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Why we simply ‘walk away’ from the victims of collateral damage

Collateral damage is neither actively sanctioned nor a war crime, and this uncertainty means the perpetrators hold no responsibility to the victims.

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How can we hold the UN accountable for sexual violence?

UN peacekeeping forces continue to have a squalid record of sexual abuse – Rosa Freedman asks how they can be held accountable amidst a culture of impunity.

Paris, refugees, and Europe’s hard borders

Fortress Europe opened its gates last summer. The tragedy in Paris has threatened to slam them shut again.

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Buhari and the Bulldozer get to grips with graft: combatting corruption in Nigeria and Tanzania

Though Africa saw thirteen national elections in 2015, only two countries, Nigeria and Tanzania, saw a change at the top. The new presidents have targeted corruption with encouraging results, explains Keith Somerville.

Crisis and confusion in Helmand

The British SAS have returned to Sangin district in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, ostensibly to tackle a resurgent Taliban offensive. Local dynamics belie this simplistic analysis, as Mike Martin explains.

Wahhabi religious nationalism turns ugly

Wahhabi Islam has replaced national identity with a doctrine that encourages intolerance and terrorism, explains Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Exterior of the Bataclan theatre the day after the attacks

After France, Europe Responds to ISIS: Interview with Jean-Pierre Filiu

In the wake of the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, Jean-Pierre Filiu is interviewed on ISIS and the European response. Interviewer: Zachary Laub, Online Writer/Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Molenbeek: One of several Jihadi hotspots in Europe

To call Molenbeek a terrorism capital is an exaggeration at best. Focusing on local socio-economic factors obscures European jihadism’s transnational nature.

No Substance for a Historic Cross-Strait Summit

Presidents Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping of Taiwan and China meet for a historic photo-op, but little else comes from the summit that shocked the world media

Is Putin’s power a mirage in the Syrian desert?

What might the consequences be for Putin if the Sinai flight disaster proves to have been the work of terrorists?

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Sun, sand and suspicion

The Maldives’ dramatic internecine battle between the re-established regime’s strongmen continues as Vice President Adeeb is arrested on the airport tarmac.