Dear British feminists, Western military intervention is never a good thing
The past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten, it can’t rule global markets
Exclusive: The Home Office has rejected at least 76 Afghan nationals’ requests for asylum in 2021 alone – including ten women and a girl
The US will fight the Taliban from the air – but there’s no sign this will check the paramilitaries on the ground
Only the leaders of the region’s extremist movements have cause for optimism about the future
With financial support from the EU, Turkey has toughened up its migration policies – putting hundreds of thousands at risk
Majidi’s think tank has spoken to Afghan migrants and their families back home about their experiences, fears and aspirations, choices, compromises and sacrifices
Biden’s first executive orders have done a lot, but he can’t order away all Trump’s cack-handed legacy – or silence the anger of neoliberalism’s losers.
Afghanistan, North Korea, ISIS, Israel and the Gulf States: they’re at best partial successes, but that never stopped him before.
Trump’s eagerness to ‘bring our boys home’ is leaving the Afghan government with little power to resist the Taliban afterwards.
He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea be coming soon?
If we want to see societies win the peace we need a concept of victory that is about justice and reconciliation, inclusion and equality.
