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Published in: openSecurityThe failure of the UN: rebuilding from the ruinsNavi Pillay offered a scathing indictment of the UN Security Council's failures to address global crises, most...
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Published in: openSecurityOrganized crime, Colombia's peace spoiler?Now that the main potential impediment to a peace deal–a change in government–is out of the picture, it is time to...
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Published in: openSecurityTwo killings, two videos–and a double standardThe world now knows the name of James Foley, the US journalist brutally murdered by Islamic State. Rather fewer have...
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Published in: openSecurityWhy Washington's war on terror failed: the underrated Saudi connection
So far, Washington has successfully escaped blame for the rise of ISIS. In fact, it has created a situation in which...
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Published in: openSecurityFamine crimes in South Sudan
The fighting factional leaders in South Sudan have not just been engaging each other’s forces: they have dragooned...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom cops to counterinsurgents: the militarization of America's police
Welcome to a new era of American policing, where cops increasingly see themselves as soldiers occupying enemy territory.
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt’s cover-up
The military-backed authorities in Egypt refused entry this week to two top officials of Human Rights Watch, seeking...
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Published in: openSecurityChile's support for Palestine: two-faced on indigenous rights
Chile's diplomatic outcry against Israel has been welcomed by supporters of the Palestinian cause, but its...
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Published in: openSecurityQuiet legacies and long shadows: the Obama era of counterterrorism in the Sahel-SaharaDespite the crumbling facade of its interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, America is preparing for a new century of...
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Published in: openSecurityIn Israel, as in Gaza, human rights are the last line of protection
Plain and simple sadness is a natural human reaction to the killing in Gaza. But we are told such emotional...
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Published in: openSecuritySecret prisons, disappearances and tortureIn a ruling described by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as “landmark”, the European Court of Human...
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Published in: openSecurityHow many minutes to midnight?Despite Hiroshima's scars, history cruelly reveals one instance after another in which the US elected to maintain...
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Published in: openSecurityOn Israel-Palestine and BDS
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
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Published in: openSecurityEl Salvador's gang problem: the truth behind the truceWill El Salvador's new president deploy state or civil society to address the recent spikes in violence, as politics...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria and Gaza: a false equivalencyThough the indiscriminate violence in Syria and Gaza is becoming indistinguishable, unlike Syria, the west can take...
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Published in: openSecurityHow Qatar's hand casts Syrian shadowsAs Qatar assumes an increasing role in the political diplomacy of the Middle East, its subtler interventions in...
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Published in: openSecurityDrones in Afghanistan—under the radarDrones in Afghanistan have been responsible for countless civilian casualties. That’s the problem—they’re countless.
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Published in: openSecuritySyria’s raging civil war and the west’s inertiaThe Syrian imbroglio is very difficult, not intractable—and the west cannot continue to throw up its hands in despair.
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Published in: openSecurityIt's the morality, stupid!
Why do Britons want more policing, prisons and punishment? The political left need to incorporate morality into...
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Published in: openSecurity“Terrorism” and the US-led global order“Terrorism” has become a formulaic term in political discourse, often deployed as a device sustaining a US informal...
