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Published in: 50.50Grief and rage in India: making violence against women history?There was uproar in India at the brutal gang rape of a 23 year old student on her way home from the cinema. Can we...
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Published in: openSecurityNepal's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: revised, but revitalized?Nepali citizens have long been denied justice, but continued civil society pressure on the new, long-delayed...
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Published in: openSecurityThe US military's new normal in AfricaEvery new African nightmare turns out to be another opening for US military involvement.
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Published in: openSecurityHow the US created the Afghan war - and lost itThe unreported story of how the Haqqani network became America's greatest enemy.
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Published in: openSecurityIndia’s policing disorder
In the 1990s Mumbai's 'crime-busting' policing strategy included routine extra-judicial executions, known as...
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Published in: openSecurityLeft behind: the rural youth in Afghanistan’s electionDespite the success of Afghanistan’s transparent, peaceful election, engagement with rural populations remained low....
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Published in: openSecurityIndia: jostling for geopolitical control in AfghanistanForecasts past the withdrawal of US and British forces in Afghanistan tend to prize fears of violence and...
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Published in: openSecurityPolicing public sexuality: queerness, intimacy, protection and violence
Excluded from police protection, subjected to intimate scrutiny of one's public sexuality, and regularly victim of...
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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: openSecurityIn search of security: "as transgenders we don't count at all"
Film: An organiser for transgender rights from The Humsafar Trust discusses insecurity and everyday experiences of...
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Published in: openSecurityBig democracy, big surveillance: India's surveillance state
In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan: prospects poor for Taliban talks
The announcement of talks between Islamabad and representatives of the Pakistan Taliban surprised many. Few will...
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Published in: openSecurityExtending a hand or raising a fist to the state?From mobile phones to crowdsourced election monitoring, an in-depth look at how communication technologies are...
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Published in: openSecurity"Our self-confidence is the main reason for police harassment..."For adivasis in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, economic exploitation and social degradation go hand in...
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Published in: openSecurityA way out of the Afghanistan conundrum
A comprehensive peace will clearly not be achieved militarily, but how can the warring factions engaged with the...
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Published in: openSecurityWill courage be enough?
Faced with rising violence in the run-up to the withdrawal of foreign troops, Afghan women’s rights activists fear...
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Published in: openSecurityForgotten woes: Sri Lanka’s neoliberal politics
In light of Commonwealth support for the upcoming Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Colombo this November,...
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Published in: HomeWhy the solution to Afghan state building post-2014 lies in regional diplomacyUntil 2012, there was no comprehensive U.S. strategy on Afghanistan. Additionally, a number of systemic issues...
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Published in: openSecurityWar crimes and international borders
After war, justice may come late or not at all: the decision to try defendants without them being present suggests...
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Published in: HomeThe Commonwealth and Sri Lanka’s disintegrating democracyWhile the nation is all set to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) later this year, Sri Lankan...
