Published in: openSecurity
The Somalia dilemma

Published on: 22 November 2011

Written by: Josephine Whitaker All articles by Josephine Whitaker

Foreign intervention is not the answer, argues Josephine Whitaker. The solution to Somalia’s problems must be found at home.
Published in: openSecurity
Islamabad under scrutiny from China as Pakistan-trained terrorists blamed for attacks in Xinjiang

Published on: 10 August 2011

Written by: Radu Nikolaus Botez All articles by Radu Nikolaus Botez

China publicly links recent attacks in Xinjiang province to Pakistan-based terrorist group. Radical anti-US cleric...
Published in: openSecurity
Military success but political failure: the fight against Al-Shabab in Somalia

Published on: 28 June 2011

Written by: Christopher Anzalone All articles by Christopher Anzalone

While cooperation between international forces, the Somali army and allied militias have delivered victories against...
Published in: openSecurity
NATO allies join US Afghan surge

Published on: 4 December 2009

Written by: Oliver Scanlan All articles by Oliver Scanlan

Allied countries inside and outside NATO have committed an additional 7,000 troops to Afghanistan. A bloody suicide...
Published in: openSecurity
DPJ victory threatens US-Japan military deal

Published on: 22 October 2009

Written by: Sarah Gallagher All articles by Sarah Gallagher

Japan and US military agreement could be in doubt. Attack on Somali president leaves 30 dead in Mogadishu. Pakistani...

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50
‘God Has A New Africa’: Undercover in a US-led anti-LGBT ‘hate movement’
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
The false feminism of criminalising sex workers’ clients
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
There should be no hierarchy of rights for displaced children
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Opinion
Freedom of Information is broken – help us fix it
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion
The spectacle of corruption in Angola
Published in: digitaLiberties
How to fight online misinformation: beyond laws and algorithms, try vaccination
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
“Where are my rights?” African refugees vs. UNHCR in Lebanon
Published in: oDR
In eastern Ukraine, an information vacuum - and a debate over journalistic standards
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
Self-governance in the era of bankrupt liberalism and the rejection of internationalism
Published in: openJustice
Race and citizenship in Britain
Published in: ourNHS: Opinion
Tories target Northern voters with NHS message all about blaming migrants
Published in: Shine A Light
REVEALED: The Brexit-backing businessmen taking control of England’s schools
Published in: Transformation
Can reparations help us to re-envision international development?
Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion
Precarity: a political problem
Published in: Frontline Insights: Opinion
13 insights from the front lines of human rights activism
Published in: Global Extremes
Islamophobia is Boris Johnson’s problem now

Latest on the climate crisis

Tweets by openDemocracy

Powered by Disqus

Countering the Radical Right

Action Française demonstration

To effectively counter fascist and far-right extremism, you need to understand it. openDemocracy and the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right are working together to do just that.

It Can Be Done podcast

Introducing a new podcast series from the Migrants' Law Project exploring how the law can be used for social change.

Global Extremes

Our new partnership examines how we make sense of extremist violence.