Syria: the imperative of de-escalation

Julien Barnes-Dacey and Daniel Levy 25 May 2013

In this excerpt from the latest ECFR policy briefing on Syria, the authors argue that a rare moment of opportunity has emerged following the US-Russian agreement to launch peace initiative, Geneva II. Europe and the west should prioritise ratcheting down violence and the threat of regional spill over. 

The Woolwich attack: should the British feel terrorised?

Myriam Francois-Cerrah 25 May 2013

The fact is the perpetrators want this to be perceived as an act of terrorism. Doing so would put them in a league with the Al Qaeda aficionados they have idealised.

City of London Elections 2013: the battle, the count, the lessons

Daniel Jones 24 May 2013

The recent elections to the City of London’s local authority were fiercely fought, after years where the majority of seats went uncontested. Lessons should be drawn for any future attempt to reform the financial services industry.

Gridlock: the growing breakdown of global cooperation

Thomas Hale, David Held, and Kevin Young 24 May 2013

Economic and political shifts in large part attributable to the successes of the post-war multilateral order are now amongst the factors grinding that system into gridlock.

Woolwich and Afghanistan: the connection

Paul Rogers 23 May 2013

An understanding of the link between the shocking murder of a young soldier on a London street and "remote-control" attacks by western states is essential.

Londoners march to save the NHS

stuart monro 23 May 2013

Banners and voices lifted up in support of the NHS on Saturday May 18th.

Milburn, the NHS, and Britain's 'revolving door'

Caroline Molloy 23 May 2013

As the government ploughs on with its NHS ‘reforms’ in the face of opposition from medics and the public, whose interests are really driving these reforms? The latest move by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn provides a clue.

Notes on a hunger strike

Saadi Nikro 23 May 2013

You might say Habeas Corpus literally means - you have a right to keep your body. 

Half-capacity Jordan: whose stories do we need?

Munir Atalla 23 May 2013

The way Jordanians imagine their national collective identity must evolve from tolerance to acceptance and from diversity to true inclusion.

Untangling Egypt's web of political and economic challenges

Marc van Oudheusden and Scott Hickie 23 May 2013

Minimising IMF financial support through access to Gulf State finance allows Morsi to craft new political narratives that reject views of Egypt as a US client state and redefines Egypt within a framework of Arab nationalism and centre-right political Islam.  

For the Syrian people, May, 2013

Salam Kawakibi and others (see below) 23 May 2013

This deadlock blocks every attempt to implement the “responsibility to protect” peoples, a responsibility that “devolves on the international community in the framework of the UN” and that was put into force in Libya and the Ivory Coast.

Japan's peace pledge under attack

Yoshioka Tatsuya and Celine Nahory 23 May 2013

Japan adopted its war-renouncing constitution following World War II, with Article 9 as a promise to itself and a pledge to the world to never repeat its mistakes. The debate provoked by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo over amending this famous peace clause threatens to destabilise the fragile regional peace

The boundaries of Israeli unity

Omer Harari 23 May 2013

Two years ago, the rallying cry was "The people demand social justice", which was more open ended, proving its tenuousness in the question of Palestinian solidarity.

 

'Council democracy' - reform must begin with the local

Ivo Mosley 22 May 2013

Arendt, Jefferson and Maitland are three great thinkers who all shared a passion for the power of local democracy, its ability to bridge the distance of representation. As our political system breaks down, it's an idea we must consider once again.

How to vote for peace

Peter Emerson 22 May 2013

In order to vote for peace, we must first vote for voting systems which are 'peace-ful'. Peter Emerson argues for consensus voting which allows for differences but mutual respect, is inclusive, accurate, and very democratic

This week's editor

Heather McRobie


Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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