Paris: a war over an essential not an existential threat
Three days after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, the French President François Hollande said that ‘France is at war’.
International Security
Recent evolution of terrorism in the Maghreb
While Libya has seen an extraordinary rise in terrorist violence, particularly since 2012, the frequency of attacks has been contained in Algeria since 2013, the year when terrorism started to grow considerably in Tunisia. Morocco has been notorious for an absence of attacks since 2011.
Syria: thank you, Putin
Without Russian intervention in Syria things would not have begun to move and there would be little hope of a glimmer of pacification on the horizon.
The perception of security in an international comparative perspective
Security has always been an important value in traditional societies, but it has become a key value in present-day societies, both developed and less developed. Since the end of the Cold War, the concept of security has been enlarged to encompass individual, societal, global and human security, and not only the national dimension.
Women, peace and security: a long way from fulfilling the aspirations of Resolution 1325
The reality facing women and girls in conflict scenarios and their role in peace-building will not improve unless firmer and more decisive action as well as a clear political impetus and funding for the goals agreed in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) are forthcoming.
Syria: tell me what your legal basis is and I’ll tell you who you are
In their approach to bombing Syria, the major powers are not pursuing the same strategic or political ends, or even justifying themselves on the same legal basis.
Impossible Syria, in less than 600 words
Syria: 320,000 dead up to June and 4,088,099 refugees since 2011, Neither Arabs nor Westerners, nor anyone else for that matter, have a clear strategy.
The New Silk Road passes through Iran
The land part of the New Silk Road project runs through northern Iran, opening up possibilities for cooperation between the US and Beijing.
The Caliphate, an idea with a territory
Daesh is going for effective control of territory: hence using the name ‘State’, since the fundamental objective of its leader is to establish a caliphate.
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