The ongoing protests in Kiev and other cities of western Ukraine are starting to raise the question of whether it can remain a united country.
Category: Ideas
Britain vs Europe, drugs edition
An EU move for more rational drug policy is disapproved by the British government, casting further doubt on the link between euroscepticism and libertarianism.
Uruguay bows out of the drug war
South America is now in the front line for drug law liberalisation, with Uruguay taking a potentially far-reaching step.
Britain, freedom and the EU
David Cameron's Britain is getting cold feet about free movement of people. Is it really the EU bureaucrats who are anti-freedom?
Uneasy times in Thailand
Anti-government protests continue in Thailand, where an elected government faces an opposition that seems to be giving up on parliamentary democracy.
Maoists for democracy
China's communists don't really have to worry about a rival political party, but there's an interesting moral in the reports about what a hard-line Maoist faction is up to.
Can’t white people be terrorists?
Another look at the double standard on attributions of "terrorism", illustrated by last week's shooting at Los Angeles airport.
Searching for libertarians
A new American study has interesting things to say about libertarians and libertarianism.
Turkey gets more connected
A new rail link in Turkey may have political implications down the track.
Dragging God (or Allah) into politics
Is Allah an exclusively Muslim God, or can he be a Christian God as well? The answer, funnily enough, comes down to politics.
The World is Not Enough 