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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International Relations & Development

Exploding the myth of radicalisation
Blaming some young Brits' attraction to ISIS on online grooming is a fudge.
Frank Furedi, spiked, 16 June 2015

The end of Congress, not the end of the world
Western wailing about ‘fascistic’ Modi reveals a contempt for Indian democracy.
Dolan Cummings, spiked, May 2015

Open Debate on the Role of Youth in Countering Violent Extremism
The open debate is being held at the initiative of Jordan, in an effort to address the root causes that fuel terrorism through the radicalisation and mobilisation of young recruits by terrorist groups.
What's in Blue, 16 April 2015

Would Britain thrive outside the EU?
Szu Ping Chan, The Telegraph, 25 March 2015

What if...? The consequences, challenges and opportunities facing Britain outside the EU
Christopher Howarth, Mats Persson, Pawel Swidlicki, Raoul Ruparel, Stephen Booth, Open Europe, 23 March 2015

India’s marvellous mission to Mars
Sadhvi Sharma, spiked, 20 November 2014

Fattigdom snart ett minne blott
Det är väl belagt att bistånd tenderar att försämra förutsättningarna för utveckling, att det bidrar till korruption och väpnade konflikter.
Fredrik Segerfeldt, SVT, 3 November 2014

Is Big Data squishing our humanity?
The use of new technologies is turning us into objects of analysis, examination and manipulation.
Norman Lewis, spiked, 15 October 2014

Cocaturismo: How Cocaine in Colombia became a tourist attraction
An extract from Cocaina: A Book on Those Who Make It
Magnus Linton, Utne Reader, March 2014

The space race goes East
Patrick Hayes, spiked, 23 December 2013


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"Just when Kant's formulation that 'the public exercise of reason should be free' had begun to seem so remote and exhausted, the Battle should reinforce one's faith in the enduring worth of dissent and of the free traffic in ideas"
Swapan Chakravorty, professor of english, Jadavpur University