The centenary of Irish partition had once been an awaited psychological milestone for Ulster unionists. Yet the discontent expressed through the loyalist riots of the past ten days reflects a deep-seated crisis of the political architecture built into Northern Ireland, writes Tommy Greene.
It is impossible to avoid the sense of epic tragedy that hangs over the Arab uprisings today, a decade on. But in the final piece of his series on the uprisings, David Wearing argues that the story isn’t over yet.
Ten years ago this week the Arab uprisings arrived in Syria, with large demonstrations marking the culmination of weeks of brewing unrest. In the fifth piece of his series on the uprisings, David Wearing looks at how the attempted revolution in Syria became a full-blown war.
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