Media and politicians conspire to shield the UK’s military from scrutiny: expect still less accountability from Boris Johnson’s government.
Eighteen years ago the head of the UK’s military warned against relying on military solutions alone. But governments still aren’t listening.
Power and lethality: that’s what the names of RAF planes have always conveyed. So why are we now getting the Protector?
Most opposition parties recognise how serious climate breakdown is. The Tories’ record shows they don’t. The others could do something about that.
There are signs that ISIS has made attacks on the ‘far enemy’ in the West a strategic priority.
The US responded to the Iraqi insurgency with punishment raids. It didn’t work, but today’s commanders don’t seem to have learned the lesson.
Social media and public meetings are filling in what the mainstream ignores, to Labour’s advantage, while an informal climate alliance is isolating the Tories.
Violent extremism, uprisings from Chile to Lebanon – and far-right populism too – are ‘revolts from the margins’ fuelled by anger at elites.
Supporters of the brutal movement are walking out of prison camps in Syria, but it’s the propaganda bonus that may be most significant.
The Greenham Common peace camp and other 1980s anti-nuclear activists made a real difference – now a stronger tide is with the climate protestors.
Long-term political consequences could be even more serious for the US and its allies than the uselessness of their defence systems.
All the billions Saudi Arabia has spent on military hardware, plus a major US and UK military presence, couldn’t stop the drones and missiles.
