do well in the formulation of new social protection and social...
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Published in: oDRPutin’s war patriotismThere are few new ideas driving the Putin regime forward. If the Kremlin has an ideology, it is a deeply...
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Published in: oDRNickel and dimesThe fertile territories around Voronezh have long been referred to as Russia’s ‘breadbasket’. They also hold the...
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Published in: oDRGod is your refugeA monastery near Moscow has opened its doors to the city’s homeless — in exchange for food and shelter, the men help...
