The victory of Hamas in the recent parliamentary elections in the Palestinian territories has split the international community. The European Union and the United States regard Hamas as a terrorist
Three years after the invasion of Iraq, the promise of a democratic Middle East remains unfulfilled. Rather than becoming a beacon of peace, stability and good government, Iraq is on
Patrick Clawson
We should base our strategy for the future on the realities about Iraq's situation, not on our anger about how we got into this tight spot.
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The Onion's Layer
The problem with this form of evaluation is that terrorism (unlike, say, oil prices or infant mortality) cannot be measured on
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The Belly of the Beast
In order better to understand the current condition of terrorism, these events and trends need to be placed in a broader
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An undeserved benefactor of 9/11 and all that has followed has been the "terrorism industry" – the group of experts from
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This weekend saw the release of Osama bin Laden’s latest audio message. The content differed little from previous ones in which he highlighted recent political developments to ‘proveâ€
This week may turn out to be an important one in the fight against terrorism. We had recorded statements from the three most prominent leaders of the ‘global jihadâ€
Yesterday evening I attended a Pugwash lecture by Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Ebadi is currently visiting Britain, promoting her autobiography and speaking
This week saw the release of two documents related to the 7 July bombings which took pace in London last year. The first was the government’s official account of
London’s Metropolitan Police made a mistake. Two weeks ago, 250 officers raided a house in East London, convinced that they were about to take out a chemical bomb factory.
