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.

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

Letter from London: Why ISIS rejoices in Trump, Netanyahu and Brexit

A young follower explains why the caliphate is succeeding despite its physical defeat, in the latest of a series imagined by Paul Rogers.

By Paul Rogers

/ 12 Apr 2019

Letter from London: Why ISIS rejoices in Trump, Netanyahu and Brexit

US and the two Koreas prepare for another round of nuclear confrontation

North Korea is rebuilding its ability to launch missiles and the US has got a spy plane in place to watch them – and the Americans are quietly continuing their military exercises with the South too.

By Paul Rogers

/ 4 Apr 2019