Could Britain ever promote democracy in the Gulf? Only if it turns its own foreign policy away from neoliberalism and militarism, David Wearing argues in a new book.
What are world leaders doing? Where is the ‘international community’ Yemenis so often appeal to?
At a time when the Saudis are intensifying their crackdown on human rights, yesterday’s reception gave all the wrong messages.
Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.
Britain needs an industrial strategy. At the same time, Britain needs to move away from its imperial pretensions to police the world's oceans. The two factors are ever more interlinked.
From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable.
The gassing of people is considered exceptionally inhumane, officially a categorical “red line” dividing good from evil. This belief now threatens to trigger an escalation with unpredictable consequences.
Trump’s recent senior appointments suggest an increasingly virulent anti-Iranian strategy which certainly coincides with that of the current Saudi regime. Things could hardly be worse.
Simone De Beauvoir and Gisele Halimi were indefatigable. They wrote to every responsible official in the judiciary, military and government – up to General de Gaulle. Lest we forget.
Turkey and the Gulf monarchies in their savvy, if reactionary, use of aid have become important players in the international donors club.
Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
