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Published in: openSecurityInternational pressure on Gaddafi mountsInternational pressure on Gaddafi mounts. Belarus violates Ivorian arms embargo as violence escalates. Rangoon bomb...
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Published in: openSecurityProtesters under fire from land, sea and air in Libya
Gaddafi uses planes to attack protesters. Ivorian troops fire on protesters as AU leaders seek resolution. Congo...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt, Algeria, Yemen: Further reading on the Arab uprising
Yale University Press have issued this sampler from recent books on the Egypt, Yemen and Algeria. All provide...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989?
The uprisings sweeping across the Middle East portend a political transformation as significant as those of 1989....
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Published in: HomeAmerica vs al-Qaida: the widening war
The signals of growing turbulence in a range of military environments - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen and...
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Published in: openSecurityUK terrorism strategy fails to take comprehensive approach to threat from Yemen and Somalia
UK terrorism strategy fails to take comprehensive approach to threat from Yemen and Somalia. Spike in Haiti cholera...
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Published in: HomeYemen: canary in the coal mine
Yemen is a sign of what can go wrong when a country fails to develop political legitimacy and build a sustainable,...
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Published in: HomeBlackwater still in the dock, but for how long?
Blackwater trials failing to produce convictions. Yemen resource conflict highlighted in two reports. Arms thought...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida: condition and prospect
A series of developments across greater west Asia offers evidence of al-Qaida’s dispersed reality, continued energy...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan condemns US drone use in north-west
Pakistan condemns US drone use in north-west as Pak-US relations hit new low. Attack on British Embassy in Yemen...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida’s business jihad
The failed assault on a Japanese oil supertanker is, alongside developments in Iraq and Yemen, a signal of the...
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Published in: openSecurityUN launches inquiry as Israel intercepts second peace flotilla
UN launches inquiry as Israel intercepts second peace flotilla. US identified as world’s greatest user of targeted...
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Published in: openSecurityUS and Russia sign historic nuclear deal
US and Russia sign historic nuclear deal. Sudan elections in doubt as more opposition parties boycott. Kyrgyz...
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Published in: openSecurity'Red Shirts' continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok
‘Red Shirts’ continue symbolic blood protest in Bangkok. Israel lifts West Bank closure. North Korea has 1,000...
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Published in: openSecurityIllegal and ineffective? Drone strikes and targetted killing in 'the war on terror'
The use of drone strikes in Pakistan and around the world has been attacked as counterproductive and ineffective but...
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Published in: openSecurityMI5 denies withholding evidence on torture victim
The director general of MI5 writes an impassioned defence of his service, denying allegations of lying to...
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Published in: openSecurityWorld leaders debate the future of Afghanistan
World leaders debate the future of Afghanistan at London summit. Bangladesh executes independence leader’s killers....
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Published in: openSecurityYemen rebels offer truce to Saudi Arabia
Houti Shi’ite rebels in Yemen want ceasefire with Saudi Arabia. Student killed in riots over Venezuelan media....
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Published in: openSecurityUS military presence in Haiti sparks controversy
US military presence in Haiti sparks controversy. Religious riots kill 200 in Jos, Nigeria. UN warns Israeli...
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Published in: openSecurityDutch inquiry concludes the Iraq war 'was illegal' as Tony Blair’s spin doctor presents evidence at Chilcot inquiry
A Dutch inquiry concludes the Iraq war ‘was illegal’ as Alastair Campbell presents his evidence before the Chilcot...
