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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIf Trump wins the presidency again, the rule of law is over in the US
I thought Ron DeSantis would be the worst option as president for the US. I was wrong – Trump would be catastrophic
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Defiantly principled: Breivik v Norway
A survivor of Anders Behring Breivik's mass murder supports recent court verdict that the Norwegian state has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSaudi executions: beyond the numbers
The inability to recognise an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNorthern Ireland: what Einstein would have said
The latest crisis in Northern Ireland looks like déjà vu all over again. It’s not that the situation never changes...
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Published in: openSecurityThe five pillars of Islamophobia
Vague categories like ‘extremist’ and ‘radicalisation’ are trawling Muslims in a very large ‘counter-terrorism’ net.
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity services should not have carte blanche
It seems obvious that human rights must be compromised to guarantee security in the face of armed violence. Obvious...
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Published in: openSecurityDalit women and village justice in rural India
Enjoyment of the rule of law requires judicial institutions which act with impartiality. For Dalit women in India’s...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iraqi crisis: rethinking the narrative
An approach to Iraq focused on military intervention, with some humanitarian assistance, has defied the complexity...
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Published in: openSecurityEl Salvador’s gang truce: a lost opportunity?
The truce declared in 2012 may have been imperfect and controversial but positive lessons must be learned amid the...
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Published in: openSecurityBurundi teeters on the brink of civil war following coup attempt
Burundi looks like it is entering a vortex of renewed violence. It's in a troubled region, we have been here...
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Published in: openSecurityCentral African Republic: the long and winding road
The good news is that the violent factions in the Central African Republic have agreed to ban child soldiering. The...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom Tottenham to Baltimore, policing crisis starts race to the bottom for justice
What is it about the police and urban black populations in the US and the UK? The explanation starts with two of the...
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Africa’s new scapegoats
In the land that ended apartheid two decades ago, violence against other Africans has been on the rise. What has...
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Published in: openSecurityA Gulf in understanding
The outline Iran nuclear deal has highlighted divisions in the region—not just between majority Shia and Sunni...
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Published in: openSecurityCommunity policing? Achieving more realistic results
It has become fashionable for first-world donors to embrace ‘community policing’ for developing-world security...
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Published in: openSecurityFreedom or dignity: media censorship in the new Turkey
Banning one photo from the internet might seem to reflect the paranoia of an increasingly authoritarian AKP regime...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter Garissa, Kenya needs to break the cycle
The massacre at a university in Kenya should lead the government to a recognition that repressive and discriminatory...
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Published in: openSecurityBuhari wins—but new president of Nigeria faces enormous challenge
After the Nigerian presidential election, the new government must address the social and economic policy vacuum Boko...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya: the pressing need for dialogue
The western intervention in Libya in 2011 failed to recognise the complex warp and weft of its pre-democratic tribal...
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Published in: openSecurityTunisia's security nightmare long predates the Arab Spring
The Tunisian massacre did not come out of a clear blue sky. A dictatorship not as secular as presented and its naïve...