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Published in: openSecurityBlair still failing on Iraq 10 years onTony Blair's continued insistence of the war in Iraq as the 'right choice' displays a crucial incomprehension of the...
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Published in: openSecurityNuclear assurances: when a fatwa isn’t a fatwa
Ayatollah Khamenei issued a fatwa forbidding the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons. What does its...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Iranian key to the Syrian crisis
Iran's strategic and ideological investment in the Assad regime may force smaller, unpalatable political compromises...
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Published in: openSecurityHow the Commons can break the silence over Halabja
The British Parliament is set to debate the political recognition of Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Kurds as...
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Published in: HomeWhy I chose to give my vote to a PalestinianTo protest against what they see as unjust exclusion, some Israeli citizens have given their vote to Palestinians...
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Published in: openSecurityEurope's Middle East policies: a southern European twist
More coordination and strategy are needed in Europe's response to the sinister signs of stolen revolution. The...
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Published in: openSecurityIn conversation: Syria in perspective
Fawaz Gerges and Rosemary Hollis with Robin Yassin-Kassab at the openDemocracy conference Syria's peace: what, how,...
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Published in: openSecurityHas Turkey reached a dead-end in Syria?
A bomb blast in Cilvegozu confirmed that free passage for arms and fighters across the Syrian border is creating...
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Published in: HomeObama and the Middle East: the lessons of Iraq?
Why has the Obama administration been reluctant to intervene directly in the raging Syrian conflict, or even to arm...
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Published in: HomeTurkey, Syria and the dynamics of ‘cold war redux’
Syria’s neighbours, including Turkey, have the most to lose from an intensifying Syrian conflict, as they directly...
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Published in: HomeEurope needs principles for intervention
Why is Denmark involved in Mali? European leaders should clarify when, why and how to participate in military...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Gulf States and Syria
The protracted uprising in Syria has frustrated the Gulf States' previous ability to exert a decisive influence over...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence and democracy in Syria
Is it possible in such a situation to face the threat of foreign intervention and yet make internal democratic...
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Published in: openSecurityWhere is Syria now?
A message to the openDemocracy conference Syria's peace: what, how, when? from Syrian writer and Arab Awakening...
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Published in: 50.50The survival of Syria
Reflecting on the future of the conflict in his country, poet Golan Haji says “Syrians want Syria to survive”. It is...
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Published in: openSecurityA New Levant: a possible way through in the Syrian crisis
War is not the only solution. Iranian flexibility and political creativity in Syria, and Saudi flexibility as well...
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Published in: openSecurityMedicine as a weapon of war in Syria
With international humanitarian access and staff limited by the Assad government, liberated areas see not only...
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Published in: HomePaths to change: peaceful vs violent
The diverse experiences of the Arab spring renew the question of whether non-violent movements are more effective...
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Published in: HomeThe oneness of God and the plurality of SyriaOn January 21, 2013, the largest bombing of its kind shook the centre of Salamiyeh, leaving more than 50 people dead...
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Published in: openSecurityConflict at the EU's southern borders: the Sahel crisis
Gradually, EU systems of governance have extended into the southern Mediterranean, linking dynamics in the Sahel...
