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Published in: HomeThe Arab uprisingsIt is a long road from an initial uprising to something that can be called a successful revolution. So far in the...
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Published in: HomePartners in democracy, partners in security: NATO and the Arab Spring
Sponsored by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, the US Mission to Germany, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe slow creep of complacency and the soul of English justiceThe government’s Justice and Security Green Paper and its plans to allow English courts to hold secret hearings is a...
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Published in: HomeGreece and the new pan-European value - profit
The fact that the Union’s upper echelons do not want to dig deeper for Greece in the name of accountability, name...
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Published in: openSecurityTaking the next step: Security Sector Reform in Libya
Can the experience of the western Balkans help Libya in its transition? Some best practice could be adapted to the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Mexican penitentiary system: how prisons became tools for the cartels
Far from being an instrument aimed at fighting crime and reintegrating former inmates in society, Mexican prisons...
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Published in: HomeThe seductions of violence in IraqViolence in Iraq is not a throw-back to some more ‘primitive’ past, driven by dark passions dredged up from history....
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Published in: HomeMaking sense of Egypt: Part One, in defence of conspiracy as a methodWithout evidence, one can never prove that there is a conspiracy concocted by human beings. However, the apparent...
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Published in: HomeMaking sense of Egypt: Part Two, a partial anatomy of insecurityThe Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is accused of fomenting instability in the country. But the...
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Published in: Home'The resistible rise of Nuri al-Maliki'When faced with a rising tide of violence, largely caused by their own policy mistakes, the US occupation embarked...
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Published in: 50.50Football and the game of politics in EgyptThe Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' call for an official inquiry into football violence, following the deaths...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity Sector Reform needs inclusive politics and jobs for the poor
Security sector reform has gained prominence in recent years as the international community seeks solutions to...
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Published in: openSecurityLimited military intervention in Syria: how to rescue the Responsibility to Protect doctrine from permanent demise
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As the violence within Syria continues,...
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Published in: HomeRe-thinking detention without trial
Whatever the outcome in Abu Qatada’s case, there is an opportunity to learn from mistakes when dealing with...
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Published in: Shine A LightBritain as a private security state: first they came for the asylum seeker ...As an increasingly denigrated category of people who 'should not be here', asylum seekers are among the first to...
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Published in: openSecurityIt is time for an inclusive politics
With Communities Secretary Eric Pickles pushing a tough new government approach to British Muslim organisations, the...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico’s war on drugs: can you expect the military to function as police?
A side-effect of the war on drugs launched by President Calderon was to involve the army in carrying out police...
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Published in: HomeReligion and coming to terms with soldiering in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Judaism is crucial for how IDF soldiers comprehend their role as soldiers and share their experience, as well as...
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Published in: Shine A LightPolice, magistrates and prisons by G4S. Is this what the British people want?Police privatisation is one part of a bigger story in the UK. With precious little public scrutiny the world’s...
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Published in: openSecurityBeing secure in the space of occupation: notes from a student-led experiment in New York
Security is nothing if not the radical equality experienced when acting in concert. But even in spaces created...
