hostage-taking: the new face of war?: all articles

Mary Kaldor views hostage-taking in the context of a changing relationship between politics and violence, which demands a response based on policing and civic engagement. Douglas Murray disagrees: this is a war against inhumanity.

Tuesday 28th August

How to free hostages: war, negotiation, or law-enforcement?

Mary Kaldor, 28 August 2007

The seizure of civilians challenges us to think differently about global conflicts (archive)

Monday 5th December

'Getting in the way': Christian peacemakers from the West Bank to Iraq

Andrew Mueller, 5 December 2005

The latest western hostages in Iraq include a 74-year-old member of a Christian group dedicated to mediation in combat zones. John Lynes, a colleague of Norman Kember, gave Andrew Mueller an insight into the group’s ethos when they met on the dangerous ground of Hebron, in the Israel-occupied West Bank.

Wednesday 29th September

What al-Zarqawi knows

Douglas Murray, 29 September 2004

A Jordanian terrorist in Iraq is using the west’s emotional weakness for satanic ends. Time to stand firm against the hostage–takers, says Douglas Murray.