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Published in: openSecurityLocal surveillance since 2001The almost exclusive focus on the NSA obscures the degree to which surveillance has become integrated into almost...
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Published in: openSecurityThe over-policing of AmericaThe purview of the US criminal justice system appears to be widening: from school child 'bad behaviour' to a...
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Published in: openSecurityUnreformable: an end to stop-and-frisk in NYC?
Under Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelley stop-and-frisk has been a racist technology of control...
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Published in: openSecurityFighting a prevailing Cold War mentality
Next week is the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Climbing down the nuclear ladder...
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Published in: openSecurityA hundred years of toxic humanitarianism
The history of tear gas traces a metamorphosis from chemical weapon of warfare to 'legitimate' crowd control...
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Published in: openSecurityWake up calls: why aren't we up yet?
The bombings in Boston brought to mind familiar images from past American tragedies and its wars abroad. But why are...
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Published in: openSecurityPrivate security's new accountability regime?
The professionalisation of entrepreneurs in violence into a legitimate 'private security' industry provokes profound...
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Published in: HomeAmerican Paradox: violence and progressThe author responds to comment on his piece on the American radical right, arguing that the use of violence is...
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Published in: openSecurityIran and the repercussions of US policymaking
Western analysts often and articulately point out why the United States fears Iran. But what does Iran have against...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida, idea in motion
The United States's "remote control" campaign against Islamist targets is intensifying. But behind the headlines,...
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Published in: openSecurityDeath in school in the post 9/11 America
The Newtown school shooting has re-awakened debates not only on gun control and mental illness, but also on the role...
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Published in: openSecurityInfatuation and the US Army
To a large extent Petraeus, four star general and chief spy, was a political and media invention. Take a closer look...
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Published in: openSecurityNeoliberalism in the American military and its impact on civilians
Over the past 30 years, American culture has increasingly drawn from the military model. Now, as even military...
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Published in: HomeDrone wars: the new blowback
The United States and Israel see armed drones as a valuable tool of "remote control". But Iran, China and Russia -...
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Published in: openSecurityDehumanisation and terrorism
The war on terror has focused many discussions on the identity of the perceived perpetrators. These debates fail to...
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Published in: HomeHonduras, the politics of violence
The incidence of targeted social violence in the central American country is a growing political concern as...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Arctic: treasure in the vacuum
The geopolitical scramble to exploit the resource wealth unearthed by climate change exposes enduring classic...
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Published in: HomeAmerica's military: a far-right threat
A lax recruitment policy has allowed neo-Nazi and other extremists to enter the United States army. The violent...
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Published in: openSecurityThe US and Iran on a dead end path to war?
Unless strong political leadership and decisive diplomatic efforts are quickly shown on all sides, war between the...
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Published in: HomeAmerica, Israel, Iran: the war options
A pressure-cooker mix of electoral, technical and diplomatic factors is shaping the potential for conflict over Iran.
