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Syria Is Not Iraq Revisited

Syria Is Not Iraq Revisited

Afghanistan (2001-ongoing) and Iraq (2003-2011) should remind us of the unpredictability of mission creep. With more than 60,000 estimated..

February 26, 2013 with 0 Comments
Hezbollah: A History of the “Party of God”

Hezbollah: A History of the “Party of God”

Hezbollah: A History of the “Party of God” is an exceptional dispassionate analysis of Hezbollah’s early and later..

February 23, 2013 with 0 Comments
French Motives In Mali

French Motives In Mali

Mali’s resources, argued by some commentators to be the primary motivation for the intervention in January, are negligible and are..

February 21, 2013 with 0 Comments
Mali: Intervention, Invasion, and Invention

Mali: Intervention, Invasion, and Invention

Broadly, it may be that intervention is a limited and fundamentally flawed approach, but to say that some invented Western Empire marches..

February 15, 2013 with 4 Comments
Iran And The Bomb: Coercive Diplomacy In, Arms Race Out

Iran And The Bomb: Coercive Diplomacy In, Arms Race Out

This talk has been presented at the debate A Nuclear Iran: The Start of a Middle Eastern Arms Race?, held at King’s College London,..

February 15, 2013 with 0 Comments
Time For Palestine To Join The Arab Spring

Time For Palestine To Join The Arab Spring

Palestinians must decide whether they want to continue living in dire conditions under a brutal Israeli regime or take the plunge, join the..

February 15, 2013 with 8 Comments
The Falklands: Logistics Of A Former Empire

The Falklands: Logistics Of A Former Empire

The majority of the UK’s history has revolved around its naval resources and the ability to engage anywhere in the world. The march of..

February 14, 2013 with 2 Comments
CTX 2013

CTX 2013

Counter-terrorism it has become big business. In recent times the growth of an entire terrorism-industrial complex has developed around the..

February 14, 2013 with 0 Comments
The Sabra-Shatila Massacre And The End Of A Love Affair

The Sabra-Shatila Massacre And The End Of A Love Affair

It is time for western activists, academics and journalists dealing with the Middle East to look at the region with an objective eye when..

February 11, 2013 with 2 Comments
The Missile Next Door: How a Nuclear Arsenal Was Built in the American Heartland

The Missile Next Door: How a Nuclear Arsenal Was Built in the American Heartland

The Missile Next Door gives light to the oft-forgotten story of the Minuteman Missile Program. The Missile Next Door by Gretchen Heefner..

February 9, 2013 with 0 Comments
The Morality Of Zero Dark Thirty

The Morality Of Zero Dark Thirty

Do filmmakers have any obligation to portray historic events, or those with acute political sensitivity, in either an entirely accurate or..

February 8, 2013 with 1 Comment
Libya, Two Years After Gaddafi

Libya, Two Years After Gaddafi

A monopoly over the legitimate use of violence- the hallmark of a sovereign state- must be regained by the Libyan government. Security..

February 8, 2013 with 0 Comments
Addicted to Oil Cash and Seeking Help (Part 2)

Addicted to Oil Cash and Seeking Help (Part 2)

In part two of this series looking at the fight for transparency in Iraq and Yemen’s energy sectors, Diana Kaissy of the Publish What You..

February 6, 2013 with 0 Comments
Biogas: The Fourth Generation Fuel

Biogas: The Fourth Generation Fuel

As long as there is life, there will always be biogas. There are numerous debates on Europe’s energy security and fears of over..

February 5, 2013 with 0 Comments
Saying Goodbye To The Tea Party

Saying Goodbye To The Tea Party

The Republican party is returning to fight for the centre which will return them to power, and Sarah Palin will not be a mistake they will..

February 5, 2013 with 7 Comments
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