The US has had a tumultuous past with the issue of climate change. What effect has this had on America’s relationship with Europe?

Gordon Brown will not be missed as our prime minister, but his impact on the UK economy as chancellor must be applauded.

Complaints recieved by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator by students against their universities have doubled – is now the right time to double fees too?

Papua New Guinea is rich in natural resources, but this has come at the cost of conflict, social removal and environmental damage.

Whatever the exact volume of oil being spewed into the Gulf, there is little doubt the US government is now dealing with a disaster of superlative proportions.

After promising to create ‘political earthquakes’, the smaller parties and independents barely troubled the Richter scale and did not do as well as many expected in the recent election.

From France to Argentina, gay rights are increasingly being recognised and enshrined in law. Yet in the world of sport, retrogressive social attitudes are forcing many high profile stars to conceal their sexuality.

A coalition between the Old and New factions of the Labour Party need not compromise the politics of either but could give rise to a new Labour party, with the hope and excitement of 1997 strengthened by the realism of today.

(c) Sarah Evans
I had been chasing John McDonnell for an interview ever since he announced his candidacy. When I finally spoke with him, late last Thursday evening, he had just arrived at his constituency …

The recent spate of violent attacks against schools in China betrays a deeper set of social and political problems stemming from rapid economic growth and government repression.

The death last week of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has raised the spectre of increased instability in the oil-rich West African state, following months of ethnic and religious violence in the north. Pressure is mounting for new president Goodluck Jonathan to name his deputy amid concerns for Nigeria’s stability.

‘Whilst ecological issues are becoming a more integral part of the political landscape both, at home and abroad the idea that a party could use environmental policies as the fundamental basis for a set of practically applicable policies is at best wishful thinking and at worst, dangerously illogical.’