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Keeping Hamas at bay
While the Israeli motivation has been reduced to nothing more than an aggressive hunger for more Palestinian land or a desire to kill Palestinians, what both the Hamas and the Israeli leaderships are...
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Whose faith wins? Keeping religion out of the law
Religion may help to control behavior and justify human worth and dignity, but in Nigeria, the co-existence of Sharia law with English Common Law has had serious human rights implications. Nigeria is...
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ISIS: the spreading cancer
Sometimes states exaggerate the threat posed by violence from non-state forces. With ISIS in Iraq and Syria, however, the opposite is true: its onward march threatens the region and the international...
View ArticleFrom cops to counterinsurgents: the militarization of America's police
Welcome to a new era of American policing, where cops increasingly see themselves as soldiers occupying enemy territory.Jason Westcott was afraid.One night last fall, he discovered via Facebook that a...
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The thin red line between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Is there any way to solve the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan? In July 2014, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) issued a press release with information...
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Running in Gaza
I first met Baha' when he was in London, to compete in the Olympics. Now he is desperately trying to escape the Gaza prison.Gaza 2014. Flickr/United Nations PhotoThe first thing I thought when I met...
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Art after Occupy
In the aftermath of Occupy, artists are utilizing a diversity of tactics at the cutting edges of radical politics (long piece, 6,000 words).The Illuminator projection team casts light on the Guggenheim...
View ArticleReligious minority women of Iraq: time to speak up
While the annihilation of religious minorities in Iraq is being systematically enacted, we cannot ignore how the intersection of religious affiliation, gender and geographic location are influencing...
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Rights. What are they good for?
The rights-bearing individual emancipated us from feudal absolutism in Europe. But that historical moment has passed with empire, and has the language of rights now lost its relevance?Let us remind...
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Revise Iraq to save it
The new PM, known hardliner against Sunnis and Kurds, has been a staunch supporter of Maliki policies. Iraq’s jigsaw puzzle, forced together by the power of empires and ruthless dictators, cannot be...
View ArticleForget about taming or disarming Hamas: cut it a deal it can’t refuse
Reactions to the 2014 Gaza war in Europe and the US are more polarised than hitherto. A radical solution that places Hamas at the centre of negotiations is worth consideration, if only to escape...
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Russian police reform steps backwards
The last few years have seen an ongoing programme of reform of the Russian police. But the latest proposed measures cannot be called an improvement. Just a week before it broke up for the summer, the...
View ArticleIn deep water: China tests its neighbours’ patience
China’s rapid growth is placing increasing demands on natural resources in the region but Beijing’s political rise is encouraging the dictatorship to flex its muscles as associated tensions...
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Famine crimes in South Sudan
The fighting factional leaders in South Sudan have not just been engaging each other’s forces: they have dragooned the civilian population into a wider campaign of devastation.Treated as human flotsam...
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Economic democracy in the 21st Century
Workers co-ops, public banks and participatory budgeting have all been shown to be successful and efficient. It's time to take democratic control of our economy.Occupy Wall Street poster,...
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Re-writing Egypt's unforgettable history
The old tactics of governance are back with a vengeance in Egypt, however, the youth have changed and through their embrace of modern day technologies will not sit back and watch this process of...
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Israel, Hamas and the making of the New Arab World
The Arab Revolt, which gave so much hope to the Palestinians, has turned out to be a misfortune for the people of Gaza. The Israeli narrative has now found wide acceptance, not only in governments, but...
View ArticleAnti-representative democracy and oligarchic capture
The super-rich have captured the electoral-representative institutions of contemporary democratic regimes. The ideal of anti-representative democracy can help us understand and counter this...
View ArticlePhilip Gourevitch’s ‘honest voice’: problems with liberal Zionism
With the disappointment of metropolitan intellectuals who feel let down by the ungrateful natives, liberal Zionists fail to see why it is those natives are angry.The Israeli novelist and peace activist...
View ArticleAfter Gaza, what’s next for Israel?
Israelis believe that the status quo represents the best short-term ‘solution’ to the Palestinian problem, since separation is almost impossible, but integration undesirable. The weakening of the PA,...
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