High-tech warfare is not defeating the US’s many enemies any better than its vast army did – and that leaves the...

Military responses haven’t defeated the Taliban and won’t stop ISIS, but the West refuses to address the root causes...

The Taliban remain strong despite everything the US is throwing at them – but how serious is Trump about a peace deal?

Barack and Michelle Obama will surely see The Report and remember the hope sparked by his first day as the president...

For every asylum application that was accepted in the EU last year, two were rejected. Anti-migration rhetoric has...

Eighteen years ago the head of the UK’s military warned against relying on military solutions alone. But governments...

The US responded to the Iraqi insurgency with punishment raids. It didn’t work, but today’s commanders don’t seem to...

How did the first generation of Arab jihadists lead the way to today’s Islamists? A book review.

Leaving a misguided war and choosing not to look back.

An alternative concept of security is needed based on values of humanity and empathy, a security that is not only...

ISIS has lost its Middle Eastern caliphate, but for five years it has been drawing fighters from across Asia to its...

The war in Afghanistan has been continuing every day for almost forty years. What could bring it to an end?

In his short life he had developed a clear vision of what peace looked like – from the bottom up, working for the...

It is not enough to have token female representation in negotiations. Or room for compromise on the interests and...

The west's failure in Afghanistan and Iraq, says our columnist who predicted both, is above all one of understanding.

So far a persistent theme of the Afghan conflict is the glaring gap between words and actions, with both sides...

The recent Windrush migration scandal poignantly illustrated the tensions between people’s sense of belonging to a...

Since 2001, Britain has compromised its passion for the rights of people in the name of counter-terrorism, thereby...

The Office of the Prosecutor is under pressure to conclude the examination. It must remain open. The Prosecutor...

We're living in a new era of proxy warfare, where multiple powers fund local proxies with disastrous consequences....