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Published in: HomeManchurian mormon?Mitt Romney needs to answers basic questions about potential conflicts between his religious vows and his...
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Published in: oDRHow God came to vote for Putin: the background to Pussy RiotThe gradual intrusion of the Orthodox Church into Russian secular life and the state is something that went largely...
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Published in: oDRTatarstan: the restoration of history, religion and national feelingThe Republic of Tatarstan is spending some of its not inconsiderable oil and gas revenues on restoring the ruined...
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Published in: oDRUnprotectedChechnya’s women face fresh constraints, new rules and increased violence sanctioned from above. At home, they are...
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Published in: oDR‘Pussysteria’, or the awakening of Russia’s conscienceOn 10th July a Moscow court extended the pre-trial detention of three members of feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot,...
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Published in: HomeTurkey as a test case in the multipolar post-Cold War orderTurkey has frequently been cited as a model for other countries in the Middle East currently undergoing an "Arab...
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Published in: oDRThe Russian Orthodox Church: from farce to tragedy?Evidence of cronyism, inappropriate luxury and an un-Christian lack of clemency towards punk band Pussy Riot have...
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Published in: HomeNorway's trial, and a democratic lesson
The legal procedure in the case of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the Norwegian massacre of July 2011,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: a story of non-impact
The immediate reactions to the terrorist attack in Oslo in July 2011 were both politicised and inaccurate. The...
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Published in: HomeBritish Muslims and local democracy: after Bradford
A by-election earthquake in the post-industrial northern English city of Bradford saw a high-profile politician with...
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Published in: openSecurityMuslim radicalism: the power of friendship
Why do some Muslims join radical groups? Theories abound but their analytic capacity remains low as they tend to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical Islam in Egypt: a bright future
Contrary to the fears of some western observers, Islam has had a strong tradition of rule of law and religious and...
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Published in: HomeThe Great Partnership: multiculturalism, faith and citizenship
Do the supposedly civilised values of human rights and responsible citizenry become exclusionary, used to divide...
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Published in: openSecurityIran in the straits?
How are recent events in Iran to be interpreted? History has a lot to teach us, argues David Madden
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Published in: Home2011, a year of wonder
A great scientific breakthrough is also a path to appreciating the core ingredient of our humanity, says Tina Beattie.
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Published in: HomeThe Vatican and Ireland
A series of abuse and cover-up scandals within the Catholic church has alienated many in in one of its historic...
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Published in: HomeAn arch-visionary of Canterbury
The leading religious authority of the Church of England has disappointed many of the hopes invested in him. Rowan...
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Published in: HomeEurope beyond Utøya: addressing a crisis
The slaughter of citizens in Norway in July 2011 was more than the act of an individual: it emerged from a political...
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Published in: oDRThe living legacy of Russia’s slaveryRussian society has never learnt what it is to feel responsibility for anything. Serfdom was abolished 150 years...
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Published in: Home9/11: the identity-politics trap
The reaction to the attacks of 11 September 2001 included an instinctive veneration of their chief architect. Its...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
