John-Paul Rantac is an independent researcher and writer specialising in human rights and conflict resolution.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSpreading the risk: how to win back Islam from the fundamentalists‘Spreading the risk’ is a great idea, but the aim should be to amplify the voice of those moderate Muslim movements...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael Inc. marketing the conflict in GazaIn corporate jargon, Israel’s assault on Gaza is akin to that of a monopoly which undertakes unfair business...
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Published in: openSecurityThe individualisation of radical Islam in BritainPresenting “British values” as the antidote to Islamic fundamentalism misunderstands the process of radicalisation...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya: the migrant trapThe discovery by the Italian navy of 30 bodies in a fishing boat at the weekend highlights the deadly trail of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael's two-step solution to African 'infiltrators'Israel's response to its first wave of non-Jewish African immigrants has been to stop the influx of refugees and not...
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Published in: openSecuritySyrian refugees in Turkey: defusing the powder-kegIn sharp contrast to wider Europe, Turkey has taken in many refugees from the Syrian civil war—but its hospitality...