Richard Sudan looks at the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in the US, its overreach and its impact on security models. He argues it was never fit for purpose and needs to go. 9/11 and the Climate of Fear This year will mark
Palestinian leadership’s adaptation to a world where the claims to US hegemony are decentralised is an urgent and overdue project, argues Ramzy Baroud. Linking Palestinians to terrorism is arguably one of Israel’s greatest hasbara successes. Long before the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York
For Afghanistan to break the cycles of violence and impoverishment it has been caught up in, the new and subsequent governments need to let go of its colonial past and the internalization of colonial thinking, argues Shah Mahmoud Hanifi. It is useful to begin this
If we really want to get beyond the ‘War on Terror’, argues Arzu Merali, we need to stop thinking and acting within its narratives. The history books need to be rewritten. In the meantime, a combination of the internet, knowledge production outside of Westernised settings,
Understanding France’s decades long attacks via law and policy against ‘problem’ communities, notably ‘Blacks’, ‘Arabs’, ‘Muslims’ and the ‘Banlieues’ is a prerequisite for anyone trying to make sense of the current anti-separatism bill. Yasser Louati argues that the only way to challenge French state racism
The prevalence of equalities legislation in various Westernised settings, particularly the US and UK has been used to give credence to the idea that these settings are post-racial, and conversations about structural racism now redundant. Afroze F. Zaidi argues that this is not only far
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, whilst deeply humiliating for the US, is in and of itself not enough to dent US interfering or ambitions in the region argues Faisal Bodi. Understanding the longer history of the US and its allies meddling in the country is
As international attention is now slowly turning to the Balkans once more, Demir Mahmutćehajić argues that the ongoing actions of Milorad Dodik and his supporters has brought the country to the brink of dissolution. A recent view from the British daily The Guardian on Bosnia
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