During the cold war, nuclear near-catastrophe provoked an enlightened political response. Will history be repeated over the climate emergency?
The balance of forces inside Syria and across the region makes current United States strategy perilous.
American drones are shattering Pakistani lives. But behind moral obscenity is political reality, says Maruf Khwaja.
What is the condition of and what are the prospects for al-Qaida? The movement has commissioned a new report from the near-legendary management consultancy, whose offices are now dispersed following collateral damage to its Waziristan HQ from an armed-drone strike.
The difficult choice faced by the United States and its allies in Syria is rooted in the strategic errors of the early post-9/11 years.
The major powers involved in Syria's war are adjusting their positions to prevent an Islamist victory. This will not end but prolong the suffering.
The recent deaths off the coast of Lampedusa are a gruesome consequence of EU border and immigration control policies that follow the logic of security and restrictionism over human rights and international maritime law, says Nina Perkowski.
A surge of widespread Islamist attacks provokes western alarm about al-Qaida's revival. But it is Syria above all where the future of paramiltarism is being forged.
The United States and its allies are pioneering the use of armed-drones. But other states, including their strategic rivals, are catching up.
The unexpected Washington-Moscow diplomacy - made possible by London's parliament - creates space for progress in ending Syria's "double proxy war".
James O'Connell, who has died at the age of 87, was through testing years head of Bradford University's department of peace studies. His successor pays tribute to a remarkable figure whose experiences in Ireland and Nigeria were crucial to his outlook.
The United States's military preparations, and Israel's growing involvement, reveal the momentum to a dangerous escalation in the middle east.
