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Published in: openSecuritySyria and Gaza: a false equivalencyThough the indiscriminate violence in Syria and Gaza is becoming indistinguishable, unlike Syria, the west can take...
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Published in: openSecurityThe flight from Mosul: “We left everything behind to save our lives”As the Islamic State has consolidated its hold in Mosul, those who do not share its extreme fundamentalism have been...
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Published in: HomeYemen: a state born of conflictYemen has slipped well down the global agenda—behind Israel-Palestine, Syria and Iraq—but, as security deteriorates,...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria’s raging civil war and the west’s inertiaThe Syrian imbroglio is very difficult, not intractable—and the west cannot continue to throw up its hands in despair.
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Published in: openSecurity“Terrorism” and the US-led global order“Terrorism” has become a formulaic term in political discourse, often deployed as a device sustaining a US informal...
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Published in: openSecurityThe curious case of the Tunisian 3,000
A surge of Tunisian jihadists into Syria tells much about the wider story of violence and politics after the Arab Spring.
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Published in: openSecurityA nation on the brink: how America's policies sealed Iraq's fate
The growth of ISIS is hardly violence in a vacuum. Despite the rapid onset of historical amnesia, America must face...
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Published in: openSecurityAs Israel-Palestine descends into violence, what should Europe do?The latest effort by the Israel-aligned US to renegotiate the asymmetric power relationships of the Middle East has...
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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: openSecurityThe enduring spectre of chemical weapons in IraqThe US's failure to destroy the remnants of Iraq's chemical weapons stock, along with many others, haunts as ISIS...
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Published in: openSecurityMali: a colonel in his labyrinthWestern states have reflexively diagnosed the continuing violence and lawlessness in Mali's fragmented north to the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe case for complexity
As violence in Iraq threatens to overshadow nuclear talks between the US and Iran, we must avoid the tendency to...
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Published in: openSecurityDroning onLittle is clear about the US renewal of drone strikes in Pakistan—except that they won’t be the last.
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Published in: openSecurityJonathan faces the northAfter two months in the global spotlight, the insurgency in northern Nigeria is fast turning into a national...
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Published in: openSecurityHow Egypt can turn the tide on sexual assaultEgypt’s ruler, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has responded to the growing outcry over mob sexual violence against women in...
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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: openSecurityBoko Haram: completing the circle of liberal interventionism?Clarion calls on social media for action in Africa have once again become an excuse to flex military muscle, as the...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria and the International Criminal Court: justice deniedWith Russia and China vetoing a UN Security Council resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International...
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Published in: openSecurityThe conflict horizonThe last two decades have seen a growing global appetite for peace but unless concerted, informed action is taken...
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Published in: openSecurityAdams: peacemaker or paramilitary?The arrest of the decades-long leader of the 'republican movement' in Northern Ireland, Gerry Adams, has provoked...
