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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWith a more enterprising Russia, cards are reshuffled in the Arab worldA new power structure is emerging in the Middle East as Russia uses its intervention in Syria to position itself as...
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Published in: HomeThis time, it’s differentPaul Mason’s Postcapitalism is a book for our times—and the decades ahead.
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Published in: openSecurityIran behind the conciliatory veilRight-wing US and Israeli venom against the outline agreement is one thing; genuine concern about the Islamic...
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Published in: HomeEuropean vs Arab revolutions: regimes, ideas, violenceWhy did east-central Europe find a non-violent freedom path in 1989-91, while the Arab world failed to do so after 2011?
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Published in: openSecurityWhen will Islamic State use its chemical weapons?
The west turned a blind eye to the possible use of chemical weapons by militant Islamists allied against the Assad...
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Published in: openSecurityClimate-chaos migrants set to face increasingly closed bordersClimate change is set to trigger dangerously soaring temperatures this century, forcing many of humankind’s most...
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine ceasefire announced at Minsk summit—what next?The ceasefire agreement in Minsk over Ukraine was better than no outcome at all. But only a little better.
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Published in: openSecurityIn Ukraine, NATO has ceased to be an instrument of US foreign policyIn the renewed cold war over Ukraine, while Russia’s economy has been weakened by European sanctions, the US is no...
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Published in: openSecuritySpace shrinking for freedom of expression in South Korea‘National security’ is often the card played by states denying human rights. With the North Korean dictatorship next...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter the demonstrations ...The popular outpouring in France, taken with the climate marches in September with which it would not at first be...
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Published in: openSecurityLatin Americans pay price for corporate environmental destructionAs the COP20 conference comes to a close in Lima, can the corporations whose ‘externalities’ foster climate change...
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Published in: openSecurityMyanmar: the human-rights story behind the spinThe authorities in Nay Pyi Taw are steering the former authoritarian pariah state to open engagement with the world....
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Published in: openSecurityChoosing the next UN leader should not be left to three peopleThe secretary-general of the United Nations holds the world in his hands. It shouldn’t be possible to count those...
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Published in: openSecurityClimate summit, climate justiceThe climate summit called today by the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-Moon, will not bring the commitments...
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Published in: openSecurityOn Israel-Palestine and BDS
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
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Published in: openSecurityTwenty-first century protest: social media and surveillanceThe internet is a two-edged sword—a vehicle for mass surveillance on the one hand and the organisation of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA great unravelling, and a new map
The crisis around Iraq-Syria reflects the weight of a past that is no longer relevant to the region's peoples, says...
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Published in: openSecurityHow do we change the global nuclear order?
The Non-proliferation Treaty has survived for nearly half a century but it has not fostered nuclear disarmament—and...
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Published in: openSecurityHow to end child marriage in a generationReports that more than 200 girls kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria have been forced to marry members of the rebel...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya, Syria and the “responsibility to protect”: a moment of inflection?Since the Rwandan genocide and the wars in former Yugoslavia, the idea of a “responsibility to protect” vulnerable...
