Can the current Ukraine crisis unite Europe in facing down the threat of war? на русском языке
As the Islamic State has consolidated its hold in Mosul, those who do not share its extreme fundamentalism have been subjected to brutal treatment—for which those who visited the war on Iraq bear an historic responsibility.
It’s quiet again in Skopje after violent Albanian protests in early July—deceptively so.
In 1999, the EU embarked on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, not recognising that, left to their own devices, the judges would ultimately be overcome by the material forces and zeitgeist that put the interests of the markets before the rights of individuals.
As the world’s seventh wealthiest economy plays host to new forms of ‘vigilante violence’, an increasingly militarised rhetoric seeks salvation in deeper police repression.
Labelling the conflict 'Palestinian-Israeli' is misleading. It is not simply a conflict over the future of Palestine. It is also a conflict over the future of the Arab world; a conflict that will be determined by the success or failures of the Arab revolt.
Though my writing is an intellectual exercise, the war itself has been a very real thing. Tomorrow, as the representative of my village, I will be attending the funeral of a twenty-two year old officer severely wounded two days ago.
A number of parties seem to have been complicit in the failure of the politics to prevent this latest round of deadly fighting in Gaza. In such a climate, one can be motivated to damage one’s enemy rather than to protect one’s own best interest.
Drones in Afghanistan have been responsible for countless civilian casualties. That’s the problem—they’re countless.
Until the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was one of the most influential politicians in Russia. Not any more. на русском языке
The Syrian imbroglio is very difficult, not intractable—and the west cannot continue to throw up its hands in despair.
