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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka's policy towards witnesses is revenge, not reconciliation
Dr Niron knows the Sri Lankan army targeted hospitals in 2009. Every time he passed their location on to the...
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Published in: HomeWhy we in the UK shouldn’t celebrate these extraditions
This week’s decision of the European Court of Human Rights to allow the extradition of five individuals accused of...
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Published in: openSecurityExploring the more subtle signs of potential sectarian spill-over into Lebanon
The former Information Minister has been apprehended trying to smuggle explosives into Lebanon. Away from the media...
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Published in: openSecurityBreivik court verdict: security lessons?
Now that the legal question of Anders Breivik’s sanity has been resolved it should be possible to focus more closely...
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Published in: openSecurityBordering on Peace?
As we move towards the draw-down of foreign forces in Afghanistan, openSecurity asks Afghan, Pakistani and...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia's COIN approach and left-wing extremism
The Maoist insurgency once described as the single greatest threat to the Indian state has lowered in intensity. But...
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Published in: openSecurityThe long war gets longer: the campaign of violent dissident republicans
Northern Ireland is held up as an exemplary case study of building sustainable peace. Recent violent activity from...
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Published in: openSecurityWhat now for the Philippines' Communist insurgency?
The New People's Army has intensified its activities in the past months. Local governments should be able to...
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Published in: HomeThe struggle for security and against terrorism in Yemen: in whose interests?
People perceive that cash and support are available for military and security costs but not for development or...
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Published in: HomeThe re-militarisation of South Africa’s borders
Heightened border security has been enforced during international summits and sporting tournaments. This idea of...
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Published in: HomeBulgaria, terror and aftershock
An attack on Israeli tourists in the Black Sea resort of Burgas is a moment of profound alarm for Bulgaria. It also...
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Published in: Shine A LightG4S Olympic fiasco: British soldiers are the ‘people pipeline’ now
Multimillionaire government ministers, close to G4S chief executive Nick Buckles, are a world away from weary...
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Published in: Shine A LightG4S's Buckles is no bungler. Analysis of an interview
Nick Buckles, CEO of G4S, was not the speech-and-thought-challenged buffoon he appeared to be on his...
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Published in: HomeReopening of the NATO supply routes won't stop cross-national terrorism from Pakistan
The Pakistani military and intelligence service will not easily break the ties with Islamist terrorist groups in...
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Published in: HomeThe thinning world: Mali, Nigeria, India
Many powerful states tend to view current global conflicts through the lens of Islamism, and to put military action...
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Published in: openSecurityMarine Le Pen, the radical right and French Islamophobia - Part II
Nicolas Lebourg continues (see part one) to explore how the Toulouse events contributed to shaping Marine Le Pen’s...
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Published in: openSecurityThe politics of interpreting Toulouse
The use of anti-Semitism as the main narrative for “Toulouse” led to an internationalising step in the depiction of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe slow creep of complacency and the soul of English justice
The government’s Justice and Security Green Paper and its plans to allow English courts to hold secret hearings is a...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Toulouse killings and the radical right - part I
There were some good reasons to suspect the French extreme right of theToulouse killings. In this first article,...
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Published in: openSecurityGlobal political Islam in Bangladesh: past, present and future
As global public attention is turned to Bangladesh and the International Crime Tribunal, the country's complex...