Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Recent Readings
China deal: a new day for Africa
The recent acquisition by China's largest bank of 20% of South Africa's Standard Bank is a watershed event in the growing relationship between China and the development of the African continent.
John Battersby, MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
The recent acquisition by China's largest bank of 20% of South Africa's Standard Bank is a watershed event in the growing relationship between China and the development of the African continent.
John Battersby, MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
Manifesto for Competitive Sport
A Manifesto for the reintroduction of competition in schools by a tennis coach
Dan Travis, Manifesto Club
A Manifesto for the reintroduction of competition in schools by a tennis coach
Dan Travis, Manifesto Club
Juries in Cases of Serious and Complex Fraud
We have been debating the use of juries in complex fraud trials on and off for 20 years. However, the discharge of the jury in the Jubilee Line corruption trial, after sitting for 18 months without returning verdicts, has put the question back under the spotlight.
George Staple QC, The Barrister
We have been debating the use of juries in complex fraud trials on and off for 20 years. However, the discharge of the jury in the Jubilee Line corruption trial, after sitting for 18 months without returning verdicts, has put the question back under the spotlight.
George Staple QC, The Barrister
Humanitarian intervention
I believe that the increasing tendency of states to intervene in others’ affairs, and the idea that it is right and legitimate for them to do so is a very dangerous trend.
Philip Cunliffe, The Browser
I believe that the increasing tendency of states to intervene in others’ affairs, and the idea that it is right and legitimate for them to do so is a very dangerous trend.
Philip Cunliffe, The Browser
Database master class
This is a blog project designed to give you your very own cut-out'n'keep guide to all of the children's databases
Action on Rights for Children
This is a blog project designed to give you your very own cut-out'n'keep guide to all of the children's databases
Action on Rights for Children
Human rights win wider recognition in Britain
The issue of human rights is becoming part of our everyday lives, though public perception of what it means can often still remain hazy
Jason Bennetto, Guardian
The issue of human rights is becoming part of our everyday lives, though public perception of what it means can often still remain hazy
Jason Bennetto, Guardian
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths about Video Games debunked
A large gap exists between the public's perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from fiction.
Henry Jenkins, PBS
A large gap exists between the public's perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from fiction.
Henry Jenkins, PBS
BRICs
Over the next 50 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China—the BRICs economies—could become a much larger force in the world economy. We map out GDP growth, income per capita and currency movements in the BRICs economies until 2050.
Goldman Sachs
Over the next 50 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China—the BRICs economies—could become a much larger force in the world economy. We map out GDP growth, income per capita and currency movements in the BRICs economies until 2050.
Goldman Sachs
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Hashtag Feminism: radical or banal?
"The energy, verve and enthusiasm at The Battle of Ideas filled me with hope. Coming from India where so many people still lack the basic necessities that make human life worth living, it was heartening to see basic issues of equity and justice debated with such passion and fervour."
George Thomas, orthopaedic surgeon; editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics