-
Published in: HomeEmpire of madness: fiddling through the smoke in 2025The year is 2025, and the war on terror rages on – as does the increasing extremity of the planet's weather.
-
Published in: HomeBritain's choice: the Provisional IRA then, ISIS nowThe west's security elite should learn from the end of Northern Ireland's conflict.
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKTo combat hate, we must celebrate diversityExtremists want to destroy the fabric that binds people together – but religious diversity brings people together,...
-
Published in: HomeRipping back the veil: an interview with Arun KundnaniTrump promises politics in its naked form: the seizure of power for his clan, and be damned with all the rest. As...
-
Published in: openSecuritySecurity services should not have carte blancheIt seems obvious that human rights must be compromised to guarantee security in the face of armed violence. Obvious...
-
Published in: openSecurityBlowback: the failure of remote-control warfareIt all seemed so convenient: remote-control warfare would minimise military casualties while rendering the civilian...
-
Published in: openSecurityCIA torture programme cast a wide netThe CIA’s ‘deep interrogation’ and the Guantánamo detention camp came to symbolise the US ‘war on terror’. Yet it...
-
Published in: openSecurityHow states can constrain resort to political violenceRecognising there are political elements to any campaign of militant violence makes it less ‘terrifying’ for society...
-
Published in: openSecurityAfter the torture report—rebalancing the scales of justiceIn the voluminous responses to the long-awaited US Senate committee report on torture by the CIA, the essence of...
-
Published in: openSecurityBetween Scylla and Charybdis: life in Pakistan’s tribal frontierThe Federally Administered Tribal Areas touching Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan suffer a toxic mix of state and...
-
Published in: openSecuritySecret prisons, disappearances and tortureIn a ruling described by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as “landmark”, the European Court of Human...
-
Published in: openSecurity“Terrorism” and the US-led global order“Terrorism” has become a formulaic term in political discourse, often deployed as a device sustaining a US informal...
-
Published in: openSecurityIs ISIS on the march in Iraq?The remarkable resurgence of Sunni-fundamentalist violence in Iraq has taken the west by surprise, yet it is a...
-
Published in: openSecurityTruth still eludes on UK involvement in rendition and tortureThere have been repeated claims of UK complicity in the alleged torture of individuals detained abroad. The...
-
Published in: openSecurityRethinking the origins of 9/11As 2013 came to an end ‘9/11’ continued to cast a violent shadow in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the US response...
-
Published in: openSecurityDrones over the worldUS drones are often thought of as focused entirely on action against Al-Qaeda and associates, particularly in...
-
Published in: HomeThe 'politics' in Ethiopia's political trialsThe Ethiopian regime is using the legal system to eliminate dissident voices and drag protesters to court under...
-
Published in: HomeUncertainty looms amid progress in talks with the Taliban
The Afghan Taliban and the United States have begun talks, advancing prospects that coalition forces can withdraw...
-
Published in: HomeThinking about war with Iran
The real Iranian threat is not its nuclear capacity but its independence. If Iran continues to stand as a model of...
-
Published in: HomePakistan: next in line?
After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening...
