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Published in: HomeWilson, Trotsky, Assange: lessons from the history of diplomatic transparencyBentham and Kant were clear that diplomatic secrecy was bad. So were Wilson and Trotsky. And while Wikileaks may not...
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Published in: openSecurityWikiLeaks: imperial precedent
The last time this happened, the British government was hoping to combine a modern-looking commitment to...
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Published in: openSecurityRhetoric and reality: the clash of civilisations from Classical Greece to today
The concept of the ‘clash of civilisations’ is usually traced back to Classical Greece. In Classical times as today,...
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Published in: openSecurityNapoleon's conquest and its legacy
Alan Forrest explores the legacy of the empire and state-system imposed on Europe during the Napoleonic wars. The...
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Published in: openSecurityThe forgotten impact of a war that didn't happen
Nuclear weapons were at the heart of the Cold War. Yet the broader impact of the arms race on politics and society...
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Published in: openSecurityForgotten lessons: Palestine and the British empire
While the conflict that is the legacy of British involvement in Palestine daily captures world headlines, Britain's...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq and the fig-leaf of just war theoryDissension over the legality of the Iraq war, and the history of western military interventions since 1945, reveals...
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Published in: openSecurityThe politics of poppy day
Following the threatened demonstration of Islam4UK in Wootton Bassett, Lucy Noakes explores the fraught history of...
