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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael’s ongoing war against human rights defendersThrough suppressing those who criticise its human rights record, Israel is proving that it is not a liberal democracy.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMapping violent conflicts in the Mexican extractive industryThrough our research project ‘Conversing with Goliath’ we have we have built a collaboration to study the quality of...
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe industry of preventing extremism – and the Radicalisation Awareness NetworkIs the prevention industry part of the problem rather than of the solution?
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Published in: HomeISIS gets thousands of its people back and a PR gift too – thanks, DonaldSupporters of the brutal movement are walking out of prison camps in Syria, but it’s the propaganda bonus that may...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Regimes of evil: colonization continuesIt is not even a secret. Turkish state authorities are doing this very openly, in front of the rest of the world....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU after BrexitBrexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy Al-Shabaab’s attack on US drone base shouldn’t be ignoredThe long-term impacts of western operations exacerbate the very radicalization and violence they claim to be trying to avoid.
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right(C)overt Islamophobia: the aftermath of the Sri Lanka Easter attacksSri Lanka’s Muslim community is suffering from continuous Islamophobia on two fronts.
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Published in: Human Rights and the InternetWe don’t need no education? – informing the misinformedTo know that information is false, you need to dedicate time and effort to verify things. Would you have the time,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Balkans Brexit falloutSome may wish the EU would simply honour its earlier commitment to integrate the Balkans region, but the time for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Turkish invasion of Syria: A new hope for JihadistsWhat are the geopolitical stakes of Turkey’s invasion of Syria?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Irish border contradictions and chaos: how will Brexit affect Northern Ireland?Such an intractable situation suggests that since Brexit’s genesis, the UK’s only land frontier with the EU has been...
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Published in: HomeHistoric protests and today’s politics give hope for Extinction RebellionThe Greenham Common peace camp and other 1980s anti-nuclear activists made a real difference – now a stronger tide...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump's bankrupt Syria policy: civilians will pay the priceTrump's decision confirms the decline of US power in the Middle East and globally.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTorture in Israeli prisons: the case of Samer ArbeedIs there a way to explain the term “critical condition” to an eight-year old?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What we know about nuclear weapons and the nuclear industry thanks to WikiLeaks“The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on 11 October. Why I support the nomination of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why a Nobel Nomination is utterly meaninglessWe frequently encounter the honorific Nobel prize nominee, almost always referring to the Peace prize. But what does...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European identity and the paradox of anti-communismThe European Parliament’s conflation of Soviet Communism and Nazi-Fascism, says more about the present paranoia...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThis “strong man” populism is alarmingly familiar to people here fleeing human rights abusesThe Trump and Johnson administrations’ attacks on the judiciary and lawmakers are part of a broader rise of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAn eyewitness account of Arab-Afghans and the inception of the Jihadi movementHow did the first generation of Arab jihadists lead the way to today’s Islamists? A book review.
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