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Published in: HomeNo monopoly on David Kelly’s death: Miles Goslett responds to David Aaronovitch’s criticismThe author of An Inconvenient Death asks why Aaronovitch has spent so much time on a book he believes worthless –...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMosul: the looming battle has begunThe Mosul operation marks the return of US forces to Iraq after their 2011 withdrawal. What would a long term...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iraqi crisis: rethinking the narrativeAn approach to Iraq focused on military intervention, with some humanitarian assistance, has defied the complexity...
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Published in: openSecurityEyes wide shut: Commons Defence Committee and UK security policyIt appears self-evident to a key Westminster committee that global insecurity requires a significant upgrade in UK...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq: the assault on minoritiesIslamic State is certainly a threat—but not mainly to the West, as the horrific experiences of members of minorities...
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Published in: openSecurityObama's human-rights lacuna in struggle against ‘extremism’The US president went on the front foot against fundamentalist violence in the Middle East at a summit in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe two big holes in the strategy against ISThe US-led campaign against Islamic State isn’t working. It won’t unless it addresses Shia sectarianism in Iraq and...
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Published in: openSecurityWhy the fight against Islamic State is not the success we're told it isIs John Kerry right to be so gung-ho about military successes against Islamic State? Not really—as the fundamental...
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Published in: openSecurityISIS: the spreading cancerSometimes states exaggerate the threat posed by violence from non-state forces. With ISIS in Iraq and Syria,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe individualisation of radical Islam in BritainPresenting “British values” as the antidote to Islamic fundamentalism misunderstands the process of radicalisation...
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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...
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Published in: openSecurityWomen’s rights under threat in IraqFew disagree that the Iraqi government’s increasingly Shia character has alienated its Sunni population—but what has...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq redux: British commanders before the ICC?Evidence has been compiled suggesting agents of the UK state committed war crimes in Iraq, punishable before the...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq’s Sunni civil war
Iraq’s Sunnis have become increasingly alienated from its Shia-dominated government. Al-Qaeda has been able to...
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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...
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Published in: HomePakistan: next in line?
After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening...
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Published in: HomeIraqi regionalism and its discontents
The incompetence of Iraq's central governance is fuelling demands for the formation by local provinces of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReady, set, crawl!
Despite protests and intense political pressure on Prime Minister Maliki’s coalition government, reforms in Iraq are...
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Published in: HomeIraqi refugees: problems and prospects
Iraqi refugees in neighbouring Arab states are unwilling to return to their country and unable to emigrate further...
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Published in: HomeIraq, war and WikiLeaks: the real story
The tranche of American military documents released by the WikiLeaks project contains a wealth of detail about the...
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