Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies in the Department of Peace Studies and International Relations at Bradford University, and an Honorary Fellow at the Joint Service Command and Staff College. He is openDemocracy’s international security correspondent. He is on Twitter at: @ProfPRogers.

Why Trump welcomed Iran’s good neighbour Qatar – and we should be glad of it

Saudi Arabia and other US allies are blockading Qatar, saying it supports terrorism. So why was its emir guest of honour at the White House on Monday?

By Paul Rogers

/ 12 Jul 2019

Why Trump welcomed Iran’s good neighbour Qatar – and we should be glad of it

Even the aviation industry is waking up and smelling the carbon

‘Flight shame’ is spreading, and the industry knows it needs to get a low-emission antidote ready.

By Paul Rogers

/ 5 Jul 2019

Even the aviation industry is waking up and smelling the carbon

Tory hopefuls promise to spend billions on imperial military fantasies

Jeremy Hunt promises £15bn extra, while on Boris Johnson’s side a former defence secretary wants to buy huge floating bases the navy would be hard pressed to defend.

By Paul Rogers

/ 1 Jul 2019

Tory hopefuls promise to spend billions on imperial military fantasies

Iran and friends use bombs and missiles to give a taste of war to come

Power vacuums in the Pentagon as a pattern of attacks across the Middle East look suspiciously like a demonstration of Iranian ‘irregular’ power.

By Paul Rogers

/ 21 Jun 2019

Iran and friends use bombs and missiles to give a taste of war to come

A new ISIS ‘launch pad’ in the mountains of Afghanistan

ISIS has lost its Middle Eastern caliphate, but for five years it has been drawing fighters from across Asia to its Afghan ‘province’.

By Paul Rogers

/ 13 Jun 2019

A new ISIS ‘launch pad’ in the mountains of Afghanistan

A devastated Iran could keep hurting the US – and the UK can’t be neutral

Iran could turn to asymmetric warfare if it lost its primary armed forces; and the British couldn’t but help US military embedded in its territory.

By Paul Rogers

/ 10 Jun 2019

A devastated Iran could keep hurting the US – and the UK can’t be neutral

It will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submit

The Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.

By Paul Rogers

/ 3 Jun 2019

It will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submit

‘Defeated’ ISIS has set up a new “jihadist proto-state” in West Africa

Where people have few life chances and little help from the government, the militants’ promise of order and basic services is winning recruits.

By Paul Rogers

/ 24 May 2019

‘Defeated’ ISIS has set up a new “jihadist proto-state” in West Africa

The key to global security? It’s not just about security

In his 900th column for openDemocracy, Paul Rogers shows how economics and climate demand a new approach to international security.

By Paul Rogers

/ 13 May 2019

The key to global security? It’s not just about security

Do the Tories care about climate breakdown? The next two months will reveal all

In 2015 the Cameron government scrapped vital laws and policies to tackle climate change. May could reverse these decisions in weeks, if she wanted to.

By Paul Rogers

/ 3 May 2019

Do the Tories care about climate breakdown? The next two months will reveal all

Sri Lanka, and the lessons still not learned in the failed “war on terror”

Attacks in Sri Lanka and elsewhere suggest that the al-Qaida/ISIS phenomenon is still very much with us, despite military interventions by the West. Is it finally time for a new approach?

By Paul Rogers

/ 25 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka, and the lessons still not learned in the failed “war on terror”

We already know who will win the war in Libya – western arms dealers

They armed Gadaffi and the forces that ousted him alike – now they’re repeating that profitable trick.

By Paul Rogers

/ 18 Apr 2019

We already know who will win the war in Libya – western arms dealers