Index: A-B
This page forms part of the alphabetical index to the patterns of power commentaries.
Abortion, (4.3.4.1), (5.2.3), (5.4.4), (5.4.7.4)
Abrahamic religions, (4.2.2.1), (9.6.1) and see Index-Religion
Abu Ghraib, (5.3.6.3), (7.2.4.1)
Abuse of State power (7.2.4), (9.2.1)
Acceptability – as a criterion of assessment, (Introduction), (2.3),
– as a governance requirement, (2.1), (9.1), (9.7)
– of behaviour towards others, (4.4.2) and see Index-behaviour
– of economic power, (3.1.1), (3.5.9)
– of legislation, (5.1.4), (5.4.3), (5.4.4)
– of political power, (6.2.6), (6.3.5)
Accountability, (6.3.3.5), (6.8.5.2), (6.8.5.4), (8.7.6), (9.4)
Activist shareholders, (3.3.5.1)
Adam Smith, (3.2.1), (3.2.3.2), (3.3.2), (3.3.6), (3.5.1), (4.2.4), (4.3.2), (6.7.2.3)
Advertising (political), (6.4.2.6), (6.4.3.3), (6.4.4), (6.4.5), (6.6.5.8), (6.7.7.3), (6.8.5.2)
Afghanistan, (3.5.8.1), (6.6.3.1), (6.7.7.5), (9.2.1)
Afghanistan occupation, (6.7.7.5), (7.4.6.6), (8.8.4) and see Index-Wars
African Union, (7.2.7.1), (9.5.2)
Agnostic, (4.1.2)
Ahmadiyya Muslims (4.4.6.4)
AI, see Artificial Intelligence below
Aid, (3.4.6), (3.5.8.1), (4.3.5.1), (6.7.2.3), (6.7.6.1)
Air-strikes, (7.3.2.2), (7.4.1.1)
Al-Qaeda, (4.3.5.6), (4.4.6.3), (7.3.3), (7.4.1.4), (7.4.3.1) and see Index-Terrorism
Al-Qaeda 9/11 attack, (5.2.5.1), (6.7.7.5), (7.4.3.1), (7.4.7), (8.7)
Algeria, (6.3.5.1)
Algorithms on social media, (5.4.5.3), (6.4.2.6), (6.4.2.7)
Alliances, (7.2.7.1)
‘Alt-right’, (6.2.4.6), (6.3.2.6), (6.6.3), (6.6.4.3), (6.6.5.8), (6.6.7.2), (6.7.4.2), (6.7.8.4)
Amazon tax issues, (3.4.2)
America: see Index-America and citations in blog posts
Amnesty International, (5.2.6), (6.3.7), (6.4.4)
Anarchy, (6.2.2.1), (6.3.1.5), (7.2.6), (9.6.2)
Anti-establishment feelings, (6.3.2.5), (6.3.2.6), (6.3.9), (6.4.5.3), (6.5.1.2), (6.7.8.4)
Anti-Semitism, (4.4.6.4), (5.4.6.2), (6.4.6), (6.6.7.5), (7.2.8)
‘Anti-Social Behaviour Orders’ (ASBOs), (5.2.5.2)
Apartheid, (3.3.7.2), (6.3.7), (6.6.3.4), (6.6.7.5)
Apathy, (6.3.5.4), (6.6.1), (6.6.7), (6.8.1)
Apostasy, (4.3.3.3), (4.4.4.1), (5.3.3.2)
Aquinas, Thomas, (4.3.5.5)
‘Arab Spring’, (6.2.4.4), (6.3.9), (9.2.1)
Arbitration, (4.3.5.5), (5.3.3.2), (5.3.6.2), (6.8.6), (9.5.2), (9.6)
Armed forces, (5.2.5.1), (7.2.6), (7.2.7), (7.4.6)
Arms trade, (7.4.6)
Artificial Intelligence (AI), (3.2.8), (3.3.3.1), (6.4.2), (7.2.5.2)
ASBOs, see ‘Anti-Social Behaviour Orders’ above
ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations), (3.5.4.5)
Assassinations, (6.7.7.1), (7.3.2.3), (7.3.4.2)
Assimilation (ethnic), (6.7.4), (6.7.4.3)
Asylum-seekers, (3.4.3.1), (4.4.5.3), (5.4.7.6), (6.7.4.1), (6.7.8.3)
Asymmetric warfare, (7.4.1.2), and see Index-Wars
Atheism, (4.1.2)
Attacking other countries, (7.3) and see Index-Wars
Attlee, Clement, (6.3.4.1)
AUKUS alliance, (7.2.7.2)
