Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

Have we stopped understanding dictatorship?

Have we stopped understanding dictatorship?

Our wars became more complicated – and our leaders are to blame

Brian Haw

Brian Haw

Brian Haw, the peace campaigner variously described as a ‘hero’ and a ‘national disgrace’ during his long stay in Parliament Square has passed away at the age of 62

‘International aid is at a crossroads’

‘International aid is at a crossroads’

A new Oxfam report shows how the use of humanitarian aid in support of security objectives in countries like Afghanistan has proved counter-productive and, in some cases, disastrous. Now it’s the UK’s turn to decide

Shock and floored

Shock and floored

Neoconservatism grew up out of our finest ideals, yet today it is almost universally reviled. What took it on this journey?

Truth won’t come today, but wisdom might come tomorrow

Truth won’t come today, but wisdom might come tomorrow

Public inquiries matter – but not for the on-the-day drama that some people suppose

Osama bin Laden no longer matters

Osama bin Laden no longer matters

Far-fetched ideas on what lay behind the 9-11 attacks only serve to muddy the maters and hide a far more complex truth about the Islamist figurehead

Back at the beginning again

Back at the beginning again

The US now has its best chance to win in Afghanistan, but is its strategy right, and will it achieve the purposes for war?

Go east and solve this problem

Go east and solve this problem

Pakistan on the brink undermines the West’s Afghanistan effort and could put more British soldiers at risk