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Published in: openSecurityBeyond Yasukuni: Japan's march towards militarismFrom constitutional revisions to education reform, the Japanese government is intent on undoing the country's...
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Published in: openSecurityBack to basics for Colombia's rebels
As on-going peace talks in Havana address narco-trafficking amidst Colombia's continued economic growth, remnants of...
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Published in: openSecurityBritain’s strategic pause: lessons from an insecure and interventionist century
After 100 years of continuous war, can Britain learn the limits of military action to respond to shifting realities...
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Published in: openSecurityIndia and Pakistan: time to call time on proxy warsIndia and Pakistan’s zero-sum game is hindering development and the proxy wars in which the two states have indulged...
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Published in: openSecurityFrançafrique and Africa’s securityCrises in Francophone Africa, as in Mali and the Central African Republic, cannot be solved by military action by...
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Published in: openSecurityTowards a lasting peace: reforming drug policy in Colombia
A group of experts offer 11 recommendations Colombian and FARC negotiators can use to address and reform drug policy...
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Published in: openSecurityYemen’s future: like Tunisia or Libya?The recent conclusion of the National Dialogue Conference in Yemen might seem to point to progress in that fractured...
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Published in: openSecurityCentral African Republic: history of a collapse foretold?Political instability and administrative weakness have been permanent features of the Central African Republic since...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence against women in Syria: a hidden truthDespite saturated media coverage of the conflict, violence against women in Syria has largely gone unreported. Often...
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Published in: openSecurityIran: making the deal work
Only strengthened diplomatic efforts, treating all partners as equal, can defuse the deep mistrust threatening the...
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Published in: openSecurityNuclear disarmament ambitions in 2014
It's easy not to recognise the real, if slow, progress that has been made on nuclear disarmement. There will be big...
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Published in: openSecurityIraq’s Sunni civil war
Iraq’s Sunnis have become increasingly alienated from its Shia-dominated government. Al-Qaeda has been able to...
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Published in: openSecurityTime to be bold and make peace in SyriaThe regime and main opposition factions in Syria are setting preconditions for victory. Alternative, democratic...
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Published in: openSecurityRethinking the origins of 9/11As 2013 came to an end ‘9/11’ continued to cast a violent shadow in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the US response...
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Sudan: explaining the violenceThe spiral of violence in South Sudan is not simply an ethnic conflict of Dinka on Nuer. Politics, as well as oil,...
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Published in: HomeDeath of Kurdish workers in Turkey spark widespread violenceTurkish police killing two Kurdish industrial workers has led to mass demonstrations, widespread violence and the...
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Published in: openSecurityPeru's painful mirror10 years after Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report following two decades of armed...
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Published in: openSecurityBosnian census risks deepening ethnic riftsPoliticians rush to claim triumph for their own particular group, even though census data on ethnicity have not come out yet.
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Published in: openSecurityMandela: explaining the magnetismWhile the world stops for Nelson Mandela’s departure from it, his iconic status is unquestioned. Yet there is a more...
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Published in: openSecurityMore sanctions could undermine the Iran deal
US congressional efforts to introduce new sanctions legislation threatens the fragile ground gained through...
