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Scenarios for law enforcement in Africa
African communities in postindependence states often have painful memories of police repression dating back to the colonial era, and the recent lockdowns have reopened old wounds. During the pandemic, political activity ground to a halt. But with several elections to be held in the near future, violent incidents involving law enforcement could occur more often, leading to widespread demonstrations.
El Salvador counts on international help to curb gang violence
El Salvador is Central America’s most densely populated country. With six million people and a gross domestic product of $25 billion, its per capita GDP is $4,100 – not bad for a country generally considered poor by international standards. In the region, only Costa Rica does much better. El Salvador’s ...
Why President Putin's weakness is so dangerous for Russia
Vladimir Putin has reduced Russia’s previously active opposition to sullen defiance, but many observers believe the country is entering a period of stagnation under the former ‘macho man’, now 60 years old. If he becomes a ‘lame duck’ president and hangs on to office until 2018, the outlook for Russia’s ...
Greek voters lurch right in times of austerity
Greece’s coalition government is fighting to produce spending cuts acceptable to Europe’s Troika. But its austerity package is leading to social unrest and political confrontation with the judiciary, the police and the armed forces and support for the extreme right wing Golden Dawn. SOCIAL unrest and political confrontati...
Will Putin’s new tactics against the opposition prove counter-productive?
The violent crackdown on protestors that took place on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president has not yet been repeated. In the second in the series on Mr Putin’s return to the Kremlin and the new geopolitical landscape in Russia, we examine whether the Russian authorities’ alternate tactics ...
