The case against voluntourism Recorded at a Bristol Hub event at University of Bristol on 2 March 2017, this brief talk outlines in 13 minutes the reasons why I do not believe in voluntourism and why I also distinguish this from volunteering. In short, I believe that voluntourism is exploitative of everyone involved in the process -…
This article was written on 12 October 2015 and has been republished now. The Prison Governor cleared this article for publishing and distribution. It is a cold, grey day in Norway, and the date is 9 October 2015. It's Friday. And I'm going to Bastøy Prison: a completely open prison island (insofar as an island…
This article is adapted from a presentation delivered to Café Politique at Ustinov College, Durham University, on 21 February 2013. Introduction This article addresses some fundamental questions about North Korea's foreign policy decision-making, unpacking the current situation on the Korean Peninsula. It explains how the state's development of its nuclear weapons programme can actually be seen as a…
