The interplay between economic hardship and population pressure could see a collapse of the social contract between states and their citizens, a repor...

2011 provided us with a mix of hope and despair. One Tunisian young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set in motion the Arab Spring when he set himself on fire f...

Gems accepted by The Countess of Wessex from Bahrain's royal family should be sold and the proceeds given to victims of the regime, a former Foreign O...

On the 31 October 1958, a celebrated intellectual delivered a speech in Oxford called "The Two Concepts of Liberty" and it has defined our view of freedom ever since.

This year, we've feared the doom and felt the gloom. We watched as people battled for democracy abroad, whilst battles took place within our democracy at home.

Violence has escalated in Syria despite the presence of Arab League observers, who are assessing the regime's brutal crackdown against pro-democracy p...

Twin explosions have shaken the Syrian capital Damascus, killing several people, state media reported, blaming the attack on suicide car bombs that ma...

Judging by first appearances, 2011 has been a pretty good year for the gatekeepers of democracy. The Tunisian revolution that erupted a year ago triggered similar uprisings across the Arab world and led to the downfall of Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan dictators. TIME magazine recently named The Protester as their Person of the Year.

A year ago Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi torched himself out of economic despair. Little did he know that his act would spark the uprisings that tore through the Middle East and North Africa in 2011.

One year ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in Tunisia. It was a personal protest that had huge ramifications not only for his homeland, b...

DECEMBER (17) Tunisia - jobless graduate Mohamed Bouazizi starts selling vegetables without a permit. When police seize his cart he sets fire to hims...

Time Magazine has named its person of the year as "the Protester" as a tribute to the millions of people who have taken part in uprisings against perc...

The Arab Spring captured the imagination of participants, reporters and spectators alike. We all felt that we were witnessing the fantastic awakening of the Arab world to the virtues of justice and democracy.

More than 5,000 people have been killed during the Syrian government's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the United Nations has said. ...