The west must understand the Islamic State's worldview, and accept its own failings, if it is to meet the challenge.
When words do not align with values, any crime can be justified.
Anti-Semitic acts in Europe reinforced the perception that the issue was extremist hatred of Jews per se. At the same time, prominent Egyptian and even Saudi spokespersons were openly encouraging of the Israeli war effort, the US was supportive, EU foreign ministers endorsed demilitarising the Gaz
The relocation of Tel Afar's Turkmen will provide them with immediate safety, but may have long-term consequences both for them as an ethnic group and for Iraqi demographics.
The American record in these last 13 years is a shameful one. Do it again should not be an option.
Max Weber’s contrast between political action based on an ethics of responsibility or an ethics of conviction is instructive in trying to understand and explain the selective application of the R2P norm to conflicts in the Middle East. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate, R2P and the Hum
Most doctrines, political or religious, are embodied in sacred texts that act as guide and inspiration to their followers. Modern Islamists are significantly different.
Turkey's relationship with Northern Cyprus is akin to a controlling father disciplining its errant son, and this has affected its attitude to a Cyprus settlement as well.
Since 1993, there have been calls for the legal and political recognition of starvation as a weapon of war. In Syria, it has regained distressing urgency.
Navi Pillay offered a scathing indictment of the UN Security Council's failures to address global crises, most notably in Syria. But the paralysed state of the UN may finally offer the chance to address its inherently undemocratic structure.