Austerity – economic policy, (3.2.3), (3.3.8.2), (3.4.5.4), and see Index-Economic-governance
– political policy, (3.3.4.5), (3.5.3.1), (6.2.4.2), (6.3.9), (6.4.2.2), (6.6.5.8), (9.4) and citations in blog posts
‘Authoritarian populism‘, (6.3.2.6), (6.3.2.7), (6.6.7.2), (6.7.8.4)
Authoritarianism, (6.3.1) and see separate index
Automation, (3.2.8), (3.3.3.1), (3.3.3.2), (3.5.6.5), (6.4.2.7), (6.7.8.2)
Autonomy, (2.8.3)
– economic, (3.4.1.4), (3.4.5), and see Index-Economic-governance
– legal, (5.3.5.3), and see Index-Legal-power
– moral, (4.4.4.3), and see Index-Moral-influence
– political, (6.6.3), (6.6.5.4), (6.6.7.1), and see Index-Political-authority
Ayatollah Khomeini, (4.3.1.1), (5.3.3), (6.3.1.2), (6.7.4.8)
Ayodhya Mosque, (5.4.5.1), (6.7.4.2), (9.6.1)
Bannon, Steve, (6.2.4.6)
Basel 3 reforms, (3.3.4.3)
Basque region, (6.6.3.2),
Basque Separatists (ETA), (7.2.8), (9.6.2)
BBC, Information Sources, Preface, (6.4.3.4)
Beetham, David, (6.3.5), (6.3.5.3)
Behaviour, socially-acceptable, (4.4.2), (9.2.4), and see Index-behaviour
Belarus, (6.7.5.1), (6.7.8.3), (7.2.4)
Belgium, (2.8.4), (3.4.5.5), (6.3.1.4)
Benefit payments, (3.2.3.3), (6.7.1.3) and see Index-human-rights
Berlin, Isaiah:
– freedom from and freedom to, (2.2), (9.2)
– realism, (6.3.8)
– tolerance, (4.4.1)
– value pluralism, (2.2)
Berlusconi, Italian PM, (6.4.3.2)
Bhopal – Union Carbide, (5.3.4)
Bible, (4.2.2.2), (4.3.1.5), (9.6.1), and see Index-Religion
Biden, Joe, (6.3.2.8), (6.3.4.5), (6.7.5.4), and see citations in blog posts
‘Big Bang’ financial deregulation, (3.3.4.3)
Biological weapons, (7.4.1.1), (7.4.6.4)
Biomass energy, (3.5.7.5) and see Index-Climate-and-environment
‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, (4.4.2.3), (5.2.5), (5.2.5.3), (5.4.3), (7.2.4), (7.2.4.2)
Blair, Tony – Labour Party leader, (6.2.6.1), (6.3.4), and see citations in blog posts
– advocating Iraq invasion, (8.7), and see Index-Iraq
– media influence, (6.3.3.3), (6.4.3.1)
– personality, (6.3.4.2), (8.7)
Blasphemy, (4.4.6.3), (4.4.6.5), (5.4.6.1), (9.6.1)
Bluesky social media platform, Introduction, (6.4.2); also see Social Media entry in Index-S and citations in blog posts
Bobbitt, Philip, (9.5.1)
Boris Johnson, (6.3.2.6); also see Index-Boris and citations in blog posts
BP oil spill in 2010, (5.3.4)
Breitbart, (6.4.4)
Brennan, Jason, (6.5.3.3)
Brennan, John, (7.2.4.1)
Brexit, (6.6.5.8) and see separate index
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), (6.6.6.3)
Britain, see Index-Britain and citations in blog posts
Burke, Edmund, (6.2.4.1), (6.5.1)
Bush, George W – advocate of regime change, (6.2.4.4), (6.7.7.5)
– antagonising Muslims, (7.4.3.1)
– ‘axis of evil’ speech, (7.4.2.3)
– Halliburton connection, (6.4.5.2), (8.8.4)
– role in Iraq invasion, (8.7)
Businesses, (3.2.1), and see Companies entry in Index-C