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Published in: openDemocracyUKDebates about poppies are nothing new, but the tone has changed in Brexit Britain
The poppy hasn't suddenly been co-opted. It's always been a little piece of propaganda.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Contempt of parliament': after Chilcot, can Blair be prosecuted?
The past 13 years have seen successive calls for former UK premier Tony Blair to be prosecuted for his part in the...
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Published in: TransformationHow not to understand ISIS
The view that one particular religious doctrine is uniquely extremist won’t help us to appreciate the cycles of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Islamic State and the global Great Game
The unravelling of Iraqi society set the context for the emergence of the Islamic State-led insurgency in Iraq. But...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe proud neoliberalisation of Iraqi-Kurdistan
Kurdish nationalism in Iraqi-Kurdistan has been transformed from an ideology that strengthened resistance to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Chilcot Inquiry is in danger of losing credibility
Sir Jeremy Heywood was Principal Private Secretary to Tony Blair; he must not be the man to decide which...