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The Insecurity Trap: Understanding 25 years of failed wars

The Insecurity Trap: Understanding 25 years of failed wars

Our war-hungry leaders may have learned nothing, but recent history shows militaries cannot solve world’s problems
Paul Rogers 20 Dec 2024
MEPs demand answers over EU funding of anti-abortion charity

MEPs demand answers over EU funding of anti-abortion charity

Politicians express concern after openDemocracy revealed EU gave €1.2m to group spreading reproductive disinformation
Sian Norris 19 Dec 2024
Our under-resourced legal aid system is dangerous. It needn’t be this way

Our under-resourced legal aid system is dangerous. It needn’t be this way

Extra £20m of spending should be celebrated, but it pales in comparison to funding for hostile environment policies
Frances Timberlake 18 Dec 2024
BR-319: A highway to climate chaos in the heart of the Amazon

BR-319: A highway to climate chaos in the heart of the Amazon

As Brazil prepares to host COP30 next year, its government is embarking on a plan at odds with its climate aims
Mônica Piccinini 17 Dec 2024
What does Assad’s defeat in Syria mean for the region’s geopolitics?

What does Assad’s defeat in Syria mean for the region’s geopolitics?

A week into the scramble for Syria, Russia and Iran lose influence – while the USA, Turkey and Israel move in
Paul Rogers 16 Dec 2024
‘Time is water’: A cross-border Indigenous alliance works to save the Amazon

‘Time is water’: A cross-border Indigenous alliance works to save the Amazon

As we sail through Amazon waterways, Indigenous leaders tell me how climate crisis is affecting their way of life
Francesc Badia i Dalmases 16 Dec 2024
Our military courts are still failing survivors of sexual violence

Our military courts are still failing survivors of sexual violence

Predators are walking free thanks to a broken system. The Crown Prosecution Service and civilian court must step in
Emma Norton 13 Dec 2024

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