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Published in: openSecuritySri Lanka's policy towards witnesses is revenge, not reconciliationDr 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 justiceThe 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 IThere 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...
