Woolwich and Afghanistan: the connection
An understanding of the link between the shocking murder of a young soldier on a London street and "remote-control" attacks by western states is essential. In the London bombings of 7 July 2005...
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Gridlock: the growing breakdown of global cooperation
Economic and political shifts in large part attributable to the successes of the post-war multilateral order are now amongst the factors grinding that system into gridlock.The Doha round of trade...
View ArticleWomen and the language of peace protest
In January 1968, young feminist antiwar activists in the U.S temporarily broke with a long tradition of protesting war as mothers. At an all-women’s protest against the Vietnam War, they symbolically...
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After Syntagma: where are the occupiers now?
In 2011, at a time of financial crisis and in opposition to impending austerity measures, Greeks of all ages came together to occupy Athens' central square and inspire a resurgent form of political...
View ArticleCity of London Elections 2013: the battle, the count, the lessons
The recent elections to the City of London’s local authority were fiercely fought, after years where the majority of seats went uncontested. Lessons should be drawn for any future attempt to reform the...
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Beauty, burgers and Wilde's blue china: on the power of aesthetics
Do the "consumers of radicalism" Jon Moses refers to in his recent essay actually exist? An exploration of beauty and rebellion, through the lens of our relationship to the aesthetic.In March 2012 I...
View ArticleBeyond enemy images: politics and the Other – a retrospective
Jeffrey Stevenson Murer reflects on openSecurity's collection of articles, which have explored the creation of the other as 'enemy', externally and in ourselves.This series, exploring the images of the...
View ArticleThe Woolwich attack: should the British feel terrorised?
The fact is the perpetrators want this to be perceived as an act of terrorism. Doing so would put them in a league with the Al Qaeda aficionados they have idealised.In the aftermath of the brutal...
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Prison or presidency for 'Russia’s Kennedy'?
Charismatic opposition leader Aleksey Navalny is on trial in the provincial capital of Kirov, 900km from Moscow. He is controversially accused of stealing timber worth 16 million roubles in 2009; if...
View ArticleSyria: the imperative of de-escalation
In this excerpt from the latest ECFR policy briefing on Syria, the authors argue that a rare moment of opportunity has emerged following the US-Russian agreement to launch peace initiative, Geneva II....
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From banning nuclear tests to banning nuclear weapons
Sixty years after Britain’s first atomic weapons test, we need to consider the parallels between how the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was achieved in the 1990s and today’s nuclear challenges. The...
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No control panel
Struck by malevolent storms our Sunday Comics columnist finds the ardour and expense of repairs compounded by the coordinated revolt of machinesMy Mother, an orange tabby contentedly sprawled adrape...
View ArticleWomen in post-earthquake Haiti: moving beyond survival
Haitian women who are living and organising in the displacement camps, together with international partners, have produced an essential blueprint for addressing rape. If adopted by the Haitian...
View ArticleDeconstructing detention in Britain
Immigration detention and borders are cultural and historical constructions which criminalise and traumatise migrants. They are neither inevitable nor a given, says Nath Gbikpi.The number of migrants...
View Articleچهار چوب دموکراسی حقوق بشر است
دموکراسی قبل از آنکه یک روش حکومتی و یا سیستم سیاسی باشد، یک فرهنگ و پروسه تاریخی است که باید سیر تکاملی خود را طی کند. هیچ کشوری یک شبه دموکرات نمی شود. در حقیقت .انسان های دموکرات هستند که جامعه را...
View ArticleThe framework of democracy is human rights law
Democracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must go through its evolution. No country can be a quasi democracy. It is in fact...
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Femmes de Sénégal: actrices de la paix
Les souffrances physiques et morales subies par les vaillantes populations de la région naturelle de Casamance sont incalculables, et ce sont, comme d’habitude, les femmes et les enfants qui payent le...
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Women of Senegal: agents of peace
The physical and moral suffering undergone by the valiant people of Casamance is incalculable and, as usual, it is the women and children who pay the highest price. From their position as victims,...
View ArticlePeacebuilding and the nation-state: towards a nonviolent world
When did a political formation in theory designed to preserve our common good become a machinery of war? Or does the nation-state depend on militarism for its very existence? Jenny Allsopp writes from...
View ArticleColonising England in reverse: a message for the EDL
"It nah good to stay in white man country too long". Still, the author's Jamaican parents stayed, and inevitably assimilated into British culture. This is his message to the English Defence League, who...
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