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Published in: openSecurityA nation on the brink: how America's policies sealed Iraq's fateThe growth of ISIS is hardly violence in a vacuum. Despite the rapid onset of historical amnesia, America must face...
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Published in: openSecurityFinding cracks in Syria's deadly politics to deliver aidHumanitarian agencies have renewed support after a rare moment of unity in the UN Security Council regarding...
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Published in: openSecurityAs Israel-Palestine descends into violence, what should Europe do?The latest effort by the Israel-aligned US to renegotiate the asymmetric power relationships of the Middle East has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe heavy presence of Jerusalem Light Rail: why Palestinian protesters attacked the tracksThe destruction of tram stations during the protests in East Jerusalem is much more than vandalism, it shows that...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya: the migrant trapThe discovery by the Italian navy of 30 bodies in a fishing boat at the weekend highlights the deadly trail of...
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Published in: openSecurityMali: a colonel in his labyrinthWestern states have reflexively diagnosed the continuing violence and lawlessness in Mali's fragmented north to the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe national security blindspot in Colombia's FOI law
A new transparancy law guarantees Colombian citizens greater access to information on public spending, but...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond Al Jazeera: Egypt’s chilling verdict on media freedom
The draconian treatment of three Al Jazeera journalists who have been sent to jail by a Cairo court amidst worldwide...
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Published in: openSecurityDroning onLittle is clear about the US renewal of drone strikes in Pakistan—except that they won’t be the last.
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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: openSecurityTrapped by borders, a global flotsam and jetsamThey arrive nameless and unnumbered by land or sea but ever-more unregulated migrants across the globe are falling...
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Published in: openSecurityTiananmen at 25: the fate of mass demonstration in ChinaChina's growing economic prosperity has distinguished today's youth – and their demands – from the "89 generation"....
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Published in: openSecurityTiananmen Square: official silence, public restivenessIn the twenty-five years since the Tiananmen Square massacre, China’s party-state appears to have stabilised its...
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Published in: openSecurityThe securitisation of dissent and the spectre of GeziAt the weekend police fired teargas at demonstrators in Istanbul, attempting to enter Taksim Square to mark the...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter fleeing barrel bombs, the long wait for UN aid beginsThe Syrian regime is in the business of inflicting suffering on civilians; their cooperation is valuable to aid...
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Published in: openSecuritySyria and the International Criminal Court: justice deniedWith Russia and China vetoing a UN Security Council resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International...
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Published in: openSecurityBuilding the blacklist: police spies and trade unionistsIn 2009 a UK construction industry blacklist, administered by a private company holding files on thousands of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria's war economyThe economy is the bedrock that any future Syria will be built on. This excerpt from the concluding sections of...
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Published in: openSecurityNo limits to brutality: deaths at the Greece-Turkey bordersPeople who fetch up at the borders between Greece and Turkey are treated as if they were less than human, in...
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Published in: openSecurityAzerbaijan challenges Europe's human-rights mettleAs Azerbaijan takes up the six-month chair of the Council of Europe, the deteriorating human-rights situation in the...
