The 23rd of September marks the International Day of Sign Languages, but are technological developments such as cochlear implants leading to a decline in the use of sign languages? What affect could this have on deaf culture?

There are many thinkers that have hypothesised on the subject of peace, which peace inspiring quote of history is the most effective?

What are the first steps to world peace? What change could be made on an individual, group, state or global level to bring us closer to peace and togetherness?

Myanmar has been under some form of military government since 1962. Why has the military had such a long standing influence over the governing of this country, and what effect has this had on Myanmarese society?

With Japan facing an ageing population and a lowering birth rate that threaten to further complicate an already volatile economy, should Japan be loosening the restrictions on its strict immigration laws?

Recently, the Polish government have reformed the mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court judges, doing so they have been accused by EU parliament members of an anti-democratic purge of government opposition judges. But should positions such as this, and in government, be subject to tighter age restrictions? As older people tend to have a more…

Considering the implications on pre-emptive health care and disease prevention, and the massive learning tool it could provide when combined with access to the Internet, could promoting literacy in countries suffering from extreme poverty be one of the most useful tools to help fight poverty?

Regardless of there being more democracies now than at any time in history, does the inaccessibility of normal citizens to governing bodies such as the EU, or the lack of participation in the democratic process in countries such as the UK demonstrate a growing democratic deficit?

I would like to know both viewpoints of the support or rejection against selective separate surnames for the married couple in Japan. In other countries other than Japan, many countries allow a couple to have a different name. According to the survey results, they said that 96% of women in Japan had changed the family name, but women undertake all…

The American Civil War was a battle between the south which admits slavery and the northern part which raised the emancipation of slaves. Also, this Civil War is also very famous as Lincoln did slave release. It is caused by the southern independence trying to make another country which is "Confederate States of America", but if this is true I thin…