Paul Rogers is professor in the department of peace studies at Bradford University, northern England. He is openDemocracy's international security adviser, and has been writing a weekly column on global security since 28 September 2001; he also writes a monthly briefing for the Oxford Research Group. His latest book is 'Irregular War: ISIS and the New Threat from the Margins' (IB Tauris, 2016), which follows 'Why We’re Losing the War on Terror' (Polity, 2007), and 'Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century' (Pluto Press, 3rd edition, 2010). He is on Twitter at: @ProfPRogers
A lecture by Paul Rogers, delivered to the Food Systems Academy in late 2014, provides an overview of the analysis that underpins his openDemocracy column. The lecture - 'The crucial century, 1945-2045: transforming food systems in a global context' - focuses on the central place of food systems in human security worldwide. Paul argues that food is the pivot of humanity's next great transition. It can be accessed here
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Published in: HomeA new ISIS ‘launch pad’ in the mountains of AfghanistanISIS has lost its Middle Eastern caliphate, but for five years it has been drawing fighters from across Asia to its...
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Published in: HomeA devastated Iran could keep hurting the US – and the UK can’t be neutralIran could turn to asymmetric warfare if it lost its primary armed forces; and the British couldn’t but help US...
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Published in: HomeIt will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submitThe Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.
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Published in: Home‘Defeated’ ISIS has set up a new “jihadist proto-state” in West AfricaWhere people have few life chances and little help from the government, the militants’ promise of order and basic...
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Published in: HomeThe key to global security? It’s not just about securityIn his 900th column for openDemocracy, Paul Rogers shows how economics and climate demand a new approach to...