Inside America’s system of terror-mongering: how it works, why it works, who benefits from it, and how it completes the demobilization of the American people.
Much of the analysis of the US-led attacks on IS has been from the American end of the telescope. But how does it look from that of its Arab allies?
Islamic State has already taken over significant areas of Iraq and Syria. Jordan abuts both—and could be the next target.
A catalogue of sexual violence has accompanied the armed conflict in Colombia. The peace talks must not brush it under the carpet.
Summary killings are taking place amid growing sectarian tension in the contested, oil-rich city.
So far, Washington has successfully escaped blame for the rise of ISIS. In fact, it has created a situation in which ISIS can survive and may well flourish.
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.
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 community.
While transitional justice initiatives have traditionally shied away from dismantling the system, Colombia's Justice and Peace Law has taken the first steps towards exposing the political and economic roots of paramilitarism, and the deep state tangled around them. Español.
Plain and simple sadness is a natural human reaction to the killing in Gaza. But we are told such emotional reactions must be politically calibrated.
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
Will El Salvador's new president deploy state or civil society to address the recent spikes in violence, as politics threaten to unravel the wary truce between the country's gangs?
