Scilla Elworthy

Scilla Elworthy founded the Oxford Research Group in 1982 to develop dialogue with nuclear weapons decision makers, and set up Peace Direct in 2002 to support local peace-builders in conflict areas. Three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003.

Peacemaking at the sharp end: Iraq before and after war

One year on from the Iraq war, an experienced researcher of military conflict and peacemaking asks: was there an alternative, what can be done now, and what are the lessons

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 18 Mar 2004

Iraq: a way out?

Modern Iraq is still just barely discernable as ancient Mesopotamia. You can see the tablets on which Hammurabi inscribed the first code of laws nearly 4000 years ago, you can

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 29 Jan 2003

The crisis over Iraq: the non-military solution

The Bush administration has received much criticism for its preparations for war in Iraq: but few, if any, coherent alternatives have been put forward. Criticism is unconvincing when it fails

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 15 Jan 2003

Waiting for the dawn: a Baghdad diary

Scilla Elworthy In October 2002 I wrote to my old friend Margarita Papandreou, with whom I took delegations of women leaders to NATO headquarters in Brussels in the 1980s, to

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 14 Jan 2003

The road not taken

What happens if you introduce the idea of cost control into the handling of terror? The beginnings of an audit. The cost effectiveness of conflict resolution measures is in little

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 10 Sep 2002

9/11: What should we do now?

The purpose of terrorism is to frighten you. 11-Oct-01 Tim Garden writes: In most counter-terrorist operations, the military are always subservient to the forces of law and order and the

By Mary Kaldor, David Held, Scilla Elworthy, S Sayyid and Tim Garden

/ 10 Oct 2001

Widening Atlantic?

Missile defence The US feels threatened by rogue states those usually cited are North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Libya. The list of threats, Im told by official sources, is

By Scilla Elworthy

/ 24 Jul 2001