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), (9.2.4), (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), (4.2.4.1), (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), (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)

Ahmadi 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), (9.6.1) 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, (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)

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, (5.3.6.2), (6.8.6)

Armed forces, (5.2.5.1), (7.2.6), (7.2.7), (7.4.6)

Arms trade, (7.4.6and see Index-Wars

Artificial Intelligence (AI), (3.2.8), (3.3.3.1), (6.4.2)

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); also see Index-Political-authority 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, moral, (4.4.4.3), and see Index-Moral-influence

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), (6.6.3.3), (7.2.8), (9.6.2)

BBC, Preface, (6.4.3.4)

Beetham, David, (6.3.5), (6.3.7)

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, (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), and see Index-Wars

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)

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

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