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Published in: 50.50The truth about Charlie: one year after the 7 January attacks
The Charlie Hebdo attack one year ago was part of a long tradition of fundamentalist assaults on artists....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Facing violence: thoughts from Geneva
To counter ISIS and address the other crucial crises that poison our days we need a regime change – at home.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Paris – 3 weeks on
"It is fundamental to search for explanations within our society, notably the social and economic exclusion of part...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How do we win back those who sympathise with the jihadist insurgency?
The history of left-wing militancy in Europe suggests that police raids, surveillance techniques, and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Paris attacks November 13: ending the cycle of vengeance?
After the worst attacks in their history, the Spanish and Norwegian governments had the courage to respond...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The rise of the Front National is only part of the problem
The ‘shock’ is not the rise of the Front National, but the failure of the system to bring forward a positive alternative.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European democracy after Paris
Ironically, as political distrust and dissatisfaction are at all-time highs in Europe, the vast majority of people...
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Published in: HomeAfter Paris, be careful what you ask for: an interview with Thomas Drake
NSA whistleblower Drake wanted to defend the US constitution. So they prosecuted him under the Espionage Act.
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Published in: HomeWe could have stopped the Paris attacks
William Binney and Kirk Wiebe worked at the NSA for decades, before blowing the whistle on mass surveillance. They...
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Published in: HomeViolence comes home: an interview with Arun Kundnani
ISIS’s recruits are not corrupted by ideology but by the end of ideology. More radicalisation, in the genuine sense...
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Published in: HomeThe west vs ISIS: a new stage
A United Nations resolution will intensify the war against ISIS. Such an outcome carries three grave risks.
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Published in: HomeWe need more, not less democracy
I hope you'll join me in installing free software for freedom, fighting against mass surveillance, and refusing to...
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Published in: ourBeebAfter Paris: live news should challenge narratives, not recreate them
After the Paris attacks there is a desperate desire on the part of major news organizations to create and drive the...
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Published in: HomeISIS wants to destroy the 'grey zone'. Here's how we defend it
After the Paris attacks, it is imperative that we safeguard this arena of co-existence, where people of all faith...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?In war
In this nomadic, undefined, polymorphous, and unsymmetrical war, the populations on 'both shores' of the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrom Beirut to Paris, we are all hypocrites and selective grievers
In legitimately condemning selective grief, Lebanon (and the world) forgets that it selectively grieves all the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A message to my country: refugees are victims of terrorism, not its source
The new right-wing Polish government is trying to use the Paris attacks as an excuse to scapegoat refugees and stir...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Paris attacks
No European country, even Britain, can defend herself any more on her own and each one is now a potential target for ISIS.
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Published in: HomeWe are in pitiless times
After Paris, macho language about “pitiless war” defines the contours of leadership. Little else is on offer. It is...
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Published in: HomeIS attacks and not playing their game
For the terrorists, best would be to be left alone to consolidate. Next best would be an epic all-out confrontation...